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LÉ Setanta

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LÉ Setanta (A15) was an auxiliary ship and training ship in the Irish Naval Service.[1] She was named after Sétanta (Cú Chulainn), a mythical hero of the Ulster Cycle.[citation needed]

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Liffey Dockyard in Dublin built her in 1953 as a lighthouse tender for the Commissioners of Irish Lights. She was launched as Isolde,[2] named after the mythical Irish princess Iseult.

In 1976 the INS bought her, had her armed with two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and renamed her Setanta.[2] She served until 1984 when the INS sold her to Haulbowline Industries Ltd of Cork for scrap.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "History of the Naval Service". Irish Defence Forces. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. [2]
    McIvor 1994, p. 145.
  3. [3]
    McIvor 1994, pp. 161, 189.

Bibliography

  • McIvor, Aidan (1994). A History of the Irish Naval Service. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7165-2523-2.
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