List of ship decommissionings in 2009 explained

The list of ship decommissionings in 2009 includes a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 2009. In cases where no official decommissioning ceremony was held, the date of withdrawal from service may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate and other notes
February 12				scrapped ^[1]
March 25			cutter	sold at auction for 1,400,000 DKK^[2]
May 12				Inactive
May 27				scrapped, Exeter was the last RN warship in commission to have taken part in the Falklands War of 1982.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: HMS Southampton bows out after 28 years.
2. Web site: Balsved . Johnny E. . AGPA (1974-2009) . Danish Naval History . 16 June 2019.
3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5391347/HMS-Exeter-last-Falklands-ship-retires-from-service.html HMS Exeter: last Falklands ship retires from service