HMS Intrepid (L11)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Intrepid
Ordered	1 May 1962
Builder	John Brown & Company
Laid down	19 December 1962
Launched	25 June 1964
Commissioned	11 March 1967
Decommissioned	31 August 1999
Identification	Pennant L11; IMO number: 4907189;
Motto	"Cela va sans dire"; ("That goes without saying");
Fate	Towed to Liverpool for scrapping September 2008
General characteristics
Class & type	Fearless-class landing platform dock
Displacement	12,120 long tons (12,314 t) full load
Length	520 ft (158.5 m) oa; 500 ft (152.4 m) wl;
Beam	80 ft (24.4 m)
Draught	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 English Electric Steam turbines; 2 Babock & Wilcox boilers (550 psi (3,800 kPa) at 850 °F (454 °C)); 22,000 shp (16,000 kW);
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,260 km; 5,750 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Boats & landing; craft carried	4× LCM (9) landing craft in dock; 4× LCVP landing craft on davits;
Capacity	Normal capacity 380–400 troops, up to 700 troops for short periods; 15 tanks; 27 vehicles;
Complement	550 including small Royal Marines detachment (approx 88) and 2 Army Troops (Until 1973)
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 974 search radar; Type 978 Navigation radar;
Armament	Original armament:4× Sea Cat SAM launchers; 2 × Bofors 40/60; 1990 Armament:; 2× Sea Cat; 4× Oerlikon KCB 30 mm cannon (2 twin mounts); 2× Oerlikon GAM-B01 20 mm cannon;
Aircraft carried	Up to 5 Westland Wessex helicopters.

HMS Intrepid (L11) was one of two Fearless-class amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy. A landing platform dock (LPD), she served from 1967 until 1999. Based in HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon and HM Naval Base Portsmouth, she saw service around the world over her 32-year life.

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.

She was slated for decommissioning under terms of the 1981 Defence White Paper, but rapidly returned to service as part of the British operation to retake the Falkland Islands after the 1982 Argentine invasion.