LÉ Aoife (P22)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 3 July 1978 |
| Launched: | 12 April 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 29 November 1979 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | in active service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1019.5 tons Standard |
| Length: | 213.7 ft (65.2 m) overall |
| Beam: | 34.4 ft (10.5 m) |
| Draught: | 14.4ft (4.4 m) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31.5 km/h) maximum |
| Complement: | 46 (5 Officers and 41 Ratings ) |
| Armament: | 1 Bofors 40mm 2xGambo 20mm Cannons 7.62mm L7 GPMGs |
LÉ Aoife (P22) is a ship in the Irish Naval Service. The ship is named after Aoife, stepmother to The children of Lir, whom she turned into swans.
The LÉ Aoife assisted in the rescue of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command submarine HMCS Chicoutimi off the northwestern coast of Ireland on October 5, 2004.
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| Irish Naval Service Fleet | |
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LÉ Emer (P21) | LÉ Aoife (P22) | LÉ Aisling (P23) | LÉ Eithne (P31) | LÉ Orla (P41) | LÉ Ciara (P42) | LÉ Niamh (P52) | LÉ Róisín (P51) |
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LÉ Muirchú | LÉ Deirdre (P20) | LÉ Grainne (CM10) | LÉ Banba (CM11) | LÉ Fola (CM12) | LÉ Macha (01) | LÉ Maev (02) | LÉ Cliona (03) |
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