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
Identification	IMO number: 8332332; MMSI number: 477039000; Callsign: VRVI5;
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 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. She was assigned to these squadrons in September 1981. 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. As of 2019, she is serving as a high speed ferry between Hong Kong and Macau, under the name Lilau.

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