Yesterday I visited the Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond, recently returned ... hearing from Houthi announcements that Diamond had been sunk, those ten months will have been very tough.

The sinking of HMS Coventry in the Falklands War ... The poignant symbol will hang outside the captain’s cabin on HMS Diamond, a £1bn destroyer affiliated to the city of Coventry.

Sarah Standing (200924-1739) The Royal Navy have been deploying to the area for more than a year, with Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond heading ... attacked and sunk the destroyer ...

The destroyer sank in 23 minutes ... before again loaned to the next ship linked with the city, destroyer HMS Diamond – currently deployed on operations in the Mediterranean/Middle East.