LÉ Aoife (P22)
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| Name: | LÉ Aoife (P22) |
| Namesake: | Aoife, stepmother to The children of Lir |
| Laid down: | 3 July 1978 |
| Launched: | 12 April 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 29 November 1979 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| 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 x Bofors 40mm 2 x Gambo 20mm Cannons 7.62mm L7 GPMGs |
LÉ[1] 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 Navy submarine Chicoutimi off the northwestern coast of Ireland on 5 October 2004.
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- ^ LÉ is an abbreviation of "Long Éireannach", or "Irish Ship" in English.
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