Launch of HMS Diamond

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Launch of HMS Diamond

The latest of the Type 45 Destroyers, HMS Diamond takes to the water, 27 November 2007, at BAE Govan, Glasgow.
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HMS Diamond is the third ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in 2007, completed her contractor's sea trials in July 2010 and arrived at her base port on 22 September 2010. Diamond was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on 6 May 2011, and formally entered service on 12 July 2011.
Name: HMS Diamond
Ordered: December 2000
Builder: BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions
Yard number: 1063[1]
Laid down: 25 February 2005
Launched: 27 November 2007
Sponsored by: Lady Johns
Commissioned: 6 May 2011[2]
Identification:
Motto:
  • Honor clarissima gemma
  • ("Honour is the brightest jewel")
Status: In active service, as of 2017
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diamond_(D34)
 

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