A former Commander of the Falklands Task Group and the former Captain of HMS Fearless have urged the Government not to scrap the Albion class assault ships, UK Defence Journal reports.
In a report to the House of Commons Select Defence Committee on the future of HMS
Albion, HMS Bulwark and Royal Marine capabilities, Commodore M. C. Clapp CB, Commander Falklands Amphibious Task Group in 1982; and Rear Admiral E. S. J. Larken DSO, Captain of HMS Fearless, Falklands 1982, and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Overseas) 1988-90 said the following:
