The Irish Navy took delivery of its fourth and final offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Samuel Beckett class during a naming and commissioning ceremony held in Waterford, Ireland, on May 1 in the presence of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Defense Paul Kehoe. Commissioning and handover of LE George Bernard Shaw bring to a close one phase - the patrol vessel element - of the Naval Service Ship Replacement Program, a strategy launched in 2007 under the Irish Navy's 30-year in-service rule. Read full news at this link...
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The ceremonial of the commissioning of the new Irish OPV (Picture Source: Irish DoD)
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