Rear-Admiral Alex Burton tweeted his concern over plans to axe two warships after the retirement of the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean JOEL ROUSE/EPAA senior Royal Navy officer has decided to resign as his service considers axing two beach-assaulting warships and 1,000 Royal Marines to save money. Rear-Admiral Alex Burton, commander of UK maritime forces, who would lead a naval task group into war, handed in his notice three or four weeks ago, according to two defence sources. The sources did not give a reason and a spokesman for the navy said it was “a private matter for the individual”. Rear-Admiral Burton remarked on his public Twitter feed over the summer about the importance of HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion, the landing assault ships that could go as part of a defence review. “I can work around the [temporary] lack…

Source: The Times October 06, 2017 23:04 UTC