LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61)
 LÉ Samuel Beckett in 2014
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| Name: | LÉ Samuel Beckett |
| Namesake: | Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright and author |
| Ordered: | October 2010 |
| Builder: | Babcock Marine, North Devon |
| Cost: | €71 million |
| Laid down: | 19 May 2012 |
| Launched: | November 2013 |
| Acquired: | (Scheduled) January 2014 |
| Commissioned: | 17 May 2014 |
| Identification: | P61 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 2,256 tonnes Standard |
| Length: | 90.00 m (295.28 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.00 m (45.93 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Installed power: | 10,000 kW (13,000 hp) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Wärtsilä diesel engines |
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| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
3 MST 8 m (26 ft) RHIBS |
| Complement: | 54 (44 crew + 10 trainees) |
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| Aviation facilities: | UAV capabilities only |
LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) is a Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Irish Naval Service. The ship was launched in November 2013 and commissioned in May 2014. She is named after Irish playwright and author Samuel Beckett.
Like other OPVs in the Irish Naval Service, the ship's primary mission is fisheries protection, search and rescue, and maritime protection operations, including vessel boardings.
In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine, a UK-based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon. The first two vessels were named Samuel Beckett and James Joyce respectively, and planned to replace LÉ Emer(decommissioned September 2013; sold October 2013) and Aoife (decommissioned January 2015; commissioned in the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta June 2015).
Like the Róisín-class OPV, Samuel Beckett was designed by Vard Marine to a VARD 7 series design. Although similar to the Róisín-class OPV, Samuel Beckett is over 10 metres (33 ft) longer, intended to increase its capabilities in the rough waters of the North Atlantic. The ship is designed to carry a crew of 44 and have space for up to 10 trainees.
Additionally, Samuel Beckett is designed to carry remotely operated submersibles and a decompression chamber for divers. The expanded deck area would allow the ship to deploy unmanned surveillance planes.
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