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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Albion_MOD_45151289.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HMS_Albion_MOD_45151289.jpg/300px-HMS_Albion_MOD_45151289.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HMS_Albion_MOD_45151289.jpg/450px-HMS_Albion_MOD_45151289.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HMS_Albion_MOD_45151289.jpg/600px-HMS_Albion_MOD_45151289.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span><div>HMS <i>Albion</i> pictured operating with <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Royal_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Royal Marines">Dutch Royal Marines</a>.</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Albion</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>18 July 1996</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Marine" title="BAE Systems Marine">BAE Systems Marine</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>23 May 1998 <a href="/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness" title="Barrow-in-Furness">Barrow-in-Furness</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>9 March 2001</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">The Princess Royal</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>19 June 2003</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td><i>Planned by March 2025</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Refit</td><td>Major 2014–2017</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Homeport</td><td><a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">HMNB Devonport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/IMO_number" title="IMO number">IMO number</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/imo:9160592">9160592</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Mobile_Service_Identity" title="Maritime Mobile Service Identity">MMSI number</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/mmsi:234612000">234612000</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_call_sign" title="Maritime call sign">Callsign</a>: GDIU</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant</a> L14</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Deck code: AN</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Motto</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Fortiter, Fideliter, Feliciter</i></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">"Boldly, Faithfully, Successfully"</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Status</td><td>Extended readiness; to be retired from service March 2025 -</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Albion_badge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/HMS_Albion_badge.jpg/100px-HMS_Albion_badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/HMS_Albion_badge.jpg/150px-HMS_Albion_badge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/HMS_Albion_badge.jpg/200px-HMS_Albion_badge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Albion-class_landing_platform_dock" title="Albion-class landing platform dock"><i>Albion</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">amphibious transport dock</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>19,560 t (19,250 long tons; 21,560 short tons)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>176 m (577 ft 5 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>28.9 m (94 ft 10 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4" title="Wärtsilä">Wärtsilä</a> Vasa 16V 32E diesel generators</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Wärtsilä Vasa 4R 32E diesel generators</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">GE Power Conversion Full Electric Propulsion System, 2x electric motors and drives</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Bow_thruster" class="mw-redirect" title="Bow thruster">Bow thruster</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>8,000 miles (7,000 nmi; 13,000 km)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Boats & landing <br /> craft carried</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Pacific 22 Mk2</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × LCU MK10</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × LCVP MK5</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>67 vehicles</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Troops</td><td>405 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> (710 overload)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td>325</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Type 1007/8 I-band radars</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × Type 996 E/F band radar (until 2011)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/Type_997_Artisan_3D" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 997 Artisan 3D">Type 997</a> E/F-band radar (from 2017)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 20mm <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx CIWS</a> (from 2017)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm cannon</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Browning_.50_caliber_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning .50 caliber machine gun">Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns</a> (as of 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × 7.62 mm <a href="/wiki/General_purpose_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="General purpose machine gun">general purpose machine guns</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td>Two landing spots for helicopters up to the size of a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Chinook_(UK_variants)" title="Boeing Chinook (UK variants)">Chinook</a>.