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| William Butler Yeats, offshore patrol vessel of the Irish Gaelic Naval Service |
This is the 5th photograph gallery (see previous posts) from my take in to Kiel, on the starting fourth dimension weekend of the 136th Kiel Week. The Kiel Week (German: Kieler Woche) or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing final result inward Kiel, the upper-case alphabetic lineament of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The starting fourth dimension weekend of the Kiel Week, the famous Naval Base of Kiel, opens its gates for only iv hours per day, for thousands of tourists who are eager to take in the High German Navy warships as well as dozens of unusual warships which take in the urban meat of Kiel, to laurels the Kiel Week. Τhe Irish Gaelic Naval Service was represented yesteryear the P63 William Butler Yeats, the tertiary Samuel Beckett class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) which was commissioned inward Oct 2016. The Samuel Beckett cast OPVs are the largest as well as virtually modern Irish Gaelic warships today as well as are named later literary figures. The ships convey xc meters length as well as over 2,200 tons displacement at sum load. As all Irish Gaelic warships, the Samuel Beckett cast OPVs are armed amongst an OTO Melara 3in (76mm) automatic gun installed frontward of the bridge, 2 Rheinmetall 20mm Rh-202 guns, as well as several M2HB 12.7mm heavy machine guns or FN MAG 7.62mm calorie-free machine guns. Enjoy photos from my take in aboard LÉ William Butler Yeats, a really modern patrol vessel!
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| View of the stern. Three 20ft containers tin live on accommodated there. |
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| Deck expanse suitable for UAV operations |
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| Deck expanse suitable for UAV operations |
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| MST RHIB |
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| Notice the Rh202 above |
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| MST RHIB |
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| MST RHIB |
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| The port-side Rh202 20mm gun as well as SharpEye radars on the mast |
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| The OPV has bow thruster |
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| The OTO Melara gun of the ship |
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| The instant MST RHIB |
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| View of the stern deck area |
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| SATCOM antennas |
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| The MST RHIB every bit seen from the upper deck |
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| Close-up photograph of the starboard-side Rh202 gun |
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| The mast of the ship |
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| The gunner is protected yesteryear armor shield |
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| Note the High German sign! |
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| Chess Dyn. SEA EAGLE EO sensor |
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| One of the many cameras aboard |
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| View from the brace of the ship |
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| The gun every bit seen from the bridge |
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| Chess Dyn. SEA EAGLE EO sensor |
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| Mount for heavy machine gun |
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| The 3in gun at the bow deck |
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| The Irish Gaelic Naval Service banner |
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| Another mountain for machine gun |
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| At the stern of the ship |
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