Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Guardian:
HMSGuardian was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784, and converted to a transport ship in 1789. She struck an iceberg in the Southern Ocean that year, but was successfully beached, before being wrecked in a hurricane.
HMSGuardian was a net-laying and photographic ship launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1962.
HMSGuardian was a support ship bought for service in the Falkland Islands. She had originally been the civilian Seaforth Champion. She was sold in 1987.
HMS Guardian was a 44-gun Roebuck-classfifth-rate two-decker of the Royal Navy, later converted to carry stores. She was completed too late to take part in the American War of Independence, and instead spent several years laid up in ordinary, before finally entering service as a store and convict transport to Australia, under Lieutenant Edward Riou. Riou sailed the Guardian, loaded with provisions, animals, convicts and their overseers, to the Cape of Good Hope where he took on more supplies. Nearly two weeks after his departure on the second leg of the journey, an iceberg was sighted and Riou sent boats to collect ice to replenish his water supplies. Before he could complete the re-provisioning, a sudden change in the weather obscured the iceberg, and the Guardian collided with it while trying to pull away. She was badly damaged and in immediate danger of sinking. The crew made frantic repair attempts but to no apparent avail. Riou eventually allowed most of the crew to take to the Guardian's boats, but refused to leave his ship. Eventually through continuous work he and the remaining crew were able to navigate the ship, by now reduced to little more than a raft, back to the Cape, a nine-week voyage described as 'almost unparalleled'. Riou ran the Guardian aground to prevent her sinking, but shortly afterwards a hurricane struck the coast, wrecking her. The remains were sold the next year, in 1790.
HMS Guardian was a net laying ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1962. She was also equipped for target towing and gunnery photography. A second net-layer, HMSProtector, was built to a modified design. Launched in 1936 Protector was scrapped in 1970.
Service history
Guardian was ordered as part of the 1930 naval programme, the first purpose built netlayer for the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 15 October 1931, was launched on 1 September 1932 and completed on 13 June 1933.
HMSDiamond and her captain and ship’s company, in my opinion as a former missile warfare specialist myself, performed entirely in accordance with the highest traditions of the Service – and there is no greater praise I can give.
The HMSDiamond... The HMS ... There was no reported damage or injuries, it added.A view shows HMS Diamond in the Red Sea on OperationProsperityGuardian, in this handout image taken on January 6, 2024.
HMSRichmond, currently taking part in OperationProsperityGuardian protecting merchant shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi rebel attacks, fires missiles to shoot down hostile Houthi drones heading towards the ship, on the Red Sea, March 9, 2024.
... busiest shipping lanes from multiple drone attacks," the ministry wrote.A view shows HMSDiamond in the Red Sea on OperationProsperityGuardian, in this handout image taken on January 6, 2024.
Mr Shapps this week visited HMSDiamond in the Red Sea, where it recently used Sea Viper missiles to shoot down multiple Hoithi attack drones as part of the US-led international taskforce OperationProsperityGuardian.
Mr Shapps this week visited HMSDiamond in the Red Sea, where it recently used Sea Viper missiles to shoot down multiple Houthi attack drones as part of the US-led international taskforce OperationProsperityGuardian.
'The Royal Navy and its partners must keep pace with the growing capabilities of other nations ...HMSDiamond in the Rad Sea on OperationProsperityGuardian earlier this month, when she saw off an attack by Houthi rebels based in Yemen ... He told the BBC.