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Albion</i></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">landing platform dock</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, the first of the two-ship <a href="/wiki/Albion-class_landing_platform_dock" title="Albion-class landing platform dock"><i>Albion</i> class</a>. Built by <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Marine" title="BAE Systems Marine">BAE Systems Marine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness" title="Barrow-in-Furness">Barrow-in-Furness</a>, <i>Albion</i> was launched in March 2001 by <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">the Princess Royal</a>. Her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bulwark_(L15)" title="HMS Bulwark (L15)"><i>Bulwark</i></a>, was launched in November 2001, also from Barrow. Affiliated to the city of <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> and based in <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, she is the ninth ship to carry the name <a href="/wiki/HMS_Albion" title="HMS Albion"><i>Albion</i></a> (after <a href="/wiki/Albion" title="Albion">Albion</a>, an ancient name of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>), stretching back to the <a href="/wiki/HMS_Albion_(1763)" title="HMS Albion (1763)">74-gun 1763 warship</a>, and last carried by <a href="/wiki/HMS_Albion_(R07)" title="HMS Albion (R07)">an aircraft carrier decommissioned in 1973</a> after 19 years service. Designed as an <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">amphibious warfare ship</a>, <i>Albion</i> carries troops, normally <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>, and vehicles up to the size of the <a href="/wiki/Challenger_2" title="Challenger 2">Challenger 2</a> main battle tank. She can deploy these forces using four <a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Utility" title="Landing Craft Utility">Landing Craft Utility</a> (LCUs) and four <a href="/wiki/LCVP_(United_Kingdom)" title="LCVP (United Kingdom)">Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel</a> (LCVPs). A <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a> supports <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> operations. </p><p><i>Albion</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s future came under review as part of the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_and_Security_Review_2010" title="Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010">Strategic Defence and Security Review</a>. She was the fleet <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Fleet_Flagship" title="Royal Navy Fleet Flagship">flagship</a> from December 2010<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until October 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-extended_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-extended-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then again from March 2018<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until January 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-ukdjflagship_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukdjflagship-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 November 2024 Defence Secretary <a href="/wiki/John_Healey" title="John Healey">John Healey</a> announced that both Albion and her sister Bulwark would be withdrawn from service by March 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Albion_(L14)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ordered for the Royal Navy on 18 July 1996, <i>Albion</i> was constructed by <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Marine" title="BAE Systems Marine">BAE Systems Marine</a> at its shipyard in <a href="/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness" title="Barrow-in-Furness">Barrow-in-Furness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumbria" title="Cumbria">Cumbria</a>. The first steel was cut on 17 November 1997, and the ship<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Keel" title="Keel">keel</a> was laid down on 23 May 1998. The vessel was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 9 March 2001. She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> into the Royal Navy on 19 June 2003 by her sponsor <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">Anne, Princess Royal</a>. <i>Albion</i> is the nameship of the <a href="/wiki/Albion-class_landing_platform_dock" title="Albion-class landing platform dock"><i>Albion</i>-class landing platform dock</a>, which also includes <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bulwark_(L15)" title="HMS Bulwark (L15)"><i>Bulwark</i></a>. The ship also carries a permanently embarked <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> landing craft unit, 6 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines. </p><p>Along with sister ship <i>Bulwark</i>, <i>Albion</i> forms a key part of the Royal Navy's <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">amphibious warfare capability</a>. The ship can carry up to 256 soldiers in normal conditions, ordinarily Royal Marines. <i>Albion</i> can also carry their various associated armoured vehicles, up to the size of the <a href="/wiki/Challenger_2" title="Challenger 2">Challenger 2</a> main battle tank. Vehicles can be deployed through an internal dock, using the ship's complement of four <a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Utility" title="Landing Craft Utility">Landing Craft Utility</a> (LCUs), while troops can be deployed from <a href="/wiki/Davit" title="Davit">davits</a> using four <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft_of_the_Royal_Marines#LCVP_Mk5" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing craft of the Royal Marines">Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel</a> (LCVPs). Also equipped with a <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a>, the ship can operate two helicopters, with a third parked.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CH-47s can sling-load RM <a href="/wiki/BvS_10" class="mw-redirect" title="BvS 10">BvS 10</a> Viking light tracked, amphibious armoured vehicles and deliver them ashore if the sea states are too severe for them to swim ashore. