destroyer

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Under the plan, HMS Dragon - the air defence destroyer that is already on its way to the Middle East - will also "be ready for any mission" to secure the strait, the MoD said.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The UK said it will send a destroyer to the Middle East ahead of any international mission to help protect shipping in the key Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Friday’s missiles missed their target—one failed in flight and the other disappeared after a Navy destroyer launched SM-3 interceptors at them, U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

He was picked out of the water by a destroyer.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan