P-42 Ciara

Country:  Ireland

Class, [Type]: Peacock, [PG].

Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, U.K.

Launch date: 30 March 1984.

Commission date: 21 November 1988.

Decommission date: 08 August 2022.

Displacement ( tons ): 662, 712 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 62,6 x 10 x 2,72

Main machinery: 2 x APE-Crossley-SEMT-Pielstick 18 PA6 V280 diesels ( 14.188 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 28.

Range ( miles ): 2.500 at 17 knots.

Complement: 39 ( 6 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 76mm/62 OTO Melara Compact, 2 x 12,7mm, 2 x 7,62mm.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Kelvin Hughes 500A, 1 x Kelvin Hughes Mk IV.

Callsign: EIYT ()

Comment: ex - Swallow, P 242 (Royal Navy).