HMS Speedy (P296)

	HMS Speedy at Portsmouth, 1982
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Speedy (P296)
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	29 June 1978
Builder	Boeing, Seattle; Shipped to the UK and fitted out by Vosper Thorneycroft.;
Laid down	1978
Launched	9 July 1979
Sponsored by	Mrs Margaret Jay, at the time wife of Peter Jay, UK Ambassador to the United States
Completed	1980+
Commissioned	1980
Out of service	For disposal in December 1982
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire
Fate	Sold into mercantile service in 1986.
Notes	Pennant number: P296
General characteristics
Displacement	117 long tons (119 t)
Length	Hull-borne: 90 feet (27 m); Foils retracted: 101 feet (31 m); Foil-borne: 90 feet (27 m);
Beam	Hull-borne: 30 feet (9.1 m); Foils retracted: 30 feet (9.1 m); Foil-borne: 30 feet (9.1 m);
Draught	Hull-borne: 17 feet (5.2 m); Foils retracted: 7 feet (2.1 m); Foil-borne: 8 feet (2.4 m);
Propulsion	Hull-borne: 2 x Detroit GM diesel engines, producing 1,100 brake horsepower (820 kW); Foil-borne: 2 x Allison gas turbines, producing 7,560 horsepower (5,640 kW);
Speed	Hull-borne: 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)-15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph); Foil-borne: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph);
Range	Hull-borne: 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi); Foil-borne: 560 nautical miles (1,040 km; 640 mi);
Endurance	23 long tons (23 t) of fuel
Complement	18
Armament	Designed for 2 × 7.62mm GPMGs on single mountings. Never fitted.

HMS Speedy (P296) was a Boeing Jetfoil, latterly a mine countermeasure vessel, of the British 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]

References

Notes

^ Peter Blaker, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (27 October 1981). "Service Men (Rehabilitation)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons.
^ ^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.
^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 329.

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

Mr. Keith Speed, MP for Ashford (31 March 1982). "HMS Speedy". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 415–422.

[1] Peter Blaker, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (27 October 1981). "Service Men (Rehabilitation)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons.

[Cocker-2] ^ ^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.

[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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Colledge329-4] Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 329.

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