Thousands watch as British launch €8.4m destroyer

AN AUDIENCE of thousands cheered yesterday as the Royal Navy’s newest ship was launched.

The Type 45 destroyer Diamond slid into the River Clyde from a yard in Glasgow yesterday afternoon, watched by about 10,000 people.

Costing about £600 million (€8.4m) and bristling with the latest equipment, she has been hailed the most advanced craft of her type.