The ‘Fortress of the Seas’ will be decommissioned on her return to UK Known as the ‘Fortress of the Sea’, HMS Edinburgh is the largest and the last Type 42 destroyer to serve in the Royal ...

“To this day, Operation Blackleg has been the Royal Navy's finest achievement in deep saturation diving recovery from inside a warship – on the same page as the gold recovered from HMS Edinburgh.

The late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was with the fleet as first lieutenant in HMS Chequers, according to the plaque.

She had previously visited the Royal Navy's minehunter HMS Brocklesby at sea in 1988, while accompanied by her husband HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Commodore-in-Chief of Aircraft Carriers ...