Design and Construction
Ordered for the Royal Navy on 18 July 1996, Albion was constructed by BAE Systems Marine at their shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The ship was laid down on 23 May 1998, and launched on 9 March 2001. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 19 June 2003 by her sponsor Anne, Princess Royal.
Albion is the nameship of the Albion-class landing platform dock, which also includes Bulwark. The ship also carries a permanently embarked Royal Marines landing craft unit, 6 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines.
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