HMS Navy kicks nine sailors off nuclear submarine for testing positive for drugs after 'rowdy parties' while four officers are removed amid 'affairs' scandal

In one of the worst scandals to hit the Navy, the crew from HMS Vigilant - which carries the Trident nuclear deterrent - were sent home and kicked out of the service after the class A drug was found in their blood. They are alleged to have had drug-fuelled parties while the submarine was docked in the US to pick up nuclear warheads. One man is said to have had sex with a prostitute in a swimming pool. It can also be revealed that the submarine's second-in-command, Lieutenant Commander Michael Seal, 36, has been removed amid claims of an extra-marital affair with a female engineering officer - Lieutenant Hannah Litchfield (right), 27. She too has been taken off the vessel (bottom left, a cabin inside the sub). The submarine was already embroiled in controversy over an alleged affair between its captain, Commander Stuart Armstrong (inset), 41, and Sub-Lieutenant Rebecca Edwards (left), 25. Again, both have been removed from duty on board.