Long Eireannach ( Irish for "Irish ship") is the designation given to ships in the Irish Naval Service 's fleet. In this context it is abbreviated to LE , as in LE Eithne or LE Deirdre .

It has been used since December 1946 when the Irish Naval Service was established with purchase of three corvettes from the Royal Navy .

Further reading [ edit ]

• McIvor, Aidan (1994). A History of the Irish Naval Service . Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN   0-7165-2523-2 .
• Brady, Jim (1996). The Irish Navy: What a Life! . Dublin: Anchor Press. ISBN   0-9528447-0-2 .

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