If we had HMS Bulwark up and running now ... We might get six, we might get three, they might have a hangar and a mission bay and be fast and well defended, but right now, no one knows.

HMS Albion, meanwhile, will be put into extended readiness for three years, followed by a refit before working up and taking over from Bulwark as the fleet flagship once more in 2016.

HMS Albion and Bulwark are reportedly being sold to a foreign navy - and the South West Devon MP has grilled a defence minister for more details. Rebecca Smith MP asked Minister of State for Defence ...

News reports have suggested that HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark could be retired to free up sailors for other vessels, amid a recruitment crisis. The ships are two of the Royal Navy's amphibious ...

HMS Albion and Bulwark are reportedly being sold to a foreign navy - and the South West Devon MP has grilled a defence minister for more details. Rebecca Smith MP asked Minister of State for ...