HMS Albion docked down at Devonport in October 2014, prior to the start of the upkeep period, as part of a different approach to regeneration, to refine and de-risk the refit in advance and ensure that the work is incorporated into the specification from the start, thereby limiting growth in the package. The HMS Albion is the largest ship in the Royal Navy and currently the force’s flagship. HMS Albion will re-enter high readiness at the time HMS Bulwark is put into extended readiness in 2016. General view of HMS Albion, docked at the Royal Navy base at Davenport, Plymouth. HMS Albion, which carries more than 400 sailors and Royal Marines, has docked in Gibraltar after a tour of south east Asia, visiting Japan, Vietnam and Singapore. ***** awesome ship isn't it? The commando carrier HMS Albion is docked behind HMS Eagle. Aerial view the flight deck of the Royal Navy Audacious-class fleet aircraft carrier HMS Eagle as tugboats ease her towards the dockside of Portsmouth harbour to be paid off and scrapped on 26 January 1972 at Portsmouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Upon arrival, the ship was welcomed by Cdr Azrin bin Mahmud CO of KDB Darulaman and the Royal Brunei Navy band. Built by BAE Systems Marine in Barrow-in-Furness, Albion was launched in March 2001 by the Princess Royal. Just been down today to see HMS Albion docked at Sunderland with the RM recruitment and shown around by landingcraftsmen. HMS Albion is an amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy, the first of the two-ship Albion-class. THE Royal Navy’s HMS Albion docked at Muara Port yesterday for a four-day visit. In December 2014, Albion was moved into dry dock at Plymouth to allow her hull to be inspected and cleaned prior to the major work being undertaken to reactivate the ship. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Her sister ship, Bulwark, was launched in November 2001, also from Barrow. Download this stock image: HMS Albion - G9NH6P from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.