LÉ Emer

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Emer (P21) of the Irish Naval Service, now known as NNS Prosperity of the Nigerian Navy, was built as a patrol vessel in Verolme Dockyard, Cork, Ireland in 1977.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After evaluating Template:LÉ for 3 years, Emer was ordered by the Irish Naval Service in 1975. Commissioned in January 1978, she was named after Emer, the principal wife of Cúchulainn, a legendary Irish folk hero.<ref name="journal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She was an improved version of the sole of class Template:LÉ and similar to Template:LÉ and Template:LÉ. She was commissioned on 16 January 1978 and had 35 years of service with the Irish Naval Service.<ref name="journal"/>

Decommissioned on 20 September 2013,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in October 2013 Emer was sold at auction for €320,000 to a Nigerian businessman.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In July 2014 Emer was impounded by the Nigerian Navy because the new owner had failed to secure the necessary military approval before bringing the ship into Nigerian waters.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 19 February 2015 Emer was commissioned into the Nigerian Navy as a training ship and renamed NNS Prosperity.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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