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Friday, December 09, 2011

HMS Diamond ready for operations

HMS DiamondThe UK now has three groundbreaking Type 45 destroyers ready to deploy on operations after HMS Diamond passed her final, demanding test.

The state-of-the-art warship has come through six weeks of training and assessment off Plymouth, the final hurdle to jump before she can sail on front line duties.

The Basic Operational Sea Training (BOST) saw Diamond 'hit' with incoming missiles from submarines and her ship's company working in darkness and smoke to deal with fires and floods.

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