This list identifies active and former maritime vessels of the Irish state, both civilian and military. This list is incomplete.
Class | Image | Type | Ships | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
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Patrol vessels | |||||||
Samuel Beckett class | ![]() | Offshore patrol vessel (OPV) | LÉ Samuel Beckett | P61 | 2014 | 2,256 tonnes | In service on a "three-ship [..] operational rotation" as of July 2024 [1] |
LÉ James Joyce | P62 | 2015 | |||||
LÉ William Butler Yeats | P63 | 2016 | |||||
LÉ George Bernard Shaw | P64 | 2019 [2] | |||||
Róisín class | ![]() | Large patrol vessel (LPV) | LÉ Róisín | P51 | 1999 | 1,500 tonnes | In reserve as of July 2024. [1] |
LÉ Niamh | P52 | 2001 | Under re-fit as of July 2024. [1] | ||||
Lake class | ![]() | Inshore patrol vessel (IPV) | LÉ Aoibhinn | P71 | 2024 [3] | 340 tonnes | Undertaking "Maritime Defence and Security Operations" as of July 2024 [4] |
LÉ Gobnait | P72 | 2024 [3] |
Class | Image | Type | Name | No. | Entered Service | Displacement | Note |
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Motor launches | |||||||
Cygnus Typhoon [5] | Motor launch | Fionnghuala | YP01 | 2024 [6] [7] | 30 tonnes | Multi-purpose motor launch used by Naval Service Reserve for coastal patrols, port security and training. [8] Three more on order. [9] |
Quantity | Type | Commissioned |
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1 | Arvor 250 Inland Patrol Boat | 2007 |
1 | Targa 31 Colm na Cora Inland Patrol Boat [10] | 2000 |
1 | Osprey Rigid Inflatable Boat | 1996 |
3 | Delta Inflatable Boat | 2007 |
1 | Zodiac Inflatable Boat | 1999 |
3 | Zodiac Inflatable Boat | 2013 |
5 | Other inflatable boats | 2009–2011 [11] |
Type | Image | Name | Commissioned | Length | Displacement |
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Customs Cutter | ![]() | RCC Suirbhéir [12] | 2004 | 23.6 metres | 50 tonnes |
RCC Faire [13] | 2009 | ||||
RCC Cosaint [14] | 2025 | 35 metres |
Name | Image | Commissioned | Displacement (t) | Length (m) | Type |
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RV Tom Crean | ![]() | 2022 [15] | 52.8 [15] | Multi-Purpose Research Vessel [15] | |
RV Celtic Explorer [16] | ![]() | 2003 | 2425 [17] | 65.5 | Multi-Purpose Research Vessel |
Name | Image | Type | Entered Service | Displacement (t) | Length (m) | Notes |
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RV Keary [18] [19] | Near-Shore Hydrographic Survey Vessel | 2009 | 36 | 15.5 | Built by Veecraft Marine, South Africa | |
RV Geo [18] [20] | Shallow Water Survey Vessel | 2007 | 7.4 | Redbay Stormforce RIB | ||
RV Tonn [18] [21] | Shallow Water Survey Vessel | 2015 | 7.9 | Cheetah Catamaran | ||
RV Mallet [18] [22] | Inshore Hydrographic Research Vessel | 18 | ||||
RV Lir [18] [23] | Shallow Water Survey Vessel | 11 | Redbay Stormforce RIB | |||
RV Galtee [18] [24] | Shallow Water Survey Vessel | 11 | Redbay Stormforce RIB |
Name | Image | Type | Entered Service | Displacement (t) | Length (m) | Notes |
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ILV Granuaile [25] | ![]() | Multipurpose Support Vessel | 2000 | 3,903 [26] | 80 |
Name | Image | Type | Entered Service | Length (m) | Notes |
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Rescue One [27] | Redbay Stormforce RIB | 2022 | 7.4 | Search and rescue |
Name | Image | Type | Entered Service | Displacement (t) | Length (m) | Notes |
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Shackleton [28] | ![]() | Harbour Tug | 2010 | 284 gross | 24 | Built by Astilleros Zamakona [29] |
Beaufort [30] |
