British Amphibious Assault ShipsAmphibious assault ships have been at the centre of nearly all of Britains expeditionary campaigns since World War II, from the Suez crisis of 1956 to operations as far afield as Borneo (196366), the Falklands (1982), Sierra Leone (2000), and Iraq (2003). In major operations such as Suez and the Falklands, the use of amphibious assault ships was essential to the military success of the campaigns. The Suez Crisis saw two of the Royal Navy's former