HMS Albion, meanwhile, will be put into extended readiness for three years, followed by a refit before working up and taking over from Bulwark as the fleet flagship once more in 2016.
The minister for defence procurement, Maria Eagle, confirmed that HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark will be bartered away after being officially retired in November. Shadow defence secretary, James ...
HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark were retired last year by Defence Secretary John Healey as part of wider cost-saving plans. Ministers claimed that scrapping older military equipment would help with the ...
The government’s decision to scrap a number of defence capabilities has left our military’s ability to deploy in an emergency in serious doubt, says William Freer Last month, the Secretary of ...
will see assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which have both been flagships, decommissioned. He said the ageing Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland was beyond economic repair and would be ...
“Given the amphibious assault capability gap we have as a result of scrapping, or should I say retiring, Devonport ships HMS Albion and Bulwark, what commitment can the Secretary of State make ...