HMS Exeter, the last surviving operational Royal Navy warship which took part in the Falklands War, will retire from service on Wednesday. 27 May 2009 • 7:32am A decommissioning ceremony to mark ...

HMS Defender is Exeter’s affiliated ship. Launched in 2009, it is a state-of-the-art destroyer, and was given the Freedom of the City of Exeter in 2014.

Councillor Yolonda Henson, Exeter’s lord mayor, said the parade will be a very special occasion. She said: ‘I am very much looking forward to welcoming back the crew of HMS Defender to Exeter.

A Royal Navy ship has been raising funds for Exeter based charity Dream-A-Way. In 2009, Dream-A-Way were chosen as an associate charity for HMS Defender at her launch in Glasgow. HMS Defender ...