Name | Image | Type | Entered Service | Length (m) | Notes |
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Delta 1 - 12 [31] [32] [33] | Delta 780HX RIB | 2018 | 7.8m | Fishery protection of rivers, lakes and coastal waters |
The following vessels have served with the Naval Service: [34] [35] [36]
Name | Image | Type | No. | Service Years | Fate | Notes |
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LÉ Macha | ![]() | Flower-class corvette | 01 | 1946-1970 | Sold for scrap | Former HMS Borage (K120) |
LÉ Maev | 02 | 1946-1972 | Former HMS Oxlip (K123) | |||
LÉ Cliona | 03 | 1947-1970 | Former HMS Bellwort (K114) | |||
LÉ Grainne | ![]() | Ton-class minesweeper | CM10 | 1971–1987 | Sold to a Spanish company for scrap | Former HMS Oulston |
LÉ Banba | CM11 | 1971–1984 | Former HMS Alverton | |||
LÉ Fola | CM12 | 1971–1987 | Former HMS Blaxton | |||
LÉ Deirdre | ![]() | Offshore patrol vessel | P20 | 1972–2001 | Sold for scrap | Prototype of the P20 class |
LÉ Setanta | Auxiliary ship | A15 | 1976-1984 | Sold for scrap | Former Irish Lights vessel Isolde | |
LÉ Ferdia | Patrol vessel | A16 | 1977-1978 | Chartered for one year | Former MFV Helen Basse | |
LÉ Emer | ![]() | Offshore patrol vessel [37] | P21 | 1978-2013 | Acquired by Nigerian Navy | Modified version of the LÉ Deirdre |
LÉ Aoife | P22 | 1979–2015 | Donated to Maltese Navy | |||
LÉ Aisling | P23 | 1980–2016 | Acquired by Libyan National Army | |||
LÉ Eithne | ![]() | Helicopter patrol vessel [38] | P31 | 1984-2022 | Sold for scrap | Equipped with helicopter hangar and deck |
LÉ Orla | ![]() | Coastal patrol vessel [39] | P41 | 1989–2022 | Former HMS Swift | |
LÉ Ciara | P42 | 1989–2022 | Former HMS Swallow | |||
The Marine and Coastwatching Service was a naval service that operated during The Emergency. In 1946, the service was integrated into the Defence Forces as the Naval Service and these ships were sold off. [40] [41] [42]
Name | Image | Type | Service Years | Fate | Notes |
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PV Muirchú | ![]() | Patrol vessel | 1939–1947 | Sold in Jan 1947 for scrap, but sank off Saltee Islands in May. | Launched in 1908 and served the Irish Free State from 1923 as an unarmed fisheries protection vessel. Later armed with a 12 pounder gun. |
SS Fort Rannoch [43] | Armed trawler | 1939–1947 | Sold in July 1947 to commercial service, and scrapped in 1963. | Leased by Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1937 for fisheries protection. Later armed with a 12 pounder gun. | |
SS Shark | Minelayer | 1940–1948 | Sold in 1948 and scrapped in 1952. | Built in 1891 as trawler, and later a salvage vessel. | |
Isallt | Sail training | 1940-1945 | Sold in 1945 and sank off Wicklow in December 1947. | A wooden three masted schooner built in Wales in 1909. | |
M1 | ![]() | Motor Torpedo Boat | 1940-1948 | Sold between 1948-50 to Colonel James Fitzmaurice | M1 and M2 were originally built for Estonia and Latvia respectively. Built by Thornycroft, they were 72 feet in length, displaced 32 tons, a crew of ten, and powered by Isotta-Fraschini engines giving a top speed of 40 knots. They were armed with two 18" torpedoes, a 0.303" Hotchkiss machine gun, and two depth charges. M4-6 were slightly larger, powered by Rolls Royce engines with a lower speed of 28 knots, and replaced the Hotchkiss with a 20mm Madsen cannon. Their small size meant that these boats were not suited to Atlantic waters. [44] [45] |
M2 | 1940-1948 | ||||
M3 | 1940-1948 | ||||
M4 | 1942-1948 | ||||
M5 | 1942-1948 | ||||
M6 | 1943-1948 | ||||