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003–2011"><span id="2003.E2.80.932011"></span>2003–2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Albion_(L14)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2003–2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, <i>Albion</i> was granted the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the City</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> and also had a prominent role in the Queen's Colour Parade for the Royal Navy in <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Sound" title="Plymouth Sound">Plymouth Sound</a>; the third time a <a href="/wiki/Colours,_standards_and_guidons" class="mw-redirect" title="Colours, standards and guidons">Fleet Colour</a> has been given in the Royal Navy's history. In early 2004 the ship deployed on a <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">multinational exercise</a> for the first time, taking part in Exercise Joint Winter 04 off Norway, during which she completed her cold weather sea trials and was declared fully operational. Her next deployment was the Aurora exercises on the eastern seaboard of the United States. On 11 November 2004, the ship was sent to Ivory Coast to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Phillis" title="Operation Phillis">Operation Phillis</a>. <i>Albion</i> underwent a refit in early 2006, which included the installation of a new command, control, and communications suite. </p><p><i>Albion</i> attended the <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">HMNB Devonport</a> Navy Days, 26–28 August 2006. Also in attendance was her sister ship, <i>Bulwark</i>, recently returned from the <a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2006_Lebanon_War_by_evacuations_and_aid" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the 2006 Lebanon War by evacuations and aid">Lebanon evacuation</a>. <i>Ocean</i> was unable to attend due to three sailors contracting <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a>; she was moved to <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Portsmouth" title="HMNB Portsmouth">HMNB Portsmouth</a>. </p><p>During the Vela Deployment to <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Albion</i> acted as the Amphibious Task Group <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a>. The deployment lasted from 11 September to 22 November 2006. Approximately 3,000 British personnel and 11 ships of the Royal Navy and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a> were involved. This deployment saw, for the first time, an <i>Albion</i>-class vessel taking part in amphibious operations with a <a href="/wiki/Bay-class_landing_ship_dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay-class landing ship dock">Bay-class</a> auxiliary <a href="/wiki/Landing_ship_dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing ship dock">landing ship dock</a>, <a href="/wiki/RFA_Mounts_Bay" title="RFA Mounts Bay">RFA <i>Mounts Bay</i></a>. </p><p>In late July and early August 2007, <i>Albion</i> was anchored off <a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland, Tyne and Wear">Sunderland</a> during the city's <a href="/wiki/Air_show" title="Air show">air show</a>. </p><p>In late 2008, <i>Albion</i> undertook her first refit, to upgrade various electronic and defence systems. During this docking period the Commanding Officer, Captain Wayne Keble, assumed command of <i>Albion</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s sister ship, <i>Bulwark</i>. </p><p>In April 2010, during the <a href="/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_the_2010_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull_eruption" title="Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption">air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption</a>, <i>Albion</i> was sent to <a href="/wiki/Santander,_Cantabria" class="mw-redirect" title="Santander, Cantabria">Santander</a>, Spain as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cunningham" title="Operation Cunningham">Operation Cunningham</a> to bring back soldiers from the third battalion <a href="/wiki/The_Rifles" title="The Rifles">The Rifles</a> battlegroup, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> personnel and stranded British citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2010, <i>Albion</i> together with <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ocean_(L12)" title="HMS Ocean (L12)">HMS <i>Ocean</i> (L12)</a> and other Royal Navy, French and US vessels, joined the multi-national AURIGA Task Group for amphibious exercises at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Lejeune" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Albion_Deploys_Royal_Marine_Assault_Craft_MOD_45151652.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HMS_Albion_Deploys_Royal_Marine_Assault_Craft_MOD_45151652.jpg/220px-HMS_Albion_Deploys_Royal_Marine_Assault_Craft_MOD_45151652.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HMS_Albion_Deploys_Royal_Marine_Assault_Craft_MOD_45151652.jpg/330px-HMS_Albion_Deploys_Royal_Marine_Assault_Craft_MOD_45151652.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HMS_Albion_Deploys_Royal_Marine_Assault_Craft_MOD_45151652.jpg/440px-HMS_Albion_Deploys_Royal_Marine_Assault_Craft_MOD_45151652.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2414" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Royal Marines assault craft exiting the stern of HMS <i>Albion</i> during amphibious operations off North Carolina in 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>In late 2010, despite having been in commission for only seven years, the ship's future was uncertain, with either <i>Albion</i> or her sister ship <i>Bulwark</i> due to be put into extended readiness as a result of the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_and_Security_Review_2010" title="Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010">Strategic Defence and Security Review</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mothball_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mothball-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2010, <i>Albion</i> was announced as the next Royal Navy flagship and flagship of the UK Responsive Force Task Group, following the early decommissioning of the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(R07)" title="HMS Ark Royal (R07)"><i>Ark Royal</i></a>, which occurred in March 2011, also as a result of the 2010 review.