P-23 Aisling

Country:  Ireland

Class, [Type]: Emer, [PS].

Builder: Verolme, Cork, Ireland.

Launch date: 03 October 1979.

Commission date: 21 May 1980.

Decommission date: 22 June 2016.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.019,5.

Dimensions ( metres ): 65,2 x 10,5 x 4,4

Main machinery: 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 6 PA6 L280 diesels ( 4.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 17.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 17 knots, 6.750 at 12 knots.

Complement: 47 ( 6 officers ).

Guns: 1 x Bofors 40mm/60 Mk22, 2 x GAMB-01 20mm.

Radar: Surface: Racal Decca 1230, F band; Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Mk IV, I band.

Sonar: Simrad Marine, hull mounted, active search, 34Khz.

Comment: Renamed Al-Karama (Dignity), a new asset to the Libyan National Army.

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