Having parade aboard a warship which played an important role in the war might be something most sea cadets can only dream of but for the City of London Sea Cadets it happens twice a week.
As the UK's largest maritime youth charity, they meet on HMS Belfast on Tuesdays and Fridays for activities, training and team building.
They will also be on board for what will be an especially poignant commemoration – the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
Cadet Emily, 13, said: "The allied forces had been going through such stress for six years, imagine your kids were off in the war, you don't know if they are dead or alive, if they were coming home. It was just such a huge moment."
In 1943 Belfast saw action escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union and also played an important role in the Battle of North Cape, assisting in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst.
In June 1944, the ship took part in Operation Overlord, to support the Normandy landings and evacuation, known as D-Day.
"There's so much history to this ship and it's really cool for us to be here," added Emily, who hasn't ruled out joining the armed forces in the future, once she has been to university.
HMS Belfast is permanently moored on the River Thames and is run as a museum ship by the Imperial War Museum.
