HMS Diamond downed multiple Houthi drones and missiles during the US-led “Operation Prosperity Guardian” near Yemen, earning ...

The U.S. Navy awarded destroyer HMS Diamond (D34) a Meritorious Unit Commendation for its actions in the Red Sea as part of ...

During his visit to the Middle East next week, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will announce the formation of Operation Prosperity Guardian, a new international effort deal with Houthi threats, a ...

A UK warship shot down a supersonic missile in what the Royal Navy called a "historic first." The HMS Dragon warship "obliterated" the missile in a test off the coast of Scotland. The Type 45 air ...

John Healey said the UK's flagship aircraft carrier is ready to mobilise within five to 10 days' notice in a crisis, but ...

On a crucial night in September 1942, the Allied raid on Tobruk (Operation Agreement) turned into a catastrophe. The ...

In June 2025, the British Royal Navy dispatched a fleet of warships and helicopters to track a Russian vessel as it transited the English Channel and North Sea. One of the vessels sent to monitor the ...

Super Hornets from the USS Eisenhower worked with Arleigh-Burke class destroyers and the UK’s HMS Diamond to shoot down multiple weapons. The U.S. Central Command disclosed today that in the evening ...

May 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1494, on his second expedition to the New World, Columbus explored the Caribbean island of Jamaica. In 1886, four police officers were killed when a bomb was ...

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https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.25136992.2 https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.25136992.2 Destroyers are small warships (defined in the London Treaty of 1930 as being no more ...