HMS Bulwark, the second of a new class of assault ship, was launched at the BAE Systems shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness on 15 November 2001. The seventh ship to carry the name, she was named by Lady Walker, the wife of General Sir Michael Walker.
Formally commissioned into the Royal Navy on 28 April 2005, HMS Bulwark is currently the Fleet Amphibious Flagship and High Readiness Assault Ship, ready for worldwide tasking.
HMS Bulwark spent much of 2008 taking part in large multinational amphibious exercises off Norway, in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterannean. Since the turn of the year Bulwark has conducted Deployment Continuation Training under the Flag Officer Sea Training and, on 18 February, deployed as the Commander Amphibious Task Group’s Flagship for the TAURUS 09 deployment. Please do read all about the ship’s activities on the ‘News’ page and in the Midshipman's Journal within our Website.
HMS Bulwark maintains a busy programme for the remainder of the year with a mixture of Exercises, support to operations and Defence Diplomacy visits.
We hope you enjoy your visit to HMS Bulwark's website and find it useful and interesting.
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