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Fearless Class Assault Ships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
520' |
Engines: |
2 English Electric geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
79' 9" |
Boilers: |
2 Babcock & Wilcox superheated |
Draft: |
20' 3" (31' 1" flooded) |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
11,060 std. / 12,120 full |
HP: |
22,000 |
16,950 flooded |
Speed: |
21 knots |
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Crew: |
586 |
Range: |
5,000 NM @ 20 knots |
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Armament
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Guns
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Number
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Type |
Arrangement |
2 (a) |
40mm Bofors AA |
Single mounts |
4 (b) |
30mm AA |
Single mounts |
4 |
20mm Oerlikon AA |
Twin mounts |
1 (c) |
20mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS |
Single mount |
Missiles
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Number
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Type |
Launch platform |
16 (d) |
Sea Cat GWS-20 SAM |
4 Quad launches |
Aircraft
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Number |
Type |
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4-6 |
Helicopters |
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Landing craft |
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4 |
LCM (Landing Craft Medium) |
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4 |
LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) |
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Troops |
Up to 700 |
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Armament notes
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(a): |
Later replaced. |
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(b): |
Intrepid only. |
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(c): |
Fitted in late 1980's. |
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(d): |
2 quad launchers on Intrepid, replaced on both units with twin 30mm AA in late 1980's. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast, Ireland |
Dec. 19, 1963 |
Nov. 25, 1965 |
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Fate |
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Sold to Van Heyghen Recycling, Ghent, Belgium and scrapped in 2008.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland |
June 25, 1964 |
Mar. 11, 1967 |
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Fate |
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Sold to Leavesley International, Liverpool and scrapped in 2007-08.
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Page published Mar. 11, 2009 |