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LÉ Aisling (P23) is a ship in the Irish Naval Service. The ship was named Aisling to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Patrick Pearse. Aisling was one of the first ships to arrive on the scene of the Air India Flight 182 disaster, and participated in recovery operations In 1984 LÉ Aisling was involved an international incident with a Spanish fishing trawler called Sonia. Aisling came across Sonia illegally fishing in Irish waters south of the Saltee Islands near Wexford. Sonia quickly retrieved its gear before Aisling could send a boarding party. When Sonia got underway she would have hit Aisling amidships had the Patrol Vessels engines not been put full astern. As it was, Sonia missed the PV by 10 feet, a small margin given the weather conditions. According to the captain the heavy trawler's hull would have sliced Aisling's thin plating. The episode continued with Aisling giving chase and firing warning shots. Sonia turned towards on Aisling numerous times causing the latter to take evasive action. After five hours pursuing the Sonia the captain of the Aisling was ordered to break off as she was entering British waters. When Aisling returned to its base in Haulbowline, Cobh that evening, news was fed back that Sonia sank due to sea conditions and both a German Freighter and RAF Brawdy a sea king helicopter had rescued the 13 crewmen. The Spaniards denied that any attempt had been made to ram Aisling and accused the Naval Service of causing their Ship to sink by riddling it with gunfire. The Irish Government denied this, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Peter Barry, TD, reiterated this to his Spanish opposite number who happened to be in Luxembourg negotiating Spain’s entry to the EEC. |
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| Author | William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland |
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