Ms Eagle, Labour MP for Liverpool Garston, confirmed the sale will be government-to-government, meaning the vessels are ...
The Royal Navy is exploring options to sell both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark in a government-to-government sale, with reports in South American media suggestign Brazil is interested in at least one of ...
The Royal Navy has announced plans to retire its two Albion-class landing platform docks (LPDs) as a cost-saving measure. HMS ...
The Ministry of Defence has responded to concerns regarding potential reductions in amphibious capability following the shift ...
Defence Secretary John Healey replied: “HMS Bulwark and Albion were not genuine capabilities. The defence procurement and industry minister (Maria Eagle) has made that clear – neither of these ships ...
“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 ...
Defence Secretary John Healey made the decision to axe the Albion, along with HMS Bulwark, as part of cost saving measures announced late last year. He said at the time that both ships had been ...
A local MP has grilled the Defence Secretary on a date for the ‘scrapping’ of two warships based in Devonport Dockyard.