Irish Naval Service patrol vessel
History Ireland Name LÉ James Joyce Namesake James Joyce , Irish novelist and poetOrdered October 2010 Builder Babcock Marine Appledore , North Devon Cost €71 million[ 1] Laid down November 2013 Launched 23 November 2014 Sponsored by Carol Joyce Christened 1 September 2015[ 2] Commissioned 1 September 2015[ 2] Identification Status in active service General characteristics Class and type Samuel Beckett -classoffshore patrol vessel Displacement 2,256 tonnes Standard[ 3] Length 90.00 m (295.28 ft) Beam 14.00 m (45.93 ft) Speed
15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) cruise
23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph) maximum
Range 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) Complement 54 (44 crew + 10 trainees)[ 4] Armament Aviation facilities UAV capable[ 5]
LÉ James Joyce (P62) is a Samuel Beckett -classoffshore patrol vessel (OPV) which was built by Babcock Marine Appledore for the Irish Naval Service .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] James Joyce .[ 10] [ 11]
Design and construction
In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine , a UK -based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon . Like the similar Róisín -classJames Joyce was designed by Vard Marine .[ 12]
In July 2013, the name of the vessel, James Joyce was announced by the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter in Dáil Éireann .[ 13]
Operational history
The ship was completed and floated out of the shipyard in November 2014.[ 14] [ 11] [ 15] [ 16] Dún Laoghaire on 1 September 2015.[ 2] James Joyce boarded the FV Margiris as part of a fisheries inspection.[ 17] [ 18] James Joyce escorted a suspected Russian spy vessel out of the Irish Sea after it was observed operating in area "containing critical energy and internet submarine pipelines and cables".[ 19]
References
^ "New Naval Service ship to be called LÉ William Butler Yeats" (Press release). Department of Defence. Retrieved 9 January 2016 .^ a b c "Naming and Commissioning Ceremony for new Naval Service Vessel LÉ James Joyce" (Press release). MerrionStreet.ie. Irish Government News Service. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015 .^ a b "Babcock's Appledore to build fourth Irish offshore patrol vessel" . NavalToday.com. 16 June 2016.^ "Babcock displays Irish OPV at DSEI" . ADS Advance . ADS Group. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013 .^ Riegel, Ralph (17 March 2015). "New Navy vessel to control drones and robotic subs" . Irish Independent . ^ Gallacher, Neil (28 April 2014). "Devon-built Samuel Beckett ship handed to Irish Naval Service" . BBC News . Retrieved 9 January 2016 . ^ "Minister Welcomes Return Of LÉ Eithne, Arrival Of LÉ James Joyce To Cork" . Afloat.ie. 17 July 2015.^ Siggins, Lorna (5 May 2014). "Decision to name Navy patrol ships after writers defended" . Irish Times . ^ Siggins, Lorna (9 June 2014). "Naval Service ship names row may reopen" . Irish Times . ^ O'Riordan, Sean. "Navy to use drones to improve surveillance" . Irish Examiner . Retrieved 30 September 2014 . ^ a b Howells, Sarah (16 June 2015). "LÉ James Joyce sets sail from Appledore" . North Devon Gazette . ^ "Second Irish OPV afloat at Babcock's Appledore shipyard" . janes.com . Retrieved 10 December 2014 .^ "Houses of the Oireachtas - Naval Service Vessels" . Oireachtas (Hansard).^ "Babcock floats Irish Navy's new LÉ James Joyce OPV" . naval-technology.com . 26 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014 .^ "New naval ship to be called LÉ William Butler Yeats" . Irish Examiner . 22 July 2015. LÉ James Joyce, which arrived in the Naval Base at Haulbowline in Co Cork last Friday ^ O'Riordan, Sean (7 July 2015). "Navy crew 'abandon ship' over problems on LÉ James Joyce" . Irish Examiner . ^ Robinson, Ann (29 November 2016). "Irish Navy boards super trawler off Donegal" . CoastMonkey.ie. ^ Doherty, Sue (3 December 2016). "Irish navy inspect world's second largest trawler off the coast of Donegal" . Donegal Democrat. ^ O'Carrol, Lisa (16 November 2024). "Russian spy ship escorted away from area with critical cables in Irish Sea" . The Guardian.
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