HMS Albion (L14)
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| Career |
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| Ordered: | 18 July 1996 |
| Laid down: | 23 May 1998 |
| Launched: | 9 March 2001 |
| Commissioned: | 19 June 2003 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2006. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 18,500 tonnes, 21,500 tonnes whilst 'docked down' |
| Length: | 176 m |
| Beam: | 28.9 m |
| Draught: | 7.1 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Wartsila 6.25 MW & 2 x Wartsila 1.56 MW diesel generators driving two AC motors through twin shafts and a bowthrust unit, all operating at 6.6 kV |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | 13000 km |
| Complement: | 325 |
| Armament: | 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS 2 × 20 mm close range guns 4 × Machine Gun positions Seagnat Decoy System |
| Aircraft: | |
| Motto: | Fortiler, Fideliter, Feliciter (Boldly, Faithfully, Successfully) |
The ninth and current HMS Albion (2001-present) is a state of the art Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ship of the Royal Navy. Albion is the one of the newest ships of the Navy and provides an amphibious assault capability. She is the nameship of the Albion class landing platform dock, which also includes HMS Bulwark. The ship also carries a permanently-embarked Marines landing Craft unit, 6 Assault Squadron Royal Marines.
She was launched on 9 March 2001 and was commissioned on 19 June 2003 by her sponsor The Princess Royal.
In 2003 she received the Freedom of the City of Chester and also had a prominent role in the Queen's Colour Parade for the Royal Navy in Plymouth Sound only the third time a Fleet Colour has been given in the Royal Navy's history.
In early 2004 the ship deployed on a multinational exercise for the first time, taking part in Exercise Joint Winter 04 off Norway, following which she was declared fully operational. Her next deployment is the Aurora exercises on the eastern seaboard of the United States. On 11 November 2004 the ship was directed towards Côte d'Ivoire to support Operation Phillis.
The ship has been towed up the Thames to London. 12th July 2006
Other Albions
See HMS Albion for other ships of the same name.
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| Albion-class landing platform dock |
| Albion | Bulwark |
| List of amphibious assault ships of the Royal Navy |
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