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KillickBUNTS
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Where are you now: County Durham
Employment: PISSED OFF
When did you serve on HMS Intrepid: back when CDF was ripe
Name: eh
Registration date: 2008-05-19

PostSubject: pennant number - ONE FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS   Tue 22 Dec 2009, 09:55
On ebay there is a kanute (canadian) selling a photo of Intrepid. He has listed the item and has stated that Intrepid previously had the pennant number L3005. I put him right on the subject of course but he insists that according to JANES FIGHTING SHIPS, HMS Intrepid had the pennant L3005 during the sixties and Fearless had the pennant L3004. Now we all know that RFA Sir Gallahad was L3005 so can anyone shed any light on this...

DID INTREPID EVER HAVE L3005 AS HER PENNANT NUMBER BEFORE SHE BECAME L11?????
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AlanB
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Male Number of posts: 225
Age: 62
Where are you now: Scottish Borders
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When did you serve on HMS Intrepid: 11th Aug69- Feb71
Name: Alan Brown
Registration date: 2008-09-30

PostSubject: Re: pennant number - ONE FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS   Tue 22 Dec 2009, 10:10
Never heard that before. Perhaps collectively we need to do a bit of research to confirm it or otherwise. Such things even if untrue can then sometimes become urban legends.

Just my thoughts.

Al.
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brum knowles
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When did you serve on HMS Intrepid: 1971 to 1974
Name: bill knowles
Registration date: 2008-09-25

PostSubject: Re: pennant number - ONE FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS   Tue 22 Dec 2009, 11:37
L3005 was Sir Gallahad Launched in 1966, in Stephens shipyard in Govan Glasgow, so both ships where being built and commisioned at around the same time, in the same place, i wonder if this as caused the confussion.
There was also a first world war submarine HMS L11, and L11 was the the code the yanks gave to the little boy nuclear bomb in the second world war.
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billbailey
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Age: 62
Where are you now: Poynton Cheshire
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When did you serve on HMS Intrepid: 28.10.66. to 13.12.68.
Name: Don Bailey
Registration date: 2008-09-03

PostSubject: Re: pennant number - ONE FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS   Wed 23 Dec 2009, 07:32
She was L11 when she left John Browns.
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coldpuppy
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Where are you now: mexico
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When did you serve on HMS Intrepid: april 85 to dec 88
Name: mike delaney
Registration date: 2008-08-13

PostSubject: Re: pennant number - ONE FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS   Thu 24 Dec 2009, 02:41
L3004 is rfa sir bedivere...L3005 Sir Gallahad 1 and Sir Gallahad 2 *since 2nd world war*, L3006 was RFA Largs Bay.

Courtesy of www.historicalrfa.org
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Polycell
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Where are you now: Limousin France
Employment: Retired
When did you serve on HMS Intrepid: 1967 - 68
Name: Fred West
Registration date: 2009-01-26

PostSubject: Re: pennant number - ONE FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS   Fri 25 Dec 2009, 18:22
Yep I go with Bill B when we left JBs in Clydebank in 1967 she had a big 'L' followed by 11 on both sides of her hull!!
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RumBull
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When did you serve on HMS Intrepid: 1973 - 74
Name: Terry ( Tez ) Gilchrist
Registration date: 2009-01-28

PostSubject: Re: pennant number - ONE FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS   Sat 26 Dec 2009, 13:54
KillickBUNTS wrote:
On ebay there is a kanute (canadian) selling a photo of Intrepid. He has listed the item and has stated that Intrepid previously had the pennant number L3005. I put him right on the subject of course but he insists that according to JANES FIGHTING SHIPS, HMS Intrepid had the pennant L3005 during the sixties and Fearless had the pennant L3004. Now we all know that RFA Sir Gallahad was L3005 so can anyone shed any light on this...

DID INTREPID EVER HAVE L3005 AS HER PENNANT NUMBER BEFORE SHE BECAME L11?????


NO! It was NEVER L3005!!!
The Canadian definately has got it wrong George and perhaps Janes jumped the gun too.
After checking up on Fearless some time ago, I discovered that prior to the Fearless pennant number being finaly decided, the 'powers that be' noted the next pennant number for landing craft etc ran into four figures. It was decided that, as Fearless was to be the first British LPD she ought to have no more than a two digit number. If memory serves me correctly, L6/7 belonged to the French and the Yanks had an 8 and 9.(could be other way around) Which is why Fearless, it was decided, would be L10.Naturaly leading to L11 for Intrepid.

Hope that clears it up for you George.

Tez
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