Fearless was on route through the Mediterranean to Exercise Saif Sahria when 9/11 happened. She was later joined by Ocean for the exercise who a few weeks later was returned to the UK for a quick spot of maintenance and restocking. As Fearless was to be decommissioned she remained in the Persian Gulf longer than her intended program until late February 2002, before Ocean arrived back in theatre and took over. Fearless made a final entrance into Portsmouth harbour on a blustery 18th March 2002 and because of the length of her paying pennant it had to be held by the ships company manning the flight deck to stop it being blown towards spice island on the way in. Intrepid hadn't sailed from Portsmouth in years (since 94 if my memory's correct) and was a permanent fixture in 3 basin until being moored in Fareham creek alongside Fearless. Fearless also had around 6 foot removed from her main mast and a collapse able AJK antenna fitted so she could go under some Norwegian bridges for exercises and port visits. So if on those rare occasions you saw them both at sea from the silhouette Fearless had the shorter mast.
Went aboard her a few times when my Dad served on her between 76/78 then many years later saw her and Intrepid tied up in Portsmouth awaiting their final trip to the scrap yard!
I remember going on board Fearless when she came back from The Falklands in '82, I was only 8 years old, my uncle was Fleet Chief Petty Officer on her...
@@DerekTolley-t8y I'm afraid to say that John passed away in 2009 and was only 66 living in northern Cyprus. We scattered his ashes out in The Solent as per his request. He was a real hero figure to me when I was young. Thanks for your comment and all the best to you sir...
1. 12,120 tons of ship 2. 520 foot length, 160m 3. 24m beam 4. draft 6.4 5. last steam ships were the leander class frigates. commissioned hms ariadne 10th feb 1973 6. speed 21 knots 7. LPD, landing platform dock, well decks are from the age of sailing ships 8. LST's, landing ship tanks, a whole different kind of ship 9. 978 radar operates in the X band 10. 262 radar is a fire control radar for the seacat missle system. removed in 1985 11. bofors were removed in 1985, replaced with 20mm bmarc 12. four seacat launchers not five 13. hms fearless was scrapped in belgium 14 an attempt was made to have intrepid preserved as a museum ship still afloat. basic fact checking needed
Yes Jim me two. I served as a gunner. Was in 2e1 gunners mess and 4j2 gunners mess. Great times. I was only 17/18 and we had the young officers on board as part of the Dartmouth training ship so as you know was the usual four days at sea, four days in port routine. Gib, las palmas, naples, Djibouti, Egypt, Istanbul and all the rest. The only time we be cold was taking the bottlenecks up to norway/ Denmark areas. You only remember the good times they say and it's true. I wish I had stayed in. I've been trying to find my best mate Andrew Walton who was a gunner also, in the same mess. He was called John boy, ( obviously). He left in 97 after 12 years as we both joined in 85. Ah, the great days.
They weren't "the last ships fitted with steam propulsion". Hms Ariadne, the last Leander class frigate was commissioned in 1973, 7 years after Intrepid was commissioned. Also, nuclear submarines continue to be built with steam propulsion.
HMS Intrepid was first fitted with Skynet satellite communications for the job of holding Commonwealth conference held in Singapore in 1971 Intrepid was the command ship at possibly the worlds worst natural disaster in East Pakistan in Nov 1970. This was when a Cyclone in the Bay of Bengal met the melting snow in the Ganges Delta causing what is attributed as the worlds worst Natural Disaster Along with HMS Triumph, 20 helicopters , her 8 landing craft. 650 troops, other International forces, and civilian craft she distributed food to tens of million of refuges and buried some 500,000 as locals were on strike. An unpleasant job and Navy rum ration, which had stopped in mid 1970, was re issued for Navy and Army personnel
I served on his intrepid from 86/88. The difference was intrepid had a higher main mast also a larger well deck back end ramp. Also I was a sea cat aimer and there used to be x4 quadruple launchers on both ships but intrepid had x2 launchers removed.. You could never fit all the vehicles that was stated in this video on board intrepid as it was where the naffi stored the beer.😁. We were allowed 3 fans per day per junior rating but could get as much as you wanted. And there were that many on board , we didn't do the usual, morning/ first, afternoon/ middle type watches except when I was bosuns mate at sea. We had mostly, all nights in, which for you non matelots means a full night in bed with nobody asking you to sighn the shake book at all hours in the morning. Great days.
@@Ron-u1zalso the booms on the rear 15 ton cranes were different . I also think the 6 ton cranes on the flight deck were slightly different as well. The 6 ton crane on the intrepid was my personal bit of kit (maintainer and driver) when I was on her from 84 to 87.
I lived for 35 years a walk from Fareham creek. They looked sad there :)
But its the best place in the world to be born for a ship lover. ❤
What a great set of videos. Both lovely ships. I have an old book, from the library of HMS Fearless.
