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Each vessel that flies the UK flag will have great affinity from those who served on them and the general public.
With the Royal Navy continuing to modernise and implement new capabilities, we will be saying more heartfelt goodbyes to those that came before. Large crowds gather to see them leave Portsmouth for the last time.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) often sells ships to other countries if they are functional, with many requiring restoration before being handed over. This is to try and reduce ongoing costs.
Some of the ships sold or donated to other nations have been seen sailing around Portsmouth. Many of them however are sold to recycling yards to be scrapped, primarily in Turkey.
Here are a few ships which have been scrapped or sold in recent years.
9. HMS Cumberland
HMS Cumberland, a Type 22 frigate, was sold to Turkey to be scrapped in July 2013. Pictured is the frigate in Benghazi, Libya, in February 2011. | John Moore/Getty Images
10. HMS Albion
HMS Albion served as the Royal Navy flagship between March 27, 2018, and January 27, 2021. A deal if currently be worked out to sell the Landing Platform Dock to Brazil after she was retired in November last year. | Royal Navy
11. HMS Bulwark
Albion-class landing platform dock - decommissioning announcement made by defence secretary John Healey on November 20, 2024. A deal is in the works for her to be sold to Brazil. | Royal Navy
12. HMS Pembroke
Sandown-class minehunter - decommissioned in January 2024. She has been sold to Romania. | Royal Navy