Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond returns to Portsmouth today after an historic Middle East deployment that saw her shoot down nine drones and a Houthi missile. The Type 45 spent six months helping safeguard vital international shipping lanes against indiscriminate attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden – through which 11% of global trade passes.

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Malaysian law enforcement and naval personnel boarded the Chinese salvage vessel MV Chuan Hong 68 found to be operating illegally again after previously stealing scrap metal from WWII wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse. The Malaysian govt has yet to provide details of the ongoing case after the ship was detained last year.

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Fleetfest in Quebec City with the following attendees (top to bottom) – July 4, 2024 – USS Carney (DDG 64) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer – HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) Halifax-class frigate – HMCS William Hall (AOPV 433) Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel – HMS Protector (A173) Ice Patrol Ship – French Navy Loire-class offshore support vessel FS Rhone (A603) – CCGS Martha L. Black Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker/buoy tender

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This Minesweeper sailed to the Gulf of Oman in our efforts to maintain a continuous Mine Countermeasure presence. Commissioned in 1983, HMS Middleton and its crews have tirelessly provided support both in the UK and overseas for over 40 years.

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