The newest addition to the Naval Service fleet, the Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) P70 class cutter LÉ Aoibhinn (P71), was berthed at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Sunday.
The former Royal New Zealand cutter was alongside the town’s Carlisle Pier, berthed next to Green Rebel’s 56-metre multi-purpose survey vessel Glomar Vantage.
The LÉ Aoibhinn (P71) in her home port of Cork Harbour last week Photo: Bob Bateman
As Afloat reported, orange-hulled Glomar Vantage is undertaking geotechnical and geophysical surveys in the Irish Sea on behalf of McMahon Design and Management.
The survey work, scheduled to start on 1 June, will be completed by 1 September, subject to weather and operational constraints.
The geotechnical and geophysical surveys will involve deploying towed equipment from the survey vessel. The surveys will follow three cable routes — two roughly from Dublin to North Wales, and one from Wexford to South Wales.
