| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Albion |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | 18 July 1996 |
| Builder: | BAE Systems Marine |
| Laid down: | 23 May 1998 Barrow-in-Furness, England |
| Launched: | 9 March 2001 |
| Sponsored by: | The Princess Royal |
| Commissioned: | 19 June 2003 |
| Refit: | Major 2014-2017 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
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| Status: | Undergoing refit, as of 2015[1] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Albion-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement: | 19,560 tonnes (19,250 long tons; 21,560 short tons) |
| Length: | 176 metres (577 ft) |
| Beam: | 28.9 metres (95 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.1 metres (23 ft) |
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| Speed: | 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Range: | 8,000 miles (7,000 nmi; 13,000 km) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Capacity: | 67 vehicles |
| Troops: | 405 Royal Marines (710 overload)[2][3] |
| Crew: | 325 |
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| Aircraft carried: | Two landing spots for helicopters up-to the size of a Chinook. |
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