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 "slug": "hms-bulwark-transfers-brazil-uk-netherlands-replacement-four-ships-each-1-5-billion",
 "title": "HMS Bulwark Transfers to Brazil; the UK–Netherlands Amphibious Replacement Has No First-of-Class Date",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/hms-bulwark-transfers-brazil-uk-netherlands-replacement-four-ships-each-1-5-billion/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/hms-bulwark-transfers-brazil-uk-netherlands-replacement-four-ships-each-1-5-billion/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-28T20:34:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-02T20:34:32.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon, 28 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Ministry of Defence announced the transfer of HMS Bulwark, a 2005 landing platform dock, to the Brazilian Navy; transfer value undisclosed\n * Sister ship HMS Albion remains at Devonport awaiting disposal; both Albion-class ships leave before a replacement keel is laid\n * The replacement is the July 2026 UK–Netherlands agreement: GBP 2.4 billion across the two navies, four vessels each, 160 metres and 15,000 tonnes, built in UK yards with D",
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  "sea"
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "naval-defense"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "netherlands",
  "united-kingdom"
 ],
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  "countries": [
   "netherlands",
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