File:HMS Diamond Escorting Ark Futura During Operation Recsyr MOD 45157603.jpg
HMS Diamond joined the Danish-led, Norwegian and British Task Group in February, to provide maritime force protection to merchant vessels transporting chemical agents from Syria.
The Limassol-based Task Group recently escorted the container ship the MV Ark Futura to ltaly with some of the most dangerous chemical agents. These will be neutralised at sea in the next few months.
- Organization: Royal Navy
- Object Name: MM140092405
- Category: MOD
- Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Destroyers, Type 45, Foreign Ships, CBRN
- Keywords: HMS Diamond, Royal Navy, Equipment, Ship, Destroyer, DDG, Type 45, Operation, Op, Recsyr, Ark Futura, Merchant Vessel, Chemical, Weapons, Disposal
- Country: Mediterranean
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