Nov 16 - HMS Albion To Arrive In Gibraltar This Weekend
HMS Albion will arrive in Gibraltar on Saturday 17th November for a period of rest and recuperation following a successful deployment.
A spokesperson said: "The ship, one of the Navy’s two amphibious assault ships, has enjoyed an extremely successful period of defence engagement in South East Asia during which time she has exercised with a French Task Group in the Java Sea and became the first Royal Navy warship to visit Indonesia in almost seven years. Albion’s Royal Marines have also undertaken a period of jungle training in Brunei.
"Albion has enjoyed a series of defence engagement visits to Japan, where she was the first UK ship of her size and type to visit Tokyo and has achieved amphibious training with the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force in the seas off Japan.
"Most recently, HMS Albion departed Vietnam where she enjoyed the best of Vietnamese hospitality as well as taking the opportunity to engage with the Vietnamese government, their armed forces and British business interests.
"HMS Albion has also supported Exercise Setia Kawan 3, between the forces of HM The Sultan of Brunei and the Sailors and Royal Marines of HMS Albion. This extremely, useful and successful period of amphibious training and demonstration culminated in a Combined and Joint amphibious assault as witnessed by the Sultan personally
"Finally ALBION has visited Singapore and support a number of Defence Engagement events with local business and government that culminated in a Defence Sales and Industry Day that brought together key leaders and the business community in Singapore with the best of innovation from UK Industry.
"Following her visit to Gibraltar, HMS Albion, Command and Control Platform, Assault Ship of the Royal Marines and Plymouth’s Flagship is returning home to Plymouth."
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