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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes

Royal Navy assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark axed as Healey seeks £500m defence savings

Two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and a pair of support tankers will be decommissioned in cost-saving measures announced by Defence Secretary John Healey.

The savings, which Mr Healey blamed on the “dire inheritance” left by the Tories, will see assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which have both been flagships, decommissioned.

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