P-31 Eithne

Country:  Ireland

Class, [Type]: Eithne, [PS].

Builder: Verolme Dockyard, Cork, Ireland.

Launch date: 19 December 1983.

Commission date: 07 December 1984.

Decommission date: 08 August 2022.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.760, 1.915 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 81 x 12 x 4,3

Main machinery: 2 x Ruston Paxman 12RKCM diesels ( 7.200 hp ), 2 x props.

Speed ( knots ): 19.

Range ( miles ): 7.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 85 ( 9 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 57mm/70 Bofors SAK 57/70 Mk 1; 2 x 20mm/90 Rheinmetall, 2 x 7,62mm.

Military lift: fuel 290 tons.

Radar: Surface/Air Search: 1 x Thales DA-05/4; Navigation: 1 x Decca TM 1229C, 1 x Decca AC 1629C; Fire Control: 2 x Thales LIOD ( 57mm ).

Sonar: Plessey PMS-26L, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 57mm Wallop Barricade decoy launchers.

Helicopter: 1 x SA.365 Dauphin II ( no hangar ).

Callsign: EIYS ()