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HMS Diamond has begun the next phase of the operation to destroy chemical weapons materials removed from Syria. 

The Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer has begun the final phase of Operation Recsyr, the ‘REmoval of chemical weapons from SYRia’, and has spent much of her time providing protection to the merchant vessels tasked with transporting the chemical substances from Syria.

Her state-of-the-art Sea Viper missile system provides protection not only for the merchant vessel carrying the chemical substances but also for the task group as a whole.

The final shipment of chemical substances was removed from Syria on Monday 23 June by a maritime partnership of Danish, Norwegian, UK, Russian and Chinese warships. It marks the culmination of the diplomatic efforts to eliminate chemical weapons from the Syrian regime and the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2118, which calls for the quick destruction of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.

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