HMS Speedy (P296)
![]() HMS Speedy at Portsmouth, 1982
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Name | HMS Speedy (P296) |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 29 June 1978[2] |
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Laid down | 1978[1] |
Launched | 9 July 1979 |
Sponsored by | Mrs Margaret Jay, at the time wife of Peter Jay, UK Ambassador to the United States |
Completed | 1980+[1] |
Commissioned | 1980 |
Out of service | For disposal in December 1982[1] |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire |
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Fate | Sold into mercantile service in 1986. |
Notes | Pennant number: P296 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 117 long tons (119 t)[1] |
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Endurance | 23 long tons (23 t) of fuel |
Complement | 18[1] |
Armament | Designed for 2 × 7.62mm GPMGs on single mountings. Never fitted.[1] |
HMS Speedy (P296) was a Boeing Jetfoil, latterly a mine countermeasure vessel, of the Royal Navy, based on the civilian Boeing 929 design. She was procured in 1979, as the first of a planned class of twelve, to provide the Royal Navy with practical experience in the operation of a hydrofoil, to ascertain technical and performance characteristics, and to oversee the capability of such a craft in the Fishery Protection Squadron and North Sea Squadron.[3][1] She was assigned to these squadrons in September 1981.[1] In 1982, she was used in minesweeping and minelaying trials at Portsmouth, but these were unsuccessful and she was sold into mercantile service in 1986.[4][1] As of 2019, she is serving as a high speed ferry between Hong Kong and Macau, under the name Lilau.[5]
See also
[edit]- Pegasus-class hydrofoil, a United States Navy class of hydrofoil fast attack patrol boats.
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Cocker, Maurice (2006). Coastal Forces Vessels of the Royal Navy from 1865. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 075243862X.
- ^ Peter Blaker, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (27 October 1981). "Service Men (Rehabilitation)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons.
- ^ Brown, D.K., J.P. Catchpole, & A.M. Shand (1984). "The Evaluation of the Hydrofoil HMS Speedy". Royal Institution of Naval Architects Transactions. 126: 16. ISSN 0035-8967.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 329.
- ^ "Vessel details for: LILAU (Hydrofoil)". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- Bibliography
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
External links
[edit]- Mr. Keith Speed, MP for Ashford (31 March 1982). "HMS Speedy". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 415–422.