# HMS Diamond

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Several [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) ships have been named '''HMS ''Diamond'''''.

* {{ship|English ship|Diamond|1652}}, a 50-gun ship launched at [Deptford](/source/Deptford) in 1652 and captured by France in 1693.
* {{HMS|Diamond|1708}}, a [fifth-rate](/source/fifth-rate) 50 gun ship launched at [Blackwall Yard](/source/Blackwall_Yard) in 1708 and rebuilt at [Deptford Dockyard](/source/Deptford_Dockyard) in 1722, sold in 1744.
* {{HMS|Diamond|1741}}, a fifth-rate launched at [Limehouse](/source/Limehouse) in 1741 and sold in 1756.
* {{HMS|Diamond|1774}}, a fifth-rate launched at [Hull](/source/Kingston_upon_Hull) in 1774 and sold in 1784.
* {{HMS|Diamond|1794}}, a fifth-rate launched at [Deptford](/source/Deptford) in 1794 and broken up in 1812.
* {{HMS|Diamond|1816}}, a fifth-rate launched at [Chatham](/source/Chatham_Dockyard) in 1816 and broken up following a serious fire at [Portsmouth](/source/HMNB_Portsmouth) in 1827.
* {{HMS|Diamond|1848}}, a [sixth-rate](/source/sixth-rate) frigate launched in 1848. She was used as a training ship and renamed ''Joseph Straker'' between 1866 and 1868, and sold in 1885. 
* {{HMS|Diamond|1874}}, a 14-gun {{sclass|Amethyst|corvette}} launched in 1874 and sold in 1889.
* {{HMS|Diamond|1904}}, a {{sclass|Topaze|cruiser}} built by [Cammell Laird](/source/Cammell_Laird), launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1921
* {{HMS|Diamond|H22}}, a [D-class](/source/C_and_D-class_destroyer) [destroyer](/source/destroyer) launched in 1931 and lost in action in 1941.
* {{HMS|Diamond|D35}}, a {{sclass|Daring|destroyer (1949)|0}} destroyer launched in 1950 and sold in 1980.
* {{HMS|Diamond|D34}}, a [Type 45 destroyer](/source/Type_45_destroyer) which began construction in 2005 and was launched on 27 November 2007.

==Battle honours==
Ships named ''Diamond'' have earned the following [battle honours](/source/Battle_honour):
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*[Armada](/source/Spanish_Armada), 1588
*[Kentish Knock](/source/Battle_of_the_Kentish_Knock), 1652
*[Portland](/source/Battle_of_Portland), 1653
*[Gabbard](/source/Battle_of_the_Gabbard), 1653
*[Scheveningen](/source/Battle_of_Scheveningen), 1653
*[Lowestoft](/source/Battle_of_Lowestoft), 1665
*[Four Days' Battle](/source/Four_Days'_Battle), 1666
*[Orfordness](/source/St._James's_Day_Battle), 1666
*[Sole Bay](/source/Battle_of_Solebay), 1672
*[Schooneveld](/source/Battle_of_Schooneveld), 1673
*[Texel](/source/Battle_of_Texel), 1673
*[Crimea](/source/Crimean_War), 1854–55
*[Spartivento](/source/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento), 1940
*[Mediterranean](/source/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean), 1941
*[Malta Convoys](/source/Malta_convoys), 1941
*[Greece](/source/Battle_of_Greece), 1941
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The Type 45 destroyer was awarded the [Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation](/source/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation) by the United States in January 2026 in recognition of its service in the [Red Sea](/source/Red_Sea) and [Gulf of Aden](/source/Gulf_of_Aden) as part of [Operation Prosperity Guardian](/source/Operation_Prosperity_Guardian).<ref>{{Cite web |title=HMS Diamond's heroics recognised by the US Navy |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/november/03/20251103-hms-diamond-recognised-by-us-navy |access-date=2026-01-16 |website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Diamond Rock](/source/Diamond_Rock), a rock off [Martinique](/source/Martinique) commissioned as HMS ''Diamond Rock'' in 1804 and recaptured by the French in 1805. 
*{{HMS|Fort Diamond}} was a six-gun sloop commissioned in 1804 in Martinique to serve as a tender to ''Diamond Rock'' and lost to a French privateer in June of that year.

== References ==
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*{{Colledge: Ships RN|year=2006}}

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