HMS Intrepid (L11)
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| Commissioned: | |
| Keel laying: | December 19, 1962 |
| Launch: | June 25, 1964 |
| Commissioning: | March 11, 1967 |
| Decommissioning: | August 31, 1999 |
| Whereabouts: | Scrapped in 2009 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 12,120 tons (max.) |
| Length: | 158.5 m |
| Width: | 24.4 m |
| Draft: | 6.2 m |
| Helicopter deck | 50.3 mx 22.9 m |
| Drive: | two steam turbines with 8,200 kW (11,000 PS) each |
| Top speed: | 21 knots (39 km / h) |
| Range: | 9,250 km at 18 knots |
| Armament: | 2 × 20 mm guns, 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Landing craft: | 4 × LCM9 , 4 × LCVP , |
| Helicopter: | 7 × Westland Sea King , Westland Lynx , Aérospatiale Gazelle |
| Crew: | 550 men + 488 marines |
The HMS Intrepid was the second and final amphibious assault ship of the Fearless class of the British Navy . Together with her sister ship HMS Fearless , she was the centerpiece of the amphibious armed forces of the United Kingdom until 1999. She was the eighth ship in the Royal Navy to be named HMS Intrepid .
history
The HMS Intrepid was launched in 1964 at the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank . Half a year after its commissioning, it supported the withdrawal of British troops from Aden in November 1967 . In the following years she was mainly in use from Hong Kong in the Pacific and Indian Oceans .
1982 were Intrepid along with her sister ship Fearless as part of the Royal Navy Task Group under the Falklands War to the Falklands posted. There she supported the landing of British troops on the islands occupied by Argentina. On her return to England, she underwent extensive modernization in Devonport . From 1985 to 1991 she served mainly as a training ship for the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth .
In 1991 the Intrepid was moored in Portsmouth and placed in reserve, with a reactivation time of one month. In 1996, the Department of Defense decided to replace the Intrepid and her sister ship with two newbuildings. She was officially decommissioned on August 31, 1999, after not leaving her home port for eight years. The Intrepid was actually supposed to be scrapped in 2003, but this was delayed due to the high asbestos content. In February 2007, the Department of Defense announced that Leavesley International's ship would be scrapped in Liverpool. The Intrepid left her home port of Portsmouth for the last time on September 10, 2008 and arrived in Liverpool two days later, where scrapping began immediately.
Successors to the Fearless class are the landing dockships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark .
construction
The HMS Intrepid was designed for the transport and use of 488 marines or soldiers, in an emergency up to 670 could be taken on board. The ship had three vehicle decks on which up to 20 heavy battle tanks and 40 heavy trucks could be accommodated. For the landing of troops and material, four LCM9 landing craft were available , each capable of transporting 100 tons of cargo, two tanks or 100 soldiers. They were transported and loaded in the 60 m long corrugated deck . This is connected to the vehicle decks via ramps to enable easy loading. In addition, four smaller LCVPs can be carried on davits , which could each transport 30 soldiers or two Land Rovers . For air transport, the Intrepid had a helicopter deck for up to seven helicopters. Usually the ship carried a mix of Sea King , Lynx and Gazelle helicopters.
The ship also has the necessary command and communication facilities to control sea, land and air forces during landing operations in brigade size.
Armament
The standard armament of the Intrepid consisted of two 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, exchanged in 1984 for two 20-mm guns, and two Sea-Cat rocket launchers, exchanged in 1984 for two 20-mm Phalanx CIWS . This light armament of the ship is due to the fact that it always operated in association with frigates and destroyers , which should ensure the safety of the ship.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ HMS Intrepid to be broken up in UK , Shipping Times. February 20, 2007.
- ^ Falklands veteran's last farewell , Motor Boats Monthly. September 3, 2008. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
