Royal Navy sending HMS Defender its THIRD warship to the Gulf

Royal Navy sending HMS Defender its THIRD warship to the Gulf

Portsmouth-based HMS Defender, a Type 45 destroyer, has become the third British warship to head to the Gulf to join the mission to protect shipping. The ship is pictured earlier this month

A third British warship is heading to the Gulf to join the mission to protect shipping amid heightened tensions in the region.   

Portsmouth-based HMS Defender, a Type 45 destroyer, is being redirected from its mission to the Pacific.

Britain has already sent HMS Kent to cover for frigate HMS Montrose while it undergoes maintenance in nearby Bahrain.

‘Wherever the red ensign flies around…

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