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The Albion-class landing platform dock is a class of amphibious warfare ship [5] in service with the Royal Navy. The class consists of two vessels, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, ordered in 1996 to replace the ageing Fearless class. Both ships were built by BAE Systems Marine at the former Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering yard in Barrow-in ...
HMS Albion is a landing platform dock of the Royal Navy, the first of the two-ship Albion class. Built by BAE Systems Marine in Barrow-in-Furness, Albion was launched in March 2001 by the Princess Royal. Her sister ship, Bulwark, was launched in November 2001, also from Barrow. Affiliated to the city of Chester and based in Plymouth, she is the ...
HMS Bulwark is the second ship of the Royal Navy 's Albion -class assault ships. She is one of the United Kingdom's two landing platform docks designed to put Royal Marines ashore by air and by sea. Although launched in 2001, delays caused the delivery date to be put back, and the ship entered service In 28 April 2005.
HMS Albion (L14) is an Albion-class Landing Platform Dock ship launched in 2001 and currently in service. Other RN vessels named "Albion" were; Albion II, an armed trawler taken up in 1915 and sunk by a mine in 1916. Albion II, a Bristol paddle steamer used for minesweeping in 1915. Albion III, a steam yacht, taken up from 1916 to 1919.
Albion class Landing platform dock (LPD) Albion - extended readiness (uncrewed reserve) Bulwark - extended readiness (available for reactivation if required) Decommissioned Ocean class. Landing platform helicopter ship Ocean; Fearless class. Landing platform dock ships Fearless; Intrepid; Centaur class. Commando carriers. Albion; Bulwark; Hermes
The interior configuration of the United States Navy's San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock shows features common to most LPDs. An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.
HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Ordered in 1839, she was built at Plymouth Dockyard , launched on 6 September 1842, and completed on 23 January 1844. [2] Albion was designed by Sir William Symonds , [1] was the only ship of her class to ever serve as a sailing ship, and the last British two-decker to be ...
HMS. Albion. (1898) HMS Albion was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy and a member of the Canopus class. Intended for service in Asia, Albion and her sister ships were smaller and faster than the preceding Majestic -class battleships, but retained the same battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns.