Hi Billie, w
What diamond will be all at sea?
HMS Diamond is the twelfth ship in a long line of vessels to bear the name. Built by BVT Surface Fleet in a ship yard at Govan at the river Clyde, and launched by Lady Johns, wife of Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns KCB, CDE on 27th November 2007.
HMS Diamond is a Type 45 Class Destroyer which will be the largest and most powerful air defence destroyers ever operated by the Royal Navy, and the largest general purpose surface warships (excluding aircraft carriers and amphibious ships) to join the fleet since WW2. The Type 45 will provide the fleet with an air defence capability that is several orders of magnitude greater than that provided by the existing force of T42 destroyers.