LÉ Eithne Class

Illustration of the Eithine Class Patrol Vessel Class overview Name LÉ Eithne Class. Builders Operators Royal Corkonian Navy Preceded by Cost €71.9 million per unit including main gun In Commission 7 December 1984 Planned 13. Building 2. Completed 12. Active 12. General characteristics Type Offshore patrol vessel Displacement 1,920 tonnes Length 84.8 m (278 ft) Beam 12 m (39 ft) Draught 4.3 m (14 ft) Propulsion Speed 37 km/h (20 kn) maximum Range 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) Endurance Boats & landing craft carried Completement 12 (4 officers and 8 ratings) Sensors and processing systems Electronic Warfare & decoys Armament 1× Bofors 57 mm gun 2× Rheinmetall 20 mm Cannon 7.62 mm GPMG Aircraft Carried Aviation Facilities 1× helicopter flight deck

The LÉ Eithne Class or the Eithne is a class of Offshore patrol vessel that are still actively in service. It is primarily in service with Celtic Nations largely due to the fact they were seized after the Corkonian war of independence and the Tipperarian succeeding from the Republic of Ireland.

Variants

The Eithne has had multiple variants be put into service by its users, for one benefit to another there have been numerous: changes; adaptations and redesigns of the class.

cn-1

The cn-1 variant replaces the Bofors 57mm main gun for a Phalanx base 0 gun. This variant is only in use by the Corkonian coast guard. This was commissioned by the coast guard in January of 2024 to serve the patrol fleet around Brittany and north Africa, the replacement of the Bofors is the result of more protection needed against missiles launched from rebels and terrorist groups. Additionally a Bofors 57 mm cannon was seen as unnecessary and unreliable for a force who's job it was not to engage directly with other ships but too patrol the coast.

The cn-1 has yet to see any active combat. It usually carries a wildcat utility helicopter for transport and logistics.

Operators

Corcaigh

Corkonian Coastguard

The Corkonian Coastguard actively has four Eithne class ships of the cn-1 variant.