My late Father was a Clr Sgt in the RM on the Fearless in the 1960's from it's first deployment
'Per Mare Per Terram'. ;o)
I loved my 3 and a half years on Intrepid 1986-89. I also did a States trip on Fearless in 2006
I was on intrepid then! 4L2 MEM(L)’s mess 👍
Fearless was on route through the Mediterranean to Exercise Saif Sahria when 9/11 happened. She was later joined by Ocean for the exercise who a few weeks later was returned to the UK for a quick spot of maintenance and restocking. As Fearless was to be decommissioned she remained in the Persian Gulf longer than her intended program until late February 2002, before Ocean arrived back in theatre and took over. Fearless made a final entrance into Portsmouth harbour on a blustery 18th March 2002 and because of the length of her paying pennant it had to be held by the ships company manning the flight deck to stop it being blown towards spice island on the way in. Intrepid hadn't sailed from Portsmouth in years (since 94 if my memory's correct) and was a permanent fixture in 3 basin until being moored in Fareham creek alongside Fearless. Fearless also had around 6 foot removed from her main mast and a collapse able AJK antenna fitted so she could go under some Norwegian bridges for exercises and port visits. So if on those rare occasions you saw them both at sea from the silhouette Fearless had the shorter mast.
In 1982 it was reported that HMS Intrepid was for sale and she was inspected by the Argentinians
Never mind, they got to see her in anger in same year. ;o)
Loved my time on HMS Fearless RIP Lion x
Went aboard her a few times when my Dad served on her between 76/78 then many years later saw her and Intrepid tied up in Portsmouth awaiting their final trip to the scrap yard!
I remember going on board Fearless when she came back from The Falklands in '82, I was only 8 years old, my uncle was Fleet Chief Petty Officer on her...
I assume that your uncle was John Price how is he. Me Derek Tolley, we must be in our 80s. Give him my regards. Good run ashore.
@@DerekTolley-t8y I'm afraid to say that John passed away in 2009 and was only 66 living in northern Cyprus. We scattered his ashes out in The Solent as per his request. He was a real hero figure to me when I was young. Thanks for your comment and all the best to you sir...
1. 12,120 tons of ship
2. 520 foot length, 160m
3. 24m beam
4. draft 6.4
5. last steam ships were the leander class frigates. commissioned hms ariadne 10th feb 1973
6. speed 21 knots
7. LPD, landing platform dock, well decks are from the age of sailing ships
8. LST's, landing ship tanks, a whole different kind of ship
9. 978 radar operates in the X band
10. 262 radar is a fire control radar for the seacat missle system. removed in 1985
11. bofors were removed in 1985, replaced with 20mm bmarc
12. four seacat launchers not five
13. hms fearless was scrapped in belgium
14 an attempt was made to have intrepid preserved as a museum ship still afloat.
basic fact checking needed
Best ship I served on
Yes Jim me two. I served as a gunner. Was in 2e1 gunners mess and 4j2 gunners mess. Great times. I was only 17/18 and we had the young officers on board as part of the Dartmouth training ship so as you know was the usual four days at sea, four days in port routine. Gib, las palmas, naples, Djibouti, Egypt, Istanbul and all the rest. The only time we be cold was taking the bottlenecks up to norway/ Denmark areas. You only remember the good times they say and it's true. I wish I had stayed in. I've been trying to find my best mate Andrew Walton who was a gunner also, in the same mess. He was called John boy, ( obviously). He left in 97 after 12 years as we both joined in 85. Ah, the great days.
They weren't "the last ships fitted with steam propulsion". Hms Ariadne, the last Leander class frigate was commissioned in 1973, 7 years after Intrepid was commissioned.
Also, nuclear submarines continue to be built with steam propulsion.
I visited this ship when she visited Cardiff just before her decommissioning.
HMS Intrepid was first fitted with Skynet satellite communications for the job of holding Commonwealth conference held in Singapore in 1971
Intrepid was the command ship at possibly the worlds worst natural disaster in East Pakistan in Nov 1970. This was when a Cyclone in the Bay of Bengal met the melting snow in the Ganges Delta causing what is attributed as the worlds worst Natural Disaster
Along with HMS Triumph, 20 helicopters , her 8 landing craft. 650 troops, other International forces, and civilian craft she distributed food to tens of million of refuges and buried some 500,000 as locals were on strike. An unpleasant job and Navy rum ration, which had stopped in mid 1970, was re issued for Navy and Army personnel
I was on the Triumph there, and the tot was most welcome - may even have been splicers.
My mum was one of the first 5 women to serve at sea on hms fearless
These were not the last steam powered vessels in the RN, all nuclear submarines are propelled by steam turbines.
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Who knows the difference from the fearless and intrepid ?
My dad never served on the fearless.
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I served on his intrepid from 86/88. The difference was intrepid had a higher main mast also a larger well deck back end ramp. Also I was a sea cat aimer and there used to be x4 quadruple launchers on both ships but intrepid had x2 launchers removed.. You could never fit all the vehicles that was stated in this video on board intrepid as it was where the naffi stored the beer.😁. We were allowed 3 fans per day per junior rating but could get as much as you wanted. And there were that many on board , we didn't do the usual, morning/ first, afternoon/ middle type watches except when I was bosuns mate at sea. We had mostly, all nights in, which for you non matelots means a full night in bed with nobody asking you to sighn the shake book at all hours in the morning. Great days.
@@Ron-u1zwas on there then mate, 4L2 mess
Don’t forget the DF Fags! £5 for 200 🤣🤣
@@Ron-u1zalso the booms on the rear 15 ton cranes were different . I also think the 6 ton cranes on the flight deck were slightly different as well. The 6 ton crane on the intrepid was my personal bit of kit (maintainer and driver) when I was on her from 84 to 87.