L10

Length:

500' Waterline
520' Overall

Beam:

80'

Draught:

25' 6"
32' when flooded

Displacement:

11060 Tons Standard
12120 Full Load
16950 When the Dock is flooded

Armament:

2 x Sea Cat GWS 20
2 x 40mm Bofors 

Machinery:

2 x English Electric/David Brown geared turbines
2 Shafts - 5 bladed propellors
SHP = 22000
Boilers - 2 Babcock and Wilcox

Speed:

21 Knots

Complement:

550

Military Lift:

380-400 Troops, 1000 overload
15 MBT's
7 x 3 Ton trucks
20 x .25 Ton trucks

Built by:

Harland and Wolff Ltd., Belfast

Laid down:

25/07/62

Launched:

19/12/63

Completed:

25/11/65

Battle Honours:

Heligoland	1914
Jutland	1916
Norway	1940
Atlantic	1941
Malta Convoys	1941
Mediterranean	1941
Falkland Islands	1982

Crest/Badge:

The word means intrepid

Ship adopted by:

Affiliated to Scarborough

Motto:

Explicit Nomen: The name explains itself

Other ships in the class:

INTREPID

Fate:

1968 Used as the venue for the Rhodesian/UK Government Talks at Gibraltar.

August 1974 Dartmouth Training Squadron (Mediterranean)

October 1976 Exercise "Team Work".

07/11/76 Whilst filming the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" off Malta the ship went to the aid of the Greek ship MOSTROS VASSOS ATENE which was in trouble with an engine room fire.

January 1977 Visit to Venice after exercise "Wild Thyme".

1980 to 1981 Commercial Refit

1982 Falklands Campaign

06/04/82 Broad Pennant of Commodore H.C. Clapp (COMAW) sailed from Portsmouth, en route for Ascension with 3 Commando Brigade (Brigadier J.J. Thompson RM.) 40, 42 and 45 Royal Marine Commandos enhanced by 3 Para and subsequently augmented by 2 Para.

30/05/82 Major-General J.J. Moore Arrived San Carlos in FEARLESS as Commander Land Forces: Operation Corporate.

1983 Dartmouth Training Squadron

28/11/83 FEARLESS later supported by ANDROMEDA and ACHILLES, relieved GLAMORGAN and BRAZEN off Lebanon.

01/01/84 RELIANT (RFA) with NP2200 and 846 NAS relieved FEARLESS off Lebanon and assisted in the evacuation of over 5,000 civilians in four weeks.

1985 In Reserve at Portsmouth

1989 to 1991 Refit at Devonport

July 1991 West Indies

December 1991 Visit to Sevastopol

1994 West Indies

May 1996 Exercise "Purple Star" in the USA

14/01/1997 Sailed as part of the Task Force going to the Far East for the hand-over of Hong Kong to the Chinese at the end of June 1997.

1998 Still in service.

19/03/02 Out of Service.

02/08/02 Paid off.

18/12/07 Towed to Ghent, Belgium for Breaking Up.