Stirling Provost, Councillor Christine Simpson, presented the ship with road signs from the city that carry significant or historical meaning.
The signs will be placed around HMS FORTH’s passageways, helping to shape the ship’s identity and forever linking the ship to her affiliated city of Stirling.
The new Batch 2 River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (RCOPV) is in the final stages of preparation before being delivered to the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
The RCOPV Batch 2 will be the newest class of ship to enter service with the Royal Navy when she is formally commissioned later this year.
Ninety metres long, capable of carrying three high-speed jet boats, one large helicopter, and fifty embarked troops and with a Ship’s Company of 35 at sea at any one time, she represents a significant enhancement in capability from her predecessor, the RCOPV Batch 1.
HMS Forth will carry out a wide range of maritime defence tasking, including Marine Enforcement patrols and joint operations with other UK services and foreign navies in UK waters, and deploying ashore, to locations as far afield as South America and the Falkland Islands.