The Coastal and Marine Service was a short-lived naval service that operated during The Irish Civil War. The Service was disbanded in March 1924 after only several months of existence, and all of its ships, except Muirchú, were sold off. [40] [42] [46] [47]
Name | Image | Type | Notes |
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SS Dainty | Salvage Tug/Patrol sloop | STOIC class tug built in Chepstow in 1918 for the Admiralty. She had a length of 142 feet, a displacement of 468 tons, and armed with a 12-pounder gun. Sold to French interests, renamed SS Cherbourgeois. [48] | |
PV Muirchú | ![]() | Patrol vessel | Launched in 1908 as HMY Helga (Pendant No 064). Armed with a 12 pounder gun. Disarmed and transferred to Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for fisheries protection. |
John Dunn (Adty No 3741) | ![]() | Mersey-class trawler | The Mersey trawlers were a class of over 100 naval trawlers built for the Royal Navy during World War I. The trawlers were 148 feet in length, with a displacement of 438 tons, a crew of 15, a speed of 11 knots, and armed with a 12-pounder gun. |
John Dutton (Adty No 3739) | |||
William Honnor (Adty No 3796) | |||
Robert Murray (Adty No 4256) | |||
Thomas Thresher (Adty No 3572) | |||
Christopher Dixon (Adty No 3563) | |||
TR.24 | ![]() | TR series trawler | The TR trawlers were a Canadian version of the Castle-class trawler built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal during World War I. The trawlers were 133 feet in length, with a displacement of 279 tons, a crew of 15, a speed of 10 knots, and armed with a 12-pounder gun. |
TR.25 | |||
TR.27 | |||
TR.29 | |||
TR.30 | |||
TR.31 | |||
Inishirrer (Official No. 135637) | Drifter | Built in Arklow in 1913, she was 65 feet in length, and displaced 51 gross registered tons. [49] [50] Acquired from Congested Districts Board in August 1922. Armed with machine guns | |
John S Summers (Official No 125960) (Admiralty No 2147) [51] | Built in Lowestoft in 1910, she was 77 feet length, and displaced 62 gross registered tons. [52] Was hired by Royal Navy as a net vessel during World War I. [53] Armed with machine guns | ||
ML1 | ![]() | Motor Launch | Four ELCO motor launches were acquired in May 1922 for the Marine Investigations Department. ML2 sank off Cornwall in July 1922 while being delivered. The launches were 80 feet in length, with a displacement of 37 tons, a crew of 8, a speed of 19 knots, and armed with a 3-pounder gun. [54] |
ML2 | |||
ML3 | |||
ML4 | |||
190 | ![]() | Steam pinnace | A pinnace is a type of ship's boat. They were 50 feet in length, displaced 14.4 tons, a speed of 12 knots, and armed with machine guns. [55] |
199 |
There were also five unnamed patrol boats of unknown type used for river patrol.
Name | Image | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (t) | Length (m) | Type |
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RV Lough Beltra [56] | 1976 [57] | 1997 [58] | 21 | Fishing trawler/research vessel | ||
RV Celtic Voyager [59] | ![]() | 1997 | 12 July 2022 [60] | 340 [61] | 31.4 | Multi-Purpose Research Vessel |
Name | Image | Type | Sail plan | Service Years | Fate |
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Asgard II [62] | | Sail training | Brigantine | 1981-2008 | Sunk in Bay of Biscay [63] |
The Naval Service is currently adopting a three-ship operational posture, which sees the four P60 class vessels on patrol in operational rotation [..] In addition [..] the LÉ Róisín is currently in operational reserve while the LÉ Niamh is in the process of completing a mid-life extension programme, after which she will enter operational reserve