Fearless 1979
Intrepid 1981
Intrepid 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Fearless | L10 | 1651 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 25.7.1962 | 19.12.1963 | 25.11.1965 | BU 2008 |
| Intrepid | L11 | 723 | John Brown, Clydebank | 19.12.1962 | 25.6.1964 | 11.3.1967 | BU 9.2008 |
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Displacement standard, t |
11060 |
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Displacement full, t |
12120 |
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Length, m |
152.4 wl 158.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
24.4 |
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Draught, m |
6.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets English Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
22000 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(20) |
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Armament |
4 x 4 Sea Cat GWS20 SAM (16 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, helicopter deck for 5 Wessex (later 4 Sea King) |
| Military load | 4 LCM(9), 4 LCVP, 380 - 400 marines (700 overload), 15 tanks, 27 vehicles |
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Electronic equipment |
type 978, type 993 radars, CAAIS CCS |
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Complement |
580 |
Project history: Updated version of the wartime dock landing ship ordered in 1962, simply smaller version of contemporary USN Raleigh class. The principal advantage over the existing LSTs was the seaworthiness, range and capability.
Modernizations: late 1970s, both: - type 993 radar; + type 994 radar, UA-A1 ECM suite, 2x Corvus decoy RL
late 1980s, Intrepid: - 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS20 SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/60; + 2 x 2 - 30/75 GCM-A03, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01
late 1980s, both: - type 978 radar; + type 1006 radar
1990, Fearless: - 4 x 4 Sea Cat GWS20 SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/60, UA-A1 ECM suite, 2x Corvus decoy RL, CAAIS CCS; + 2 x 2 - 30/75 GCM-A03, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2x Mk 90 radars, Mentor-A ECM suite, 8x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, DLF(2) floating decoy launcher, Nautis-M CCS
Naval service: No significant events.
Intrepid 1981
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015