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Buyers lining up for assault ships
The Herald
|February 12, 2025
HMS ALBION AND HMS BULWARK FOR SALE
SEVERAL potential customers have shown interest in buying two decommissioned assault ships, although no final decision has been made, says a defence minister.
MPs heard a government-to-government sale is being explored by the Royal Navy for HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which were designed to allow Royal Marines to launch amphibious raids.
The two assault ships were already effectively mothballed at a cost of £9million a year when the Government announced last November that they would be decommissioned.
Reports have suggested the Government could sell the two ships to Brazil for £20 million.
This story is from the February 12, 2025 edition of The Herald.
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