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Intrepid and Fearless.


Intrepid and Fearless.
Photo Information
Copyright: Michael Halliday (pompey) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 406 W: 156 N: 601] (8415)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Olympus c720uz
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/800 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Army, Navy, Air Force [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-02-04 13:02
Viewed: 689
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
HMS Intrepid and HMS Fearless, pictured in Portsmouth Harbour. These ships have finished their useful life and are awaiting disposal.
Assault ships, that carried Marines and Landing Craft.

Displacement:
12,120 tons full load; 16,950 tons ballasted (for LCM launch / recovery)

Dimensions:
158.5 x 24.4 x 6.3 meters (520 x 80 x 20.5 feet)

Propulsion:
2 shafts, English Electric geared steam turbines;
2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 22,000 shp;
20 knots

Crew:
580 + 400 troops (up to 700 troops can be carried but not supported).

Circular polariser and Neat Image used.
TFox, LenScapp, perryhooter, Refugee, suzley, cherokeechief, Guillem69 has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • TFox (0)
  • [2006-02-04 13:30]

Nice filter work. Good color and detail. Being able to see that they are chained together and been left untended for some time aids the feeling of abaondonment. Nice work.

Nice and tight in the frame. No wasted space. Polarizer has worked well. I like the way the small yellow line in frame echoes the mooring bouys. We just had HMS Grafton visit Ipswich for the last time (Ipswich's adopted ship) she has been sold to the Chilean navy. security was so tight they wouldn.t even let you on to the dockside to photograph yet on previous visits we were allowed on board. No doubt they were afraid of souvinier hunters!
Barry
PS Shearer does it!!! sorry it had to be Portsmouth but the Magpies needed the points LOL

  • Great 
  • eleana Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 216 W: 110 N: 94] (3480)
  • [2006-02-04 15:21]

Good photo, like POV and angle, also nice sky and sea at the same time.
Best wishes,
Elena

Well ,

My friend , you knew I could not resist on this one. First thank you for the informative note. Tight framing is working well here to appreciate fully the size and view of these old veterans.

These were not cruise ships. Imagining 1280 people living in these floating bunkers, it must be pretty smelly a times... (^_^)as I am sure the use of showers and FW was quite limited during the war.
Thanks for this very sharp and colorful image.
Robert

Wonderful image Michael of two great ships. Excellent colours once again, nice cropping and well framed. TFS
David

Stunning grey with the odd spot of rust

Hi Michael.

She is a beaut and very good notes you give. Well done again.

SF.

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  • tinman Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 417 W: 8 N: 221] (1622)
  • [2006-02-07 10:20]

Lovely result! Such wonderful pieces of warfare, an era going by! oh well, points later

  • Great 
  • aido Silver Star Critiquer [C: 38 W: 0 N: 40] (196)
  • [2006-05-07 16:51]

Hi Michael,
You have a fantastic gallery. I grew up in Portsmouth (my Dad was in the Navy), so I spent most saturdays as a kid with him down at the docks running around on Carriers, Victory etc. We also spent a lot of time in the surrounding areas so your gallery is a real trip down memory lane for me. Great shot you have here, nice perspective, excellent detail, very well captured.
Cheers,
Adrian

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