Irish Naval Service Fleet Inventory 🇮🇪

Key facts

Official Name Irish Naval Service
Country🇮🇪 Ireland
World rank#49
Ships in service31 (as of 2025)
Total ships36
Naval ensign

Ensign of Ireland navy

Number of active ships by category

Ship category Active
Patrol boats 29
Support ships 7

Detailed inventory of Irish Navy

Patrol boats

Type Class Ship Name Hull Number Status Year
Customs Cutter Suirbhéir RCC Suirbhéir Active 2004
Suirbhéir RCC Faire Active 2009
Motor launch Cygnus Typhoon Fionnghuala YP01 Active 2024
Inshore patrol vessel Lake LÉ Aoibhinn P71 Active 2024
Lake LÉ Gobnait P72 Active 2024
Offshore patrol vessel Samuel Beckett LÉ Samuel Beckett P61 Active 2014
Samuel Beckett LÉ James Joyce P62 Active 2015
Samuel Beckett LÉ William Butler Yeats P63 Active 2016
Samuel Beckett LÉ George Bernard Shaw P64 Active 2019
Large patrol vessel Róisín LÉ Niamh P52 Fitting Out 2001
Motor launch Cygnus Typhoon (3 ships) Ordered -
Large patrol vessel Róisín LÉ Róisín P51 Reserve 1999
Inflatable Boat - (5 ships) Active -
Inland Patrol Boat Arvor 250 Active 2007
Inflatable Boat Delta (3 ships) Active 2007
Rigid Inflatable Boat Osprey Active 1996
Inland Patrol Boat Targa 31 Colm na Cora Active 2000
Inflatable Boat Zodiac Active 1999
Zodiac (3 ships) Active 2013

Support ships

Type Class Ship Name Hull Number Status Year
Multi-Purpose Research Vessel - RV Tom Crean Active 2022
- RV Celtic Explorer Active 2003
Multipurpose Support Vessel Granuaile ILV Granuaile Active 2000
Near-Shore Hydrographic Survey Vessel Cosantóir Bradán M.V. Cosantóir Bradán Active 2012
Keary RV Keary Active 2009
Shallow Water Survey Vessel Stormforce RIB RV Geo Active 2007
Tonn RV Tonn Active 2015
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