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Defence in the Media: HMS Duncan deployed to the Gulf – Defence in the media
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title="Posts by MOD News Team" class="author url fn" rel="author">MOD News Team</a>, <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Posted on: </span><time class="updated" datetime="2019-07-13T10:31:09+01:00">13 July 2019</time> - <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Categories: </span> <a href="https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/category/defence-in-the-media/" rel="category tag">Defence in the media</a>, <a href="https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/category/operations/" rel="category tag">Operations</a>, <a href="https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/category/royal-navy/" rel="category tag">Royal Navy</a></div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today鈥檚 coverage of defence issues in the news is dominated by the deployment of HMS Duncan to take over from HMS Montrose in the Gulf as Montrose is due for routine maintenance.</p> <h3>Image of the Day</h3> <figure id="attachment_15798" class="thumbnail wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 620px"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-15798 size-large" src="https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2019/07/ARMYHQPHOTCPL2-2019-027-Prince20Charles-GCHQ-RW-018-620x413.jpg" alt="The Prince of Wales watches a formation of Red Arrows flying over the GCHQ building, leaving a red white and blue trail behind them." width="620" height="413" srcset="https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2019/07/ARMYHQPHOTCPL2-2019-027-Prince20Charles-GCHQ-RW-018-620x413.jpg 620w, https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2019/07/ARMYHQPHOTCPL2-2019-027-Prince20Charles-GCHQ-RW-018-615x410.jpg 615w, https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2019/07/ARMYHQPHOTCPL2-2019-027-Prince20Charles-GCHQ-RW-018-310x207.jpg 310w, https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2019/07/ARMYHQPHOTCPL2-2019-027-Prince20Charles-GCHQ-RW-018-768x512.jpg 768w, https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2019/07/ARMYHQPHOTCPL2-2019-027-Prince20Charles-GCHQ-RW-018-435x290.jpg 435w" sizes="(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px" /><figcaption class="caption wp-caption-text">His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales meets with Jeremy Fleming, director of GCHQ and watches as the Red Arrows Centenary Flypast over GCHQ for their Centenary.</figcaption></figure> <h3 class="wordsection1">HMS Duncan</h3> <p class="wordsection1">There is widespread coverage this morning of the news that HMS Duncan is due to deploy to the Gulf. Most outlets lead with the angle that Britain is to deploy a second warship to the Gulf, amid rising tensions in the region. Papers note that while HMS Duncan was always due to deploy to the Gulf, HMS Montrose and HMS Duncan鈥檚 deployments will overlap for a period of time, before Duncan takes over from Montrose, which has pre-planned maintenance.</p> <p class="wordsection1">A Government spokesperson said:</p> <blockquote> <p class="wordsection1">As part of our long standing presence in the Gulf, HMS DUNCAN is deploying to the region to ensure we maintain a continuous maritime security presence while HMS MONTROSE comes off task for pre-planned maintenance and crew change over. 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