HMS Speedy (P296)

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HMS Speedy at Portsmouth, 1982
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Speedy (P296)
Operator Royal Navy
Ordered29 June 1978 [1]
Builder
Laid down1978 [2]
Launched9 July 1979
Sponsored by Mrs Margaret Jay, at the time wife of Peter Jay, UK Ambassador to the United States
Completed1980+ [2]
Commissioned1980
Out of serviceFor disposal in December 1982 [2]
Homeport HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire
Identification
FateSold into mercantile service in 1986.
Notes Pennant number: P296
General characteristics
Displacement117 long tons (119 t) [2]
Length
  • Hull-borne: 90 feet (27 m) [2]
  • Foils retracted: 101 feet (31 m) [2]
  • Foil-borne: 90 feet (27 m) [2]
Beam
  • Hull-borne: 30 feet (9.1 m) [2]
  • Foils retracted: 30 feet (9.1 m) [2]
  • Foil-borne: 30 feet (9.1 m) [2]
Draught
  • Hull-borne: 17 feet (5.2 m) [2]
  • Foils retracted: 7 feet (2.1 m) [2]
  • Foil-borne: 8 feet (2.4 m) [2]
Propulsion
  • Hull-borne: 2 x Detroit GM diesel engines, producing 1,100 brake horsepower (820 kW) [2]
  • Foil-borne: 2 x Allison gas turbines, producing 7,560 horsepower (5,640 kW) [2]
Speed
  • Hull-borne: 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)-15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) [2]
  • Foil-borne: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) [2]
Range
  • Hull-borne: 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) [2]
  • Foil-borne: 560 nautical miles (1,040 km; 640 mi) [2]
Endurance23 long tons (23 t) of fuel
Complement18 [2]
ArmamentDesigned for 2 × 7.62mm GPMGs on single mountings. Never fitted. [2]

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] [2] She was assigned to these squadrons in September 1981. [2] 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] [2] As of 2019, she is serving as a high speed ferry between Hong Kong and Macau, under the name Lilau. [5]

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Notes
  1. Peter Blaker, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (27 October 1981). "Service Men (Rehabilitation)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . United Kingdom: House of Commons.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Cocker, Maurice (2006). Coastal Forces Vessels of the Royal Navy from 1865. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   075243862X.
  3. 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 329.
  5. "Vessel details for: LILAU (Hydrofoil)". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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