The Naval Service is the maritime component of the Defence Forces of Ireland and is one of the three branches of the Irish Defence Forces. Its base is in Haulbowline, County Cork.
Naval Service personnel remove the body of a victim of Air India Flight 182 from LÉ Aisling which was sent to search for survivors on 23 June 1985
M1 Irish motor torpedo boat
LÉ Deirdre, the first purpose-built ship commissioned by the Irish Naval Service
LÉ Róisín cruising off the Skellig Islands in 2013
The Defence Forces are the armed forces of Ireland. They encompass the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, and Reserve Defence Forces.
An Irish Army Cavalry Corps Mowag Piranha Close Reconnaissance Vehicle on UN patrol in Syria
Irish Air Corps AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter
Naval Service vessel LÉ Róisín
Ceremony at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin