HMS Intrepid (L11)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 19 December 1962 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 11 March 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 August 1999 |
| Fate: | Currently(2006) in Portsmouth awaiting disposal |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | |
| Draught: | 9.8 m docked down / 7 m normal |
| Propulsion: | 2 English Electric Steam turbines. 2 Boilers. 22,000 shp. 550 psi 850 °F. |
| Speed: | 21 kts |
| Range: | 5000 nm at 20 kt |
| Complement: | 550 including small Royal Marines detachment(approx 70 men). |
| Armament: | 2 Seacat launchers. 2 BMARC 20 mm. Later also included a Phalanx CIWS. |
| Aircraft: | Depending upon period. Mostly 2-4 Westland Wessex helicopters. |
| Motto: | "Explicet Nomen" - The name says it all |
HMS Intrepid (L11) was a Landing Platform Dock (LPD) of the Royal Navy.
Built at John Brown & Co. in Scotland in the early 1960's, at a cost of about £10.5 million. She had a large floodable dock in her stern, with a large flight deck over the top. She carried 4 LCU and 4 LCVP landing craft.
The extensive use of asbestos in pipe lagging and fire prevention arrangements, led to the vessel being too expensive to overhaul. She was replaced by HMS Bulwark in 2004.
[edit] Service history
- Took part in the Falklands War in 1982.
- Was the scene of a Westland Sea King helicopter accident when SAS were cross-decking on 19 May 1982.
[edit] See also
See HMS Intrepid for other ships of the same name.
| Fearless-class landing platform dock |
| Fearless | Intrepid |
List of amphibious assault ships of the Royal Navy |
