Peacock-class corvette
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BRP Artemio Ricarte (ex-HMS Starling)
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Class overview | |
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Name | Peacock class |
Builders | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen |
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Preceded by | Castle class |
Succeeded by |
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Subclasses | Jacinto class |
In commission | 1982 - present |
Completed | 5 |
Active |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement | 712 tons full load |
Length | 62.6 m (205 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 14,188 bhp (10,580 kW) |
Speed | 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Complement | 30 - 40 |
Armament |
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The Peacock class is a class of patrol corvette built for the Royal Navy. Five were constructed, and by 1997 all had been sold to the Irish Naval Service or the Philippine Navy.
Original use
The five ships of this class were originally part of the Hong Kong Squadron of the
The Philippine Navy undertook several phases of upgrades on the three corvettes, with the first one completed in 2005 replacing the old radar and navigation systems. The second upgrade involved the improvements on its marine engineering systems, and a third upgrade included the improvement of combat systems.[2][3]
The two ships take their names from traditional Irish mythology: Órla, a grand niece (great niece) of Brian Boru, the 11th-century High King of Ireland.;[4] and Ciara, a saint born in Tipperary around the year 611 AD. They replaced the three Ton-class minesweepers, the last of which the Irish Navy had recently retired before the delivery of the Peacock class.
The two ships were decommissioned on 8 July 2022 [5] and are due to be replaced by ex-HMNZS Lake-class inshore patrol vessels, ex Rotoiti and Pukaki IPV in 2023.[6] They are planned to be scrapped by the Irish Department of Defense rather than sold to another country like the Philippine Navy.[7]
Operators
- Irish Navy(ex-RN 1988–2022)
- Philippine Navy (ex-RN 1997–)
- Royal Navy (former 1982–1997)
See also
- Emilio Jacinto-class corvette
- Osprey 55-class gunboat
References
- ^ Royal Navy Postwar. Peacock Class Offshore Patrol Vessels.
- ^ Montero, Max (14 March 2016). "Propmech and Saab Wins Philippine Navy's Jacinto-class Patrol Vessel Upgrade Phase 3B Project". MaxDefense Philippines. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Montero, Max (21 October 2015). "Updates on the Sensors, Fire Control System, and Weapon Systems Upgrade of the Philippine Navy's Jacinto-class Vessels". MaxDefense Philippines. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Irish Naval Service the LÉ Órla webpage Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "One-third of Naval Service fleet to be decommissioned". The Irish Times.
- ^ "New Zealand sells two retired vessels to Ireland". 15 March 2022.
- ^ MacSweeney, Tom (1 February 2023). "Naval Vessels to be Scrapped Rather Than Sold?". Afloat. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.