Warning axing Albion and Bulwark would immensely impact Royal Marines

A former head of the Royal Marines has warned the Government's rumoured plans to retire HMS Albion and her sister ship HMS Bulwark would create "real difficulty" for the corps.

Major General Buster Howes, a former commandant general of the Royal Marines, told the Sitrep podcast the move to axe the ships was "about money".

"This is not about clear-sighted logic," he said.

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