HMS Fearless (L10)
HMS Fearless off North Carolina, 9 May 1996 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fearless |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down | 25 July 1962 |
| Launched | 19 December 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Hull, wife of Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull |
| Commissioned | 25 November 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 18 March 2002 |
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| Fate | Scrapped Ghent harbour (BE) 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fearless-class landing platform dock |
| Displacement | 12,120 tons (full load) |
| Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × English Electric 2 shaft geared steam turbines. 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) total |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Complement | 580 |
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| Aircraft carried | Landing platform for up to 5 Sea King helicopters. |
HMS Fearless (L10) was a Royal Navy amphibious assault ship that served from 1965 until 2002. One of two Fearless-class landing platform docks, she was based in HMNB Portsmouth and saw service around the world over her 37-year life. She was the last steam-powered surface ship in the Royal Navy.
The ship featured a floodable internal dock, accessed via a ramp at the stern for vehicles to embark, at sea, the stern would be partially submerged, allowing landing craft to load or unload vehicles and personnel directly from the deck. She carried four Landing Craft Utility (LCU)s in the well dock and four smaller Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) mounted on davits along the superstructure. Accommodation was provided for up to 400 embarked troops, which could be increased to 700.