HMS Excelsior was a Type 46 guided missile cruiser in the Royal Navy from the mid-2000s onwards. In 2012, it was stationed in Canada as part of a Royal Navy battlegroup along with the King George VI-class supercarrier HMS Formidable, Lion-class battleship HMS Thunderchild, Type 45 destroyers Fearless and Hotspur, Type 23 frigates Euryalus and Battleaxe, Astute-class submarine Audacity, and fleet tankers Wave Knight and Wave Rider.
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