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Fearless-class landing platform dock

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HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid
Class overview
Operators Royal Navy
Succeeded byAlbion
In commission1965 - 2002
Completed2
RetiredHMS Fearless, HMS Intrepid
General characteristics
Displacement16,950 tons
Length158.5 m (520 ft)
Beam24.4 m (80 ft)
Draught6.3 m (21 ft)
Propulsionlist error: <br /> list (help)
2 steam turbines
22,000 shp
Speed22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried		list error: <br /> list (help)
4 medium landing craft (in dock)
4 light landing craft (on davits)
Capacitylist error: <br /> list (help)
Up to 700 troops
15 tanks
27 vehicles
Complement580
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
2 anti-aircraft guns
16 surface-to-air missiles
Aircraft carried5 helicopters

The Fearless class amphibious assault ships were the first purpose built amphibious warfare vessels in the Royal Navy. The class comprised only two ships: HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid.

Designed as Landing Platform Docks, they were designed to transport and land troops by sea either using Landing Craft Utility or helicopters. As constructed, the ships have an internal dock that is accessed via the stern - while in port, vehicles can simply drive up the stern ramp and into the internal vehicle decks. At sea, the ships could partially sink themselves at the stern, flooding the internal dock and allowing landing craft to come right up to the edge of the vehicle deck.

Each ship carried four LCUs in the stern dock, with four more smaller landing craft on davits on the superstructure. They provided accommodation for up to 400 troops (though if no vehicles were carried, up to 700 could be accommodated using the vehicle decks and corridors).

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Ships

Pennant Name (a) Hull builder
(b) Main machinery manufacturers 		Laid down Launched Accepted into service Commissioned Estimated building cost[1]
L10 Fearless (a) Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
(b) English Electric Co Ltd, Rugby (steam turbines)
(b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing) [2] 		25 July 1962 19 December 1963 November 1965 [2] 25 November 1965 £11,250,000 [2]
L11 Intrepid (a) John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank
(b) English Electric Co Ltd, Rugby (steam turbines)
(b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing) [3] 		19 December 1962 25 June 1964 March 1967 [3] 11 March 1967 £10,300,00 [3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Unit cost, i.e. excluding cost of certain items (e.g. aircraft, First Outfits)."
    Text from Defences Estimates
  2. ^ a b c Defence Estimates, 1966-67, page 72, Table 3 (Programme): List and particulars of new ships which have been accepted or are expected to be accepted into HM service during the Financial Year ended 31st March 1966
  3. ^ a b c Defence Estimates, 1966-67, page 75, Table 3 (Programme): List and particulars of new ships which have been accepted or are expected to be accepted into HM service during the Financial Year ended 31st March 1967
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