New Irish naval ship in docks

Storm 10

Pictures of the new Irish Naval Ship "LE William Butler Yeats" which will be commissioned into the Navy and twinned with Galway City on Monday.

dastardly00

I passed by it yesterday while in the car. It looks like a magnificent vessel!

stampydmonkey

Is she the exact same class as LE Roisin and Sam Beckett?

Storm 10

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Is she the exact same class as LE Roisin and Sam Beckett?

Same class as Beckettl and Joyce Roisin is smaller

Moo Moo Land

Saw it yesterday. Nice ship.

Mrs OBumble

According to this the commissioning is on Monday: http://www.independent.ie/business/budget/800-recruits-to-bolster-defence-forces-35123787.html

There a crew of lads building marquees and the like on the docks today, some of the carparking is closed for it. If you've left a car in the bit across the road from where the oil tanks are, you might like to move it (or it may already have been towed away for you).

Storm 10

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

According to this the commissioning is on Monday: http://www.independent.ie/business/budget/800-recruits-to-bolster-defence-forces-35123787.html

There a crew of lads building marquees and the like on the docks today, some of the carparking is closed for it. If you've left a car in the bit across the road from where the oil tanks are, you might like to move it (or it may already have been towed away for you).

Did I not say it was being commissioned on Monday

CrowdedHouse

https://twitter.com/PGaillimh/status/787986674655567872

Mrs OBumble

Storm 10 wrote: »

Did I not say it was being commissioned on Monday

You did. But I was so enthralled with your pics that I missed it and googled elsewhere :-(