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AN COSANTÓIR
THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE
L.É. SAMUEL BECKETT
Builder: Babcock Marine Appledore
Laid Down: May 2012
Float Out: November 2013
Class of Ship: Offshore Patrol Vessel
Displacement: 2,226 tonnes
Length: 90.0m
Beam: 14.0m
Draught: 3.8m
Propulsion: 2 x Wärtsilä diesel engines and Power Take In
2 x shafts, 10000kw
Speed: 23kts (Max Speed)
Complement: 44 personnel
Armament: 1 x 76mm OTO Melara
2 x 20mm RH 202 Rhienmetall Cannon
2 x 12.7mm Browning HMG's
4 x 7.62mm GPMG's
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