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC3Dec2010_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC3Dec2010-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2011, <i>Albion</i> took part in Exercise Green Alligator with HQ of <a href="/wiki/3_Commando_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Commando Brigade">3 Commando Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Helicopter_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Helicopter Command">Joint Helicopter Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Marine_Corps" title="Netherlands Marine Corps">Royal Netherlands Marines Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/539_Assault_Squadron_RM" class="mw-redirect" title="539 Assault Squadron RM">539 Assault Squadron RM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the main ship of the deployed Royal Navy Response Force Task Group. In May 2011, the Task Group took part in Exercise Cypriot Lion.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2011, the ship had been redeployed along with the <a href="/wiki/Response_Force_Task_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Response Force Task Group">Response Force Task Group</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra" title="Gulf of Sidra">Gulf of Sidra</a> off Libya to provide assistance to the ongoing <a href="/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya" title="2011 military intervention in Libya">NATO-led operation</a> there. She subsequently continued on to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, passing through the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> on 15 June, to assist with anti-piracy operations off the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 September 2011, <i>Albion</i> docked at <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> Pier Head to celebrate her 10th anniversary with a six-day stay. She was open to the public on the following Saturday and Sunday (24 & 25 September 2011). This was her second visit to Liverpool, having previously visited in March 2010.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extended_readiness_2011–2017"><span id="Extended_readiness_2011.E2.80.932017"></span>Extended readiness 2011–2017</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Albion_(L14)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Extended readiness 2011–2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late 2011 <i>Albion</i> entered a state of "extended readiness" (joining the UK's equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">Reserve Fleet</a>), after <i>Bulwark</i> completed a major refit.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order to cut the running costs of the Royal Navy, the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_and_Security_Review_2010" title="Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010">Strategic Defence and Security Review</a> concluded that one of the Royal Navy's two landing platform docks, <i>Albion</i> and <i>Bulwark</i>, should be placed into extended readiness while the other is held at high readiness for operations. Both vessels will alternate between extended readiness and high readiness throughout their service lives. </p><p>It was confirmed that <i>Albion</i> would be the first of the two vessels placed at extended readiness, for a cost of £2.5 million as <i>Bulwark</i> had recently finished a major refit. Running costs while in extended readiness were estimated to be £300,000 per annum in order to keep the vessel available for reactivation at short notice if needed. </p><p>In December 2014, <i>Albion</i> was moved into dry dock at Plymouth to allow her hull to be inspected and cleaned prior to the major work being undertaken to reactivate the ship. The major refit, plus the associated work up period, will take approximately 2.5 years, with <i>Albion</i> initially slated to assume the role of Fleet Flagship in April 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The running costs of one of the <i>Albion</i>-class vessels at high readiness ranged from £17.7 million – £38.6 million per annum from 2007 to 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Albion</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s refit included the fitting of <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx CIWS</a> in place of the Goalkeeper CIWS, a <a href="/wiki/Type_997_Artisan_3D" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 997 Artisan 3D">Type 997 radar</a> and a new command system.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017–present"><span id="2017.E2.80.93present"></span>2017–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Albion_(L14)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2017–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ship's staff moved back onboard <i>Albion</i> at the end of January 2017, formally taking responsibility for the ship from Babcock with the aim of taking <i>Albion</i> to sea for the first time in six years in summer 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 February 2018, <i>Albion</i> deployed for the first time since her refit to relieve <a href="/wiki/HMS_Duncan_(D37)" title="HMS Duncan (D37)"><i>Duncan</i></a> as flagship of <a href="/wiki/SNMG2" class="mw-redirect" title="SNMG2">Standing NATO Maritime Group 2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Ministry of Defence, the planned out-of-service date for <i>Bulwark</i> is 2033.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in October 2017, the BBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Newsnight" title="Newsnight">Newsnight</a></i> reported that the Ministry of Defence was considering decommissioning <i>Albion</i> and <i>Bulwark</i>, as part of a package of cost-cutting measures intended to mitigate the expense of the Royal Navy's two new aircraft carriers.