Who would crew Britain's specialist support ships?

Would British missile-range, satellite-communications, and ballistic-missile cargo ships belong to the RFA or Royal Navy?

Most would be RFA vessels carrying Royal Navy specialist parties; a true command warship would remain Royal Navy.

The proposed missile-range instrumentation, satellite-communications and ballistic-missile cargo roles are treated as auxiliary work. The expected arrangement is an RFA vessel carrying a Royal Navy party for the relevant military tasks. A satellite-communications vessel is described as a borderline case, with the same RFA arrangement still considered likely. A fleet command ship with satellite communications would be different because its command role makes it a warship.