The Naval Service Diving Section (NSDS) (Irish: Rannóg Tumadóireachta na Seirbháse Cabhlaigh), formally part of NOC's shore operations section, is a specialist unit of the Irish …

The Naval Service is the State's principal seagoing agency with a general responsibility to meet contingent and actual maritime defence requirements. It is tasked with a variety of defence …

Jun 22, 2025 · Its core strategy revolves around upholding Irish sovereignty and undertaking constabulary duties within its economic zone, which is approximately ten times the size of its …

Jun 18, 2024 · As we look out to the horizon from Cork Harbour and the coastline of Ireland, know that men and women of the Irish Navy serving their country are deployed on Maritime Defence …

The Naval Service provides the maritime component of the Irish State's defence capabilities and is the State's principal seagoing agency. It "protects Ireland's interests at and from the sea, …

Feb 1, 2017 · The Irish Naval Service for 70 years has been providing fisheries protection, sea patrols, surveillance and smuggling prevention. Ireland’s maritime territory is not small. It …

6 days ago · The Defence Forces will be forced to spend almost €250,000 hiring external contractors to service its naval weapons due to a lack of trained personnel. Earlier this year, …

Jul 2, 2025 · While most missions undertaken by the Naval Service are in Irish waters, on occasion longer missions are undertaken in support of Irish peacekeepers serving with the …

Sold in Jan 1947 for scrap, but sank off Saltee Islands in May. Launched in 1908 and served the Irish Free State from 1923 as an unarmed fisheries protection vessel. Later armed with a 12 …

Each vessel is equipped with state of the art machinery, weapons, communication and navigation systems. The NS Fleet keeps the tradition of naming its vessels after famous women from …