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Albion-class landing platform dock
The ''Albion''-class landing platform dock (known also as an "amphibious assault ship"〔("Assault Ships" ) royalnavy.mod.uk〕) is the newest type of amphibious warfare ship in service with the Royal Navy. The class consists of two vessels, and , ordered in 1996 to replace the ageing ''Fearless'' class. Both ships were built by BAE Systems Marine at the former Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering yard in Barrow-in-Furness. ''Albion'' was commissioned in 2003 and ''Bulwark'' in 2004. Each of the ships has a crew of 325 and can accommodate up to 405 troops. Thirty-one large trucks and thirty-six smaller vehicles and main battle tanks can be carried inside the vehicle deck. To disembark troops and vehicles, the vessels are equipped with eight landing craft.
==Development==
The value of the two ''Fearless'' class landing platform dock ships was highlighted during the Falklands War. Not only did the ships transport troops and vehicles to the South Atlantic, the commanders of the landing operations at San Carlos were aboard , and once they arrived their flight decks were used to support airborne operations by helicopters and Sea Harrier jets.
As these ships were built in the 1960s, on 18 July 1996 the British Ministry of Defence awarded a £450 million contract for their replacements to Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) in Barrow-in-Furness.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Naval Technology )〕
The ships' roles are "to act as the afloat command platform for the Royal Navy’s Amphibious Task Force and Landing Force Commanders when embarked" and "to embark, transport, deploy and recover troops with their equipment and vehicles which form part of an amphibious assault force".〔 They are larger and more capable than the ''Fearless'' class, and formed part of a modernization programme of the British amphibious fleet, which includes the helicopter carrier , the "Bay"-class landing ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the "Point"-class sealift ships.〔Bishop and Chant, p.225〕
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