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This action was reversed by then Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson in September 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2018, <i>Albion</i> was dispatched to the <a href="/wiki/Asia-Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia-Pacific">Asia-Pacific</a> to assist in enforcing sanctions against <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ST_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4–6 February 2020, <i>Albion</i> hosted the crew of <i>Uma</i>, a 36-foot sailing yacht that is featured on the YouTube channel <i>Sailing Uma</i>. The Uma crew produced two episodes about their experiences on <i>Albion</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2020, <i>Albion</i> embarked on a unique deployment named <a href="/wiki/Littoral_Response_Group" title="Littoral Response Group">Littoral Response Group</a> eXperimental (LRG(X)). This would see the ship enter the Mediterranean with embarked Royal Marine Commando forces and Royal Naval personnel testing and developing pilot projects such as experimental unmanned aerial drones and autonomous vehicles for logistical and intelligence gathering purposes, in the operational environment. The deployment was the first that Albion had carried out with the full ships company remaining on board without leave, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. </p><p>On 27 January 2021, <i>Albion</i> transferred <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Fleet_Flagship" title="Royal Navy Fleet Flagship">Fleet Flagship</a> duty to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_(R08)" title="HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)">HMS <i>Queen Elizabeth</i> (R08)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ukdjflagship_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukdjflagship-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2023, <i>Albion</i> returned to Devonport from her final deployment prior to going into a state of "reduced readiness" (skeleton crew on board for ship maintenance). It had been anticipated that HMS <i>Bulwark</i> would assume <i>Albion's</i> former frontline role in 2024 after completing a prolonged refit, though it was then reported that she would also be retained in reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Albion</i> herself had been expected to remain in "extended readiness" (uncrewed reserve) until at least 2029 with her return to active operations at that point dependent on her receiving a further refit to allow her to continue in service into the early 2030s.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, in November 2024, the government announced that <i>Albion</i> would, be taken out of service by March 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliations">Affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Albion_(L14)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>HMS <i>Albion</i> is affiliated with the following:<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">City of Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercian_Regiment" title="Mercian Regiment">Mercian Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 7 Squadron RAF">VII Squadron RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Yeomanry" title="Cheshire Yeomanry">C (Cheshire Yeomanry (The Earl of Chester's)) Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Yeomanry">Queen's Own Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Brewers" title="Worshipful Company of Brewers">Worshipful Company of Brewers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_House_Children%27s_Hospice" title="Claire House Children's Hospice">Claire House Children's Hospice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Albion_RFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth Albion RFC">Plymouth Albion RFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bromwich Albion FC">West Bromwich Albion FC</a></li> <li>HMS <i>Albion</i>, <i>Bulwark</i> & <i>Centaur</i> Association</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UTC_Plymouth" title="UTC Plymouth">University Technical College Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Cadets_(United_Kingdom)" title="Sea Cadets (United Kingdom)">Sea Cadet Corps</a>, TS <i>Deva</i> (Chester)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_School,_Teignmouth" title="Trinity School, Teignmouth">Trinity School</a> <a href="/wiki/Combined_Cadet_Force" title="Combined Cadet Force">Combined Cadet Force</a></li> <li>Chester Royal Naval Association</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_Club" title="Chester City Club">Chester City Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Races" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester Races">Chester Races</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Albion_(L14)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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(D34)"><i>Diamond</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dragon_(D35)" title="HMS Dragon (D35)"><i>Dragon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Defender_(D36)" title="HMS Defender (D36)"><i>Defender</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Duncan_(D37)" title="HMS Duncan (D37)"><i>Duncan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">Frigates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Type_23" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Type_23_frigate" title="Type 23 frigate">Type 23</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argyll_(F231)" title="HMS Argyll (F231)"><i>Argyll</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Lancaster_(F229)" title="HMS Lancaster (F229)"><i>Lancaster</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Iron_Duke_(F234)" title="HMS Iron Duke (F234)"><i>Iron Duke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Westminster_(F237)" title="HMS Westminster (F237)"><i>Westminster</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Richmond_(F239)" title="HMS Richmond (F239)"><i>Richmond</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Somerset_(F82)" title="HMS Somerset (F82)"><i>Somerset</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sutherland_(F81)" title="HMS Sutherland (F81)"><i>Sutherland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Kent_(F78)" title="HMS Kent (F78)"><i>Kent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Portland_(F79)" title="HMS Portland (F79)"><i>Portland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_St_Albans_(F83)" title="HMS St Albans (F83)"><i>St Albans</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">Amphibious<br /> warfare ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Albion-class_LPD" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Albion-class_landing_platform_dock" title="Albion-class landing platform dock"><i>Albion</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">LPD</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Albion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bulwark_(L15)" title="HMS Bulwark (L15)"><i>Bulwark</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mine_countermeasures_vessel" title="Mine countermeasures vessel">Mine counter<br />measures vessels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sandown-class_minehunter" title="Sandown-class minehunter"><i>Sandown</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Penzance_(M106)" title="HMS Penzance (M106)"><i>Penzance</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pembroke_(M107)" title="HMS Pembroke (M107)"><i>Pembroke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bangor_(M109)" title="HMS Bangor (M109)"><i>Bangor</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_mine_countermeasures_vessel" title="Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel">Hunt class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ledbury_(M30)" title="HMS Ledbury (M30)"><i>Ledbury</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cattistock_(M31)" title="HMS Cattistock (M31)"><i>Cattistock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Brocklesby_(M33)" title="HMS Brocklesby (M33)"><i>Brocklesby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Middleton_(M34)" title="HMS Middleton (M34)"><i>Middleton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chiddingfold_(M37)" title="HMS Chiddingfold (M37)"><i>Chiddingfold</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hurworth_(M39)" title="HMS Hurworth (M39)"><i>Hurworth</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol vessels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Ice patrol vessel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Protector_(A173)" title="HMS Protector (A173)"><i>Protector</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/River-class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="River-class patrol vessel">River class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Severn_(P282)" title="HMS Severn (P282)"><i>Severn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tyne_(P281)" title="HMS Tyne (P281)"><i>Tyne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mersey_(P283)" title="HMS Mersey (P283)"><i>Mersey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Forth_(P222)" title="HMS Forth (P222)"><i>Forth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Medway_(P223)" title="HMS Medway (P223)"><i>Medway</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trent_(P224)" title="HMS Trent (P224)"><i>Trent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(P233)" title="HMS Tamar (P233)"><i>Tamar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Spey_(P234)" title="HMS Spey (P234)"><i>Spey</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Archer-class_patrol_vessel" title="Archer-class patrol vessel"><i>Archer</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Archer_(P264)" title="HMS Archer (P264)"><i>Archer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Biter_(P270)" title="HMS Biter (P270)"><i>Biter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Smiter_(P272)" title="HMS Smiter (P272)"><i>Smiter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Blazer_(P279)" title="HMS Blazer (P279)"><i>Blazer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Puncher_(P291)" title="HMS Puncher (P291)"><i>Puncher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Charger_(P292)" title="HMS Charger (P292)"><i>Charger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ranger_(P293)" title="HMS Ranger (P293)"><i>Ranger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trumpeter_(P294)" title="HMS Trumpeter (P294)"><i>Trumpeter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Express_(P163)" title="HMS Express (P163)"><i>Express</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Example_(P165)" title="HMS Example (P165)"><i>Example</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Explorer_(P164)" title="HMS Explorer (P164)"><i>Explorer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Exploit_(P167)" title="HMS Exploit (P167)"><i>Exploit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tracker_(P274)" title="HMS Tracker (P274)"><i>Tracker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Raider_(P275)" title="HMS Raider (P275)"><i>Raider</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pursuer_(P273)" title="HMS Pursuer (P273)"><i>Pursuer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dasher_(P280)" title="HMS Dasher (P280)"><i>Dasher</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cutlass-class_patrol_vessel" title="Cutlass-class patrol vessel"><i>Cutlass</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cutlass_(P295)" title="HMS Cutlass (P295)"><i>Cutlass</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dagger_(P296)" title="HMS Dagger (P296)"><i>Dagger</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Survey_vessel" title="Survey vessel">Survey vessels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Ocean survey vessel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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