LÉ Samuel Beckett
LÉ Samuel Beckett in 2014 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Ireland | |
| Name | LÉ Samuel Beckett |
| Namesake | Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright and author |
| Ordered | October 2010 |
| Builder | Babcock Marine Appledore, North Devon |
| Cost | €71 million |
| Laid down | 19 May 2012 |
| Launched | November 2013 |
| Acquired | January 2014 |
| Commissioned | 17 May 2014 |
| Identification | |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 2,256 tonnes Standard |
| Length | 90.00 m (295.28 ft) |
| Beam | 14.00 m (45.93 ft) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Installed power | 10,000 kW (13,000 hp) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Wärtsilä diesel engines |
| Speed |
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| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 MST 8 m (26 ft) RHIBS |
| Complement | 54 (44 crew + 10 trainees) |
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| Aviation facilities | UAV capabilities only |
LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) is a Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Irish Naval Service. The ship was launched in November 2013 and commissioned in May 2014. She is named after Irish playwright and author Samuel Beckett.
Like other OPVs in the Irish Naval Service, the ship's primary mission is fisheries protection, search and rescue, and maritime protection operations, including vessel boardings.