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

Or a destroyer of the music those gatekeepers want to protect?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

He said the Type 45 destroyer would leave "in the next few days, as soon as it's got ammunition on board" but did not say how long it would take to arrive in the Mediterranean.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday that he was deploying HMS Dragon, a Type 45 defence destroyer to aid Britain's "defensive operations" in the region.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

"Flight," a voice said over the radio, "US destroyer Stockton reports debris falling from the sky. Source matches last known location of Iris."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir