LE AOIFE seen making an early morning departure from Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the River Liffey, Dublin. LÉ AOIFE (P22) of the Irish Naval Service, is now known as P62 of the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta, was built as an offshore patrol vessel in 1978. Serving the Irish Naval Service since 1979, Aoife was decommissioned by Ireland in 2015, and donated to the Armed Forces of Malta. It was commissioned as the patrol boat P62 on 28 June 2015, and is currently Malta's largest naval vessel.
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