Fate
HMS Sceptre was sent to the Falkland Islands to beef up the British garrison in March 2010, during Desire Petroleum's exploratory oil-drillings . Sceptre returned to Devonport for the last time in May 2010 and was decommissioned on 10 December 2010 after 32 years of service.
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