Underneath the hull of HMS Albion, L14, in dry dock at Devonport Dockyard in 2015 during in visit by Princess Royal, Princess Anne. She is the ninth

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February 2024 Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced that HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark would not be scrapped or Mothballed. He announced it on a Visit to Plymouth where HM Dockyard is home to the two vessels.

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Location: HMS Albion in Dry Dock at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth
Photo credit: © Roy Perring / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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