LÉ Setanta

LÉ Setanta (A15) was an auxiliary ship and training ship in the Irish Naval Service.^[1] She was named after Sétanta (Cú Chulainn), a mythical hero of the Ulster Cycle.^{[citation needed]}

Liffey Dockyard in Dublin built her in 1953 as a lighthouse tender for the Commissioners of Irish Lights. She was launched as Isolde,^[2] named after the mythical Irish princess Iseult.

In 1976 the INS bought her, had her armed with two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and renamed her Setanta.^[2] She served until 1984 when the INS sold her to Haulbowline Industries Ltd of Cork for scrap.^[3]

References

1. "History of the Naval Service". Irish Defence Forces. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
2. McIvor 1994, p. 145.
3. McIvor 1994, pp. 161, 189.

Bibliography

• McIvor, Aidan (1994). A History of the Irish Naval Service. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7165-2523-2.