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British cruisers world of warships1/2/2024 ![]() (We will look at options for LPD replacements in a forthcoming article.)Īs the hardest working of the RN’s four remaining capital ships, Albion deployed to the Far East in 2018 and has subsequently spent most winter-spring seasons in the Arctic and Baltic with some autumn deployments to the Mediterranean. Under current plans which could be subject to change, Albion would be expected to emerge for her final commission around 2029 before paying off in 2033. She is now in need of a major refit if she is ever to return to sea again. ![]() HMS Albion will now go into reserve or what the RN describes as “ a well-earned rest at the end of six years of intensive operations around the world”. In the intervening period, the RN has been wrestling with the future shape of its amphibious forces, with the birth of the Littoral Strike Ship (LSS), Littoral Response Group (LRG) and Future Commando Force concepts. HMS Albion emerged from refit in 2017 and took over from Bulwark as the high-readiness LPD and Fleet Flagship. They would then alternate for the rest of their time in service, changing places approximately every 5-6 years. Unfortunately, this will leave the RN temporarily without its primary amphibious platform as her sister ship, HMS Bulwark will not be ready to replace her until next year.Īs a cost and manpower-saving measure, it was announced in 2010 that the RN’s two Landing Ship Docks (LPD) would be reduced to one active vessel with one in refit or ‘extended readiness’ while the other remained operational. ![]() HMS Albion returned to Devonport last week after another highly successful deployment and will now go into a state of reduced readiness. ![]()
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