HMS Diamond returns to UK after 151 days at sea protecting shipping from Houthi attacks, neutralizing 10 drones and 1 missile.

The HMS Diamond has returned to the UK after spending 151 days at sea, protecting shipping from Houthi attacks. It covered nearly 44,000 miles and shot down nine drones and a Houthi missile. On January 9, the ship used its Sea Viper missiles to neutralise seven drones targeting merchant vessels, marking the most aerial threats neutralised by a Royal Navy warship in modern times in one day.