The Assault landing Ships were proposed to update the dock landing ships which were used during world war two. This was to increase the capability of the Royal marines. Using the design of the Us Raleigh Class, the Fearless Class assault ship was proposed these were smaller than the us ships and were ordered in 1962. Two ships were built HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid.  They could carry 15 tanks and 27 vehicles plus 400 Royal Marines  or for a short period up to 700.  

Displacement: 11,060 tons  or 12,120 tons deep load.  Speed 21 Knots,  range 5000 nautical miles at 20 knots. Compliment: 580  plus 400 royal marines (700 short period)   Armament: two  40 mm 60 Calibre MK 9 Bofors and four Sea cat  GWS22  Sea to Air Missiles  

Fearless & Intrepid 1965 - 2002 by Neil McCart.

Twelve chapters of highly readable text tell the story of two of the Royal Navys longest serving warships from their beginnings in the early 1960s to the final weeks of operational service in the twenty first century, when Fearless was finally decommissioned and joined her sister at lay-up berths in Portsmouth Dockyard. The in depth research has allowed the author to cover the careers of Fearless and Intrepid in great detail through each year of their service from the disengagement from Empire, when both vessels assisted with the withdrawal from Aden in the mid 1960s, through the Falklands war when they led the amphibious fleet, to the twenty first century troubles in the Middle East. Foreword by Commodore A.J.S. Taylor CBE RN, who served as Executive Officer in Intrepid and as Commanding Officer of Fearless.

Hardback with 176 pages. . Price £24.00