HMS Fearless : the mighty lion, 1965-2002 : a biography of a warship and her ship's company

the Seventh Ship To Bear The Name, The Assault Ship And Commando Carrier Hms Fearless Was First Commissioned In 1965. Over The Next 37 Years She Was Seldom Far From The Actions In Which British Forces Were Engaged World-wide, Be They In Aden, Malaysia And Borneo, Northern Ireland, The Cold War (norway), South Rhodesia, Falklands, The Gulf, Afghanistan And So On. Thousands Of Sailors, Royal Marines And Soldiers Served On Board Over Her 19 Commissions. Now Paid Off, Fearless Has A Great Story To Tell And The Author, A Former Senior Royal Marine Who Knows Her Well, Is Superbly Qualified To Tell It. The Seventh ship to bear the name, the Assault Ship HMS Fearless was first commissioned in 1965. Over the next 37 years she was seldom far from the actions in which British forces were engaged worldwide, in Aden, Malaysia and Borneo, Northern Ireland, Norway during the Cold War, South Rhodesia, Falklands Islands, the Gulf, Afghanistan and so on. Thousands of sailors, Royal Marines and soldiers served on board over her 19 commissions. Now paid off, Fearless has a great story to tell and the Author, a former senior Royal Marine who knows her well, is superbly qualified to tell it. Dette er beretningen om Royal Navys̀ kommandostøtteskibe, skrevet af en af de soldater, der kommandere marinedetachementet ombord. Skibene ligner de danske tilsvarende, idet de dog kunne medtage op til 4 mellemstore helikoptere og det samme antal kampvogne. Skibenes ildkraft var dog begrænset til kortholds missilluftforsvar. Beretningen er yderst relevant for brugerne af ABSALON-Klassen på både højt og lavt niveau; og dokumenterer, at denne skibstype har været i konstant og lang brug til snart sagt alle roller The Seventh ship to bear the name, the Assault and Amphibious Headquarters Ship, HMS Fearless was commissioned in 1965. Over the next 37 years she was seldom far from the actions - military and diplomatic - in which the British Government and the armed forces were engaged world-wide. * Fearless is a household name * Huge naval, marine and military fan club. * Her history is action-packe