Fishery patrol vessel HMS Lindisfarne has ended her 25-year career on a high note.

Just weeks before she was due to make her final journey into her home port of Portsmouth, the Island-class ship has been presented with the Jersey Cup for displaying outstanding endeavour in fishery protection.

The vessel was singled out for tenaciously pursuing the task of enforcing fisheries legislation on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

During the past year she completed 143 patrol days for DEFRA, conducting more than 250 inspections of UK and foreign fishing vessels. These inspections revealed 26 infringements, four of which resulted in detentions.

The cup, which is awarded annually and competed for by Island and River-class patrol ships, was presented to Lindisfarne at a ceremony in Portsmouth.

Her Commanding Officer, Lt Cdr David Mugridge, was presented with the trophy by the Chief Inspector of Fisheries at Billingsgate Market in London, Christopher Leftwich.

Lindisfarne’s citation read: “Overall, the vessel has achieved a very significant contribution to the comprehensive policing effort within and outside British fishery limits.

“Inspections of fishing vessels have been of a vigorous nature and characterised by the firm but fair manner in which they have been conducted.

“HMS Lindisfarne has pursued her duties with diligence and has proved to be a very effective and capable patroller.”

The ship ends her final tasking next month, and will be handed over to the Bangladeshi Navy in January.

Lindisfarne and Guernsey are the last of the Island-class ships, and both will be handed over to Bangladesh at the same time, joining the four of their sisters.

Former HM ships Shetland, Alderney and Anglesey are part of the Bangladeshi patrol force, while the former HMS Jersey is a training ship.

Another Island-class ship, HMS Orkney, transferred to the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard in December 2000.