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Naval Service to acquire four new boats over coming years Vessels will be used by Naval Reserve to provide port and maritime security
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The Naval Service is to acquire four small vessels to be used for maritime security.
The armed motor launches will be used primarily by the Naval Reserve for operations close to the shore and for port security.
The reserve has been without any vessels, aside from Rigid Inflatable-Hull Boats (Ribs), since 2018 when the last motor launch was decommissioned on age grounds. The primary purpose of the vessels was to provide an armed Naval presence in the strategic ports of Dublin, Cork, Foynes and Waterford.
In August, there was cause for celebration following the miraculous rescue of two cousins who spent 15 hours stranded at sea. Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney got into difficulty after going paddleboarding at Furbo Beach in Co Galway. A major search and rescue operation was launched after the young women failed to return to shore and many feared the worst.
1. Galway ‘miracle’ rescue
The next morning, however, the pair were discovered by local fisherman Patrick Oliver and his son Morgan. Oliver used his fishing experience to predict where the young women might have drifted and located them some 17 miles from where they had last been seen.