<p>Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond (foreground) is pictured with HMS Melbourne during joint operations in the Middle East.
</p><p>HMS Diamond is the third of Britain's fleet of six Type 45 destroyers. Launched on the Clyde by our sponsor, Lady Johns, in November 2007, the ship arrived in Portsmouth in the autumn of 2010 and was commissioned in the spring of 2011. She deployed in June 2012 on her maiden deployment.
</p><p>HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) is an Adelaide class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy. Originally ordered as HMAS Torrens, the ship was renamed during construction, and entered service in 1992.
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