RFA Stirling Castle will be based in Scotland and act as an offshore forward operating base, deploying drones and other crewless systems "to find and neutralise sea mines and other seabed threats".

The exercise involved conducting boarding operations on "suspicious vessels" using a combination of the Wildcat helicopter and seaboats from HMS Dauntless.

It has emerged this morning that work promised to Scotland will instead go to Ruritania after Zenda Industries won a contract to build frigates.

In a groundbreaking agreement, the UK and Scottish Governments unveiled a plan for the Govan area of Glasgow to become English territory, designating it as an official part of England, to ensure warship building continues should Scotland decide to leave the UK.

The decision to deploy HMS Bulwark has been met with mixed reactions, some argue that the use of a military vessel for civilian purposes is an inappropriate allocation of resources.

A leaked consultation document suggests that the Royal Navy will now order a third Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier in response to a resurgent Russia, the vessel will be named HMS Princess Diana

"No one's sneaking this ship that looked like it was off the set of Waterworld into Danish waters and sneaking it back out without anyone asking any questions."

The former 'wet basin' has now been filled in preparation for the construction of a massive shipbuilding hall, representing a considerable increase in capacity for Scottish shipbuilding.

Work on HMS Cardiff, the second of eight Type 26 Frigates being built on the Clyde, is progressing as the stern block made a short move to meet the aft section of the ship in the build hall.

RFA Argus, usually operating as a sort of 'hospital ship', will be converted to deliver greater littoral strike capability.