HMS Mersey will 'come home' when she docks in the city this month.
Launched in 2003, the ship is among the busiest in the Royal Navy Fleet, averaging 220 days at sea every year. She is based in Portsmouth but will be making a trip to Merseyside this month to be awarded the Freedom of Sefton.
Members of the ship’s company will be invited to join councillors for a formal ceremony in Bootle Town Hall on April 13. On April 16, the 'Freedom Scroll' will allow HMS Mersey’s sailors to march through the streets of the borough with bayonets fixed, colours flying and led by a military band
