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Sorted by tonnage.

Class Picture Type Ships Commissioned Displacement Note
Patrol vessels
Samuel Beckett class LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) Offshore patrol vessel Samuel Beckett (P61)
James Joyce (P62)
William Butler Yeats (P63)
George Bernard Shaw (P64)
2014
2015
2016
2019[1]
2,256 tonnes
Eithne class LÉ Eithne (P31) Offshore patrol vessel Eithne (P31) 1984 1,960 tonnes Current fleet flagship.[2]
LÉ Eithne placed in "operational reserve" in 2019.[3]
Róisín class LÉ Niamh (P52) Offshore patrol vessel Róisín (P51)
Niamh (P52)
1999
2001
1,500 tonnes LÉ Róisín withdrawn from operation for "midlife refit" in 2019.[4]
Peacock class LÉ Ciara (P42) Corvette Orla (P41)
Ciara (P42)
1988
1988
712 tonnes LÉ Orla placed in "operational reserve" in 2019.[3]
  1. ^ "Ireland's fourth offshore patrol vessel, the LÉ George Bernard Shaw, has been officially commissioned". thejournal.ie. The Journal. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Naval Service > Fleet > Helicopter Patrol Vessel > LÉ Eithne P31". Military.ie. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Taoiseach acknowledges Naval Service is short staffed". rte.ie. RTÉ News. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Decision on Mediterranean rescue missions met with disappointment". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.