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{{short description|Royal Navy vessel}}
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|Ship image=File:Fearless & Intrepid p1, Portsmouth, UK.JPG
|Ship caption=HMS ''Fearless'' and HMS ''Intrepid''
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|Name=''Fearless'' class
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|Operators={{navy|United Kingdom}}
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|Class after={{sclass|Albion|landing platform dock|4}}
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|In commission range= 1965–2002
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|Total ships completed=2
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|Total ships retired=2
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|Ship type=[[Landing platform dock]]
|Ship displacement=16,950&nbsp;tons
|Ship length={{convert|158.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|24.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|6.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 steam turbines
*{{convert|22000|shp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|22|kn|km/h|0}}
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|Ship boats=*4 [[Landing Craft Utility|medium landing craft]] (in dock)
*4 [[Landing craft of the Royal Marines#LCVP Mk2|light landing craft]] (on [[davit]]s)
|Ship capacity=*Up to 700 troops
*15 tanks
*27 vehicles
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|Ship complement=580
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|Ship armament=*2 [[anti-aircraft gun]]s
*4x4 [[Seacat (missile)|Seacat SAM]] (originally fit)
*2x Phalanx CIWS (added post-[[Falklands War]])
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|Ship aircraft=5 [[helicopter]]s
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The  '''''Fearless''-class landing platform docks''' were the first purpose-built amphibious assault vessels in the [[Royal Navy]]. The class comprised two ships: {{HMS|Fearless|L10|6}} and {{HMS|Intrepid|L11|6}}.

Designed as [[landing platform dock]]s (LPD), they were designed to transport and land troops by sea either using [[Landing Craft Utility]] (LCU) or [[helicopter]]s. As constructed, the ships have an internal dock that is accessed via the stern—while in port, vehicles can drive up the stern ramp and into the internal vehicle decks. At sea, the ships could partially submerge themselves at the stern, flooding the internal dock and allowing landing craft to come right up to the edge of the vehicle deck.

Each ship carried four LCUs in the stern dock, with four smaller [[landing craft]] on davits on the superstructure. They provided accommodation for up to 400 troops, which could be increased to 700, if no vehicles were carried.

==Service==
''Intrepid'' was put into [[Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)|extended reserve]] in 1991, effectively removing her from active service. While in this state, she was used as a source of spares to maintain ''Fearless''. ''Intrepid'' was finally withdrawn from service in August 1999. ''Fearless'' was kept in service, and continued to be deployed in concert with {{HMS|Ocean|L12|6}} until the end of 2002, when she too was withdrawn from service, ready for the {{sclass|Albion|landing platform dock|4}} to enter the fleet. The ''Fearless'' class were the last steam-powered surface vessels in Royal Navy service (nuclear submarines use a steam turbine drive).

==Ships==

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|-valign=top
![[Pennant number|Pennant]]
!Name
!width="20%"|(a) Hull builder<br>(b) Main machinery manufacturers
!Laid down
!Launched
!Accepted into service
!Commissioned
!Estimated building cost<ref>"Unit cost, i.e. excluding cost of certain items (e.g. aircraft, First Outfits)."<br>Text from ''Defences Estimates''</ref>
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|  | L10
|  | {{HMS|Fearless|L10|2}}
|  | (a) Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast <br> (b) English Electric Co Ltd, Rugby (steam turbines) <br> (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing)<ref name=DE1966>''Defence Estimates, 1966-67'', page 72, ''Table 3 (Programme): List and particulars of new ships which have been accepted or are expected to be accepted into HM service during the Financial Year ended 31 March 1966''</ref>
|  | 25 July 1962
|  | 19 December 1963
|  | November 1965<ref name=DE1966/>
|  | 25 November 1965
|  | £11,250,000<ref name=DE1966/>
|-valign=top
|  | L11
|  | {{HMS|Intrepid|L11|2}}
|  | (a) John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank <br> (b) English Electric Co Ltd, Rugby (steam turbines) <br> (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing)<ref name=DE1967>''Defence Estimates, 1966–67'', page 75, ''Table 3 (Programme): List and particulars of new ships which have been accepted or are expected to be accepted into HM service during the Financial Year ended 31 March 1967''</ref>
|  | 19 December 1962
|  | 25 June 1964
|  | March 1967<ref name=DE1967/>
|  | 11 March 1967
|  | £10,300,000<ref name=DE1967/>
|-
|}

==Notes==
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