LÉ Fola (CM12)

LÉ Fola (CM12)

LÉ "Fola" (CM12) was a in the Irish Naval Service (INS). She was the former Royal Navy HMS|Blaxton|M1131. She was named after Fóla, a legendary queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann and a poetic name for Ireland.

HMS "Blaxton" was handed over to the INS on 22 February 1971 and commissioned as "Fola" by Lt. Cdr. Deasy at Gibraltar the next day.

Following her commissioning, "Fola" in company with "Banba" worked up in the Western Mediterranean so that they could complete Harbour Acceptance Trials and Sea Acceptance Trials. On 20 March both ships left the Mediterranean for home, however on the way a storm blew up forcing them to take refuge in Lisbon. The two newest additions to the Navy finally arrived on 29 March 1971.

In 1987 The "Fola" was decommissioned and sold to Spanish interests for breaking.


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