destroyer

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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

The Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Dragon, is now providing additional air defences operating off the coast of Cyprus.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

Then an RAF base in Cyprus came under Iranian drone attack anyway, so Mr. Starmer deployed a Royal Navy destroyer to defend it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Shouts of agreement arose and I looked behind me, seeing the men who had followed me and thinking, What did he mean, destroyer?

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison