LÉ Deirdre
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- LÉ Deirdre
- IMO number
- 8639857
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- 950
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 62.6 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1972
- Builder
- Verolme Cork Dockyard
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About LÉ Deirdre
LÉ Deirdre (P20) was a ship in the Irish Naval Service. She was named after Deirdre, a tragic heroine from Irish mythology who committed suicide after her lover's murder. Built in 1972, Deirdre was built as an addition to the Ton-class minesweepers, and was the first vessel designed and built for the Irish Naval Service in Ireland. She was to have longer range and be a more seaworthy ship for work in the Atlantic. Deirdre became the prototype for the later Emer-type vessels. Deirdre undertook a number of search and rescue operations throughout her careers. For example, Deirdre was one of the vessels involved in the 1979 Fastnet race rescue operations, assisting the crews of two yachts. In 1990, during the rescue of a Spanish trawler crew in Bantry Bay, a member of Deirdre's crew died – and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and Spanish Cross of Naval Merit.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is LÉ Deirdre now?
- LÉ Deirdre has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is LÉ Deirdre?
- LÉ Deirdre is a ship, built in 1972 by Verolme Cork Dockyard. The vessel is 62.6 m long and has a gross tonnage of 950.
- Has LÉ Deirdre been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for LÉ Deirdre appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).