Clue: Retires with everyone's favourite vessels after every other raid (8)
Answer: ADJOURNS
Explanation: Definition: Retires

**JO** ("everyone's favourite") + **URNS** ("vessels") *after* [*every other*] (r)**A**(i)**D**
 
*I can't fully parse this as I can't see why JO is "everybody's favourite". It may refer to Jo March in "Little Women", or, less likely, an old Scots word for beloved.