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| Career (Ireland) |
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| Name: |
LÉ Aisling (P23) |
| Namesake: |
aisling, a vision poem |
| Laid down: |
31 January 1979 |
| Launched: |
3 October 1979 |
| Commissioned: |
21 May 1980 |
| Status: |
In active service |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
1019.5 tonnes Standard |
| Length: |
65.2 m (214 ft) overall |
| Beam: |
10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draught: |
4.4 m (14 ft) |
| Speed: |
31.5 km/h (17.0 kn) maximum |
| Complement: |
46 (5 Officers and 41 Ratings ) |
| Armament: |
1 [[Bofors 40 m (130 ft)|L7 GPMG]] |
LÉ Aisling (P23) is a ship in the Irish Naval Service. The ship was named aisling to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Patrick Pearse.
Aisling was one of the first ships to arrive on the scene of the Air India Flight 182 disaster, and participated in recovery operations.[1]
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