The LÉ Samuel Beckett broke records last night with the biggest migrant transport to safety in one single day onboard a Naval Service, with the ship steaming towards an Italian port with 652 rescued men, women, and children.

The LE Samuel Beckett has returned home, after rescuing 1,088 people from the Mediterranean Sea.

The Irish Naval Vessel, the LÉ Samuel Beckett, has been involved in a third search and rescue operation of the coast of Tripoli today.

The Irish naval ship LE Samuel Beckett has coordinated a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean.

The third naval service ship is to be called LÉ William Butler Yeats.

Ahoy Daddy! A little girl welcomed her father home from sea yesterday as the State’s newest Naval Service patrol vessel opened to the public for the first time.

The state’s newest naval vessel, the €50m LÉ Samuel Beckett, is to twin with Cork City — home port of the Irish Naval Service.

Ship ahoy! Navy top brass have confirmed that key personnel will shortly be sent to Devon to familiarise themselves with technology onboard their newest vessel before taking her on sea trials later this month.