HMS Defender has been re-routed from a previous mission in the Pacific
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UK deploys Destroyer to protect shipping in Strait of Hormuz
The frigate, HMS Duncan, will operate alongside the Royal Navy’s HMS Montrose Type 23 to shepherd British-flagged ships through the strait
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UK to send third Royal Navy warship to Gulf
Britain has already sent the HMS Duncan, an air defence destroyer, to cover for frigate HMS Montrose while it undergoes maintenance in nearby Bahrain