HMS Mersey
The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators with the able assistance of Court Assistant Jonathan Wyatt has formed an affiliation with HMS Mersey, a River Class offshore patrol vessel. Named after the River Mersey, the ship is the fifth Royal Navy vessel to be so named and is the first to bear the name in over 80 years.
With her two sister ships HMS Tyne and HMS Severn she was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton and came into service in 2003 to serve primarily in a fisheries protection role within United Kingdom waters.
She was in attendance at the start of the Tall Ships Race in Liverpool in July and the accompanying photographs show her and some of the real stars on the River Mersey on 21st July 2008.
