HMS Speedy (P296)
 HMS Speedy at Portsmouth, 1982 | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Speedy (P296) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | 29 June 1978[1] |
| Builder: |
Boeing, Seattle[2] Shipped to the UK and fitted out by Vosper Thorneycroft.[2] |
| Laid down: | 1978[2] |
| Launched: | 9 July 1979 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs Margaret Jay, at the time wife of Peter Jay, UK Ambassador to the United States |
| Completed: | 1980+[2] |
| Commissioned: | 1980 |
| Out of service: | For disposal in December 1982[2] |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| Fate: | Sold into mercantile service in 1986. |
| Notes: | Pennant number: P296 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 117 long tons (119 t)[2] |
| Length: | Hull-borne: 90 feet (27 m)[2] Foils retracted: 101 feet (31 m)[2] Foil-borne: 90 feet (27 m)[2] |
| Beam: | Hull-borne: 30 feet (9.1 m)[2] Foils retracted: 30 feet (9.1 m)[2] Foil-borne: 30 feet (9.1 m)[2] |
| Draught: | Hull-borne: 17 feet (5.2 m)[2] Foils retracted: 7 feet (2.1 m)[2] Foil-borne: 8 feet (2.4 m)[2] |
| Propulsion: | Hull-borne: 2 x Detroit GM diesel engines, producing 1,100 brake horsepower (820 kW)[2] Foil-borne: 2 x Allison gas turbines, producing 7,560 horsepower (5,640 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | Hull-borne: 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)-15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[2] Foil-borne: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)[2] |
| Range: | Hull-borne: 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)[2] Foil-borne: 560 nautical miles (1,040 km; 640 mi)[2] |
| Endurance: | 23 long tons (23 t) of fuel |
| Complement: | 18[2] |
| Armament: | Designed for 2 × 7.62mm GPMGs on single mountings. Never fitted.[2] |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Speedy.
HMS Speedy (P296) was a Boeing Jetfoil, latterly a mine countermeasure vessel, of the British Royal Navy, based on the civilian Boeing 929 design. She was procured in 1979, as the first of a planned class of twelve, to provide the Royal Navy with practical experience in the operation of a hydrofoil, to ascertain technical and performance characteristics, and to oversee the capability of such a craft in the Fishery Protection Squadron and North Sea Squadron.[3][2] She was assigned to these squadrons in September 1981.[2] In 1982, she was used in minesweeping and minelaying trials at Portsmouth, but these were unsuccessful and she was sold into mercantile service in 1986.[4][2]
See also
- Pegasus-class hydrofoil, a United States Navy class of hydrofoil fast attack patrol boats.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Peter Blaker, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (27 October 1981). "Service Men (Rehabilitation)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 Cocker, Maurice (2006). Coastal Forces Vessels of the Royal Navy from 1865. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 075243862X.
- ↑ Brown, D.K., J.P. Catchpole, & A.M. Shand (1984). "The Evaluation of the Hydrofoil HMS Speedy". Royal Institution of Naval Architects Transactions 126: 16. ISSN 0035-8967.
- ↑ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 329.
- Bibliography
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
External links
- Mr. Keith Speed, MP for Ashford (31 March 1982). "HMS Speedy". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 415–422.