Royal Navy handout photo of the Royal Navy's latest warship, the 18,500 tonne amphibious assault ship HMS Bulwark, arriving in her home-port of Plymouth for the first time on Monday 12 July 2004. On arriving in Devonport HMS Bulwark will formally be handed over to the Royal Navy by the ship-builders BAE Systems. HMS Bulwark is the second of a new class of amphibious assault ships and will join HMS Ocean and her sister-ship HMS Albion in being based at Devonport. Chancellor Gordon Brown announced today defence spending is set to rise from 29.7 billion to 33.4 billion by 2008 - a real terms increase of 1.4%. See PA story POLITICS Spending. PA Photo/Handout: Ray Jones