Ref the Bristol, the story I heard from the cadets side was a lady died leaving a very large sum of money to be used as a cadet training ship aimed at Sea Cadets and the combined services cadets, as a sea going concerned. The RN jumped on it to use the money to refurbish the old girl as an alongside cadet training ship, an was used as such for some time. But she is a very old poorly maintained hull never built or expected to last this long, so a quick salute to the old girl as she is towed out of port to become razor blades like all before her.