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Irish Navy

  • 12-04-2009 3:29pm
    #1
    Skuxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭


    I just wonndering does anybody know what the number "P21" for example on the naval ships actually means?
    I know that Emer is P21, Aoife - P22, Aisling - P23...... but what does the number actually mean?


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  • #2
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Generally the first digit is determined by the class of the ship, the second is the number in the sequence.

    P21, P22, P23 are all Deirdre class.
    P31 is the sole Eithne
    P41 and P42 are the two Peacocks
    P51 and 52 are the Niamhs.

    Doubtless the next ship will be P61. And so on.

    NTM


  • #3
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,249 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    and 'P' = Patrol Vessel


  • #4
    Skuxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Skuxx


    thanks guys! I always asked myself anytime I saw one of the ships


  • #5
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    There was also CM10, CM11 and CM12(Coastal Minesweepers), as well as A15 and A16(auxiliaries).
    The corvettes had no letter Prefix, just 01, 02 and 03. Though it could be argued that the initial digit was O rather than 0. O1, O2 and O3. In RN service these vessels would have had the letter K in the pennant number.


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