HMS Fearless (L10) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Career (UK) Laid down: 25 July 1962 Launched: 19 December 1963 Commissioned: 25 November 1965 Decommissioned: 18 March 2002 Motto: Explicit Nomen ("The name says it all") Fate: Scrapped Ghent harbour (BE) 2008 Badge: General characteristics Class and type: Fearless class landing platform dock Type: Amphibious transport dock Displacement: 12,120 tons (full load) Length: 520 feet (160 m) Beam: 80 feet (24 m) Draught: 21 feet (6.4 m) Propulsion: 2 ? English Electric 2 shaft geared Steam turbines. 11,000 shp (8.2 MW) Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h) Complement: 580 Armament: 2 ? BMARC GAM B01 20 mm. single mounts 2 ? Phalanx CIWS Aircraft carried: Landing platform for up to 5 Sea King helicopters. HMS Fearless (L10) was a Royal Navy ship which served from 1965 until 2002. One of two from the Landing Platform Dock (LPD) class she was based in HMNB Portsmouth and saw service around the world over her 37 year life. Role Main article: Fearless class landing platform dock The LPDs provided support to a Royal Marines amphibious assault force and provided a platform for the Headquarters capability prior to, and during, the assault phase. The Royal Marines served aboard as the 4th Assault Squadron. The Squadron included crew for the 4 ? LCU's, 4 ? LCVP's, the Beach Party which was equipped with a Land Rover, Bedford 4 tonner, two tractor units one a track layer and the other a bucket, also a Centurion BARV. The squadron also had duties aboard ensuring equipment and troops got to shore as they were needed, and radio operators and administration. Service Fearless was the first purpose built LPD used by Royal Navy. Built in Belfast at the Harland and Wolff yard, she was launched in 1963 before undergoing trials and commissioning in 1965. Following commissioning her first operational tasking was acting as command platform for British Counter-Terrorism operations in Aden, operating Royal Air Force aircraft and Irish Guards prior to the British withdrawal as Flag of a 25 platform task group. Following the Aden experiences, in 1968, she was the venue for talks between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith over the future of Rhodesia. The latter had unilaterally declared independence(UDI) from Britain due to Britain's insistence on the removal of white minority rule. The Fearless features in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me as the ship which picks up Bond's escape pod. Fearless in San Carlos, during the Falklands WarAs one of the vessels committed to Operation Corporate, the 1982 Falklands War, Fearless, fitted with modern satellite communications equipment, hosted the staff of the amphibious force commander Commodore Amphibious Warfare (COMAW), Commodore Michael Clapp and Commanding Officer 3 Commando Brigade, Brigadier Julian Thompson and his staff, as well as elements of the landing force. She was placed out of commission for three years in 1985 prior to a two year refit at Devonport, and recommissioning in 1991. During this refit her 1940's vintage 40mm Bofors cannons and 1960's vintage two Sea Cat anti-air missile launchers were replaced by 20 mm BMARC and Phalanx CIWS guns. From 1991 until 1995 she supported the sea training phase of initial officer training, undertaken at Britannia Royal Naval College, as part of the Dartmouth Training Squadron. She was due to undertake an operation in the Gulf but that was handed to HMS Ocean in 2000. Her last major duty was to take part in amphibious exercise shortly before decommissioning. Decommissioned Fearless was decommissioned in 2002 and awaited disposal in Fareham Creek, Hampshire, moored alongside her sister HMS Intrepid. In October 2007, it was reported that Fearless is to be scrapped in Belgium,[1] [2] five years after it was officially mothballed in Portsmouth. On 17 December 2007, Fearless was towed to Ghent in Belgium to be broken up. Replacement LPDs were ordered during the 1990s with HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. They were commissioned in 2003. HMS Intrepid (L11) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Career (UK) Builder: John Brown & Company Laid down: 19 December 1962 Launched: 25 June 1964 Commissioned: 11 March 1967 Decommissioned: 31 August 1999 Motto: "Cela va sans dire" ("That goes without saying") Fate: Towed to Liverpool for scrapping September 2008 General characteristics Class and type: Fearless class landing platform dock Type: Amphibious transport dock Displacement: 16,950 tons Length: 520 feet (160 m) Beam: 80 feet (24 m) Draught: 21 feet (6.4 m) Propulsion: 2 English Electric Steam turbines. 2 Boilers. 22,000 shp. 550 psi 850 °F Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h) Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 20 kn Capacity: Up to 700 troops 15 tanks 27 vehicles Complement: 550 including small Royal Marines detachment(approx 70 men) Armament: 2 (Originally 4) Seacat launchers 2 ? BMARC 20 mm. Original

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