Can’t blame this one on Labour, Dave!
“HMS Ocean, the “Flagship of the Royal Navy”, is to be decommissioned after a multi-million pound refit.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the move would happen in 2018, when HMS Ocean will have “reached the end of her life”, despite no mention of it in Monday’s Strategic Defence and Security Review.
The Devonport-based helicopter carrier and assault ship, which is Britain’s biggest warship, underwent a £65m upgrade in 2014.
The MoD said it would maintain a “significant amphibious capability”.
It said there would be new Type 26 warships and frigates; two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers; as well as the existing fleet which includes HMS Bulwark.
HMS Ocean is currently deployed in the Mediterranean on a Nato exercise.
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