LÉ Róisín
| LÉ Róisín (P51) at sea. | |
| Career | INS Jack |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Commissioned: | December 15, 1999 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | in active service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1500 tons Standard |
| Length: | 258.66 ft (78.84 m) overall |
| Beam: | 45.93 ft (14 m) |
| Draught: | 12.47 ft (3.8 m) |
| Speed: | 23 knots (42.6 km/h) maximum |
| Complement: | 44 (6 Officers and 38 Ratings) |
| Armament: | 1x76mm OTO Melara Cannon, 2x1.27mm HMG and 4x7.62mm GPMG |
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LÉ Róisín (P51) is a ship in the Irish Naval Service. The ship is named after Roisin Dubh probably one of the daughters of Red Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone in the late 16th Century.
The LÉ Róisín was also involved in the rescue of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command submarine HMCS Chicoutimi off the northwestern coast of Ireland on October 5 2004. As the LÉ Róisín attempted to assist the submarine it seriously damaged by the rough seas and forced to return to harbour.
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