There goes this year's fuel allowance then! She was open to the public, upper deck only, at the Boat Show in January and showing her age a bit. Still, she is a veteran of the Falklands War. It was the second time I've been aboard, the first was in Portsmouth some years ago and I still have the Exeter mug. She bears an illustrious name with her predecessor being the hero of the River Plate action and going down fighting in the Java Sea against an overwhelming force of Japanese cruisers. I hope the name will be passed on to a future vessel in due course - that is if the Navy gets any future vessels...