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          HMS Albion

          HMS Albion, along with her sister ship HMS Bulwark, is one of the Navy’s two amphibious assault ships with a single aim: to deliver the punch of the Royal Marines ashore by air and by sea. We do that using landing craft from our cavernous loading dock – the ship can flood her stern to allow the boats in and out – and helicopters from our vast flight deck.

          HMS Albion

          • HMS Albion

          • HMS Albion

          • HMS Albion

          Like our younger sister HMS Bulwark we were built at Barrow-in-Furness, where we were launched in March 2001 by Princess Anne. We are based in Devonport, the home of the Navy’s amphibious fleet. Our motto is ‘fortiter, fideliter, feliciter’ – ‘boldly, faithfully, successfully’ and we live to that maxim.

          Albion has recently returned from a successful Cougar deployment.

          OPERATIONS

          Cougar Deployment

          CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED
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          MISSION SUMMARY

          Cougar is an amphibious task force exercising in the Mediterranean and Middle East. This task group is the vanguard of the UK’s maritime contingent capability and held at very high readiness to respond to unexpected global events.

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          The head of the Response Force Task Group, Commodore John Kingwell, has praised the sailors, marines, airmen and soldiers for their achievement since the start of the year
          Response Force Task Group proves its strength
          11 November 2011

          The head of the Response Force Task Group, Commodore John...

          Exercise Joint Warrior
          Bulwark takes over as UK flagship after nine-month work-out
          18 October 2011

          HMS Bulwark has assumed the role of the nation’s flagship...

          HMS Albion: WO1 Andy Rainey, (XO) Cdr Nick Washer, Louise Orchard, CPO AWW Timmy Timms, CPO AWT John ‘Ruby’ Murray, CPOWTR Gus Craig
          Albion Senior Rates fundraise for Jeremiah's Journey
          10 October 2011

          The Warrant Officers and Chief Petty Officers mess from HMS...

          HMS Albion, the Flagship of the Royal Navy, visited Liverpool and Chester from 20 – 26 September
          Chester draws in the crowds for Albion
          29 September 2011

          Britain's flagship HMS Albion celebrated her tenth birthday in style...

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          ABOUT THE UNIT

          KEY STATISTICS


          Pennant

          L14

          Displacement

          18,500Tonnes

          Complement

          325Personnel

          Length

          176Metres

          Beam

          25.6Metres

          Draught

          7.1Metres

          Top Speed

          18Knots

          Range (Nautical)

          8,000Miles

          Launch Date

          09/03/01

          Commissioned Date

          19/06/03

          Military Lift (LPD Only)

          305Troops

          TAKE A LOOK

          PHOTO GALLERY

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              Russell Thomas on board HMS Albion

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              Viking taking part in a wader exercise

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              Viking taking part in a wader exercise

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              Vikings in Cyprus

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              HMS Albion with a Viking

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              HMS Albion

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              HMS Albion and HMS Sutherland at sea during SEA KHNJAR.

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              Commodore Tim Fraser and Captain James Morley answer questions from the UAE media onboard HMS Albion.

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              (L-R) Cdr Roger Readwin, CO HMS Sutherland; Commodore Tim Fraser, UKMCC; Captain James Morley, CO HMS Albion; Lt Col Matt Jackson, CO 40 Commando Royal Marines. (LA(PHOT) Luron Wright)

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              Captain James Morley, Commanding Officer of HMS Albion, demonstrates HMS Albion’s electronic navigation system to Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Egypt.

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              His Excellency Mr James Watt and his wife discuss the Response Force Task Group with Lt Col Richard Reardon Royal Marines, HMS Albion’s Amphibious Operations Officer.

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              RFA Cardigan Bay – pictured from HMS Albion – emerges from the Suez Canal.

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              HMS Albion

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              HMS Albion, the Flagship of the Royal Navy, visited Liverpool and Chester from 20 – 26 September

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              HMS Albion, the Flagship of the Royal Navy, visited Liverpool and Chester from 20 – 26 September

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              HMS Albion, the Flagship of the Royal Navy, visited Liverpool and Chester from 20 – 26 September

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              HMS Albion, the Flagship of the Royal Navy, visited Liverpool and Chester from 20 – 26 September

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              HMS Albion: WO1 Andy Rainey, (XO) Cdr Nick Washer, Louise Orchard, CPO AWW Timmy Timms, CPO AWT John ‘Ruby’ Murray, CPOWTR Gus Craig

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              HMS Albion

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              HMS Albion

          UNITS IN TIME


          HMS Albion HISTORY

          TRACK THE HISTORY OF SHIPS NAMED HMS Albion
          • The First Albion

            There have been eight previous ships with the name HMS Albion in the Royal Navy, beginning with a sailing line-of-battle ship launched in 1763, which – just as the current Albion – was the name ship of the class.

          • War of American Independence

            The first Albion saw action during the War of American Independence, where from 1779 she bore the brunt of the battle in fights off Grenada, Dominica and Martinique. She ran aground in 1797 and was completely wrecked.

          • The Second Albion

            The 366-ton sloop Albion of 1798 was bought for the Navy, she was an ex-merchant vessel that had served as a hired Armed ship with RN crew. After several years as convoy escort, she was sold in 1803.

          • The Third Albion

            The third was a 74-gun third rate line-of-battle ship with a crew of 590. She took part in Admiral Cornwallis’ blockade of Brest in 1803 before heading out for service in the Indian Ocean for a number of years.

          • Battles and Fourth and Fifth Albions

            After lengthy repair in Portsmouth, the third Albion took part in the war with America, the War of 1812, then once peace was settled in 1815, she joined with the Anglo-Dutch fleet bombarding Algiers in 1816 where she won the name’s first battle honour. The next was netted for her part in the Anglo-French-Russian fleet at the battle of Navarino. She was broken up in 1836. During her time, the name Albion was put into service twice more upon two smaller cutters (1808 and 1812).

          • Battle Honours

            Algiers 1816

          • Battle Honours

            Navarino 1827

          • The Sixth Albion

            This neatly brings us to the sixth Albion – launched at Plymouth in 1842, she sprang into action at the first bombardment of Sebastapol in the Crimean War in 1854. She was broken up in 1884.

          • Battle Honours

            Crimea 1854-5

          • The Seventh Albion

            The seventh ship was a Canopus-class battleship of 14,000 tones, launched in 1898 – a launch that caused the death of onlookers standing on a dangerous slipway. Early in the war, she was joined by others of her class in the Mediterranean, bombarding Turkish positions in the Dardanelles; two of her sisters were sunk, and Albion was badly damaged by Turkish fire covering the Gallipoli landings. She was sold in 1919. Once again, during her time, smaller ships also bore the name: the trawler Albion II; the Bristol Channel paddle steamer; and the steam yacht Albion III.

          • Battle Honours

            Dardanelles 1915

          • The Eighth Albion

            The eighth Albion was a Centaur Class Light Aircraft Carrier / Commando Helicopter Carrier, of 22,000 tons, that served from 1954 to 1973. She was known as “The Old Grey Ghost”.

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