Navy warship heads to Falklands
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless is to set sail for the Falklands. The ship will head for the South Atlantic on its maiden mission to "protect British interests" amid an ongoing row with Argentina over the islands.
MoD: 'Dauntless deployment is pre-planned and routine'
HMS Dauntless, a Type 45 destroyer, will maintain a continuous presence protecting British interests in the region and will carry out maritime security operations off West Africa and the wider South Atlantic.
Her programme includes planned port visits in West and South Africa.
The Ministry of Defence has described the deployment as "pre-planned and routine", but it could further anger Argentinian ministers who made a complaint to the United Nations over Britain's "militarisation" of the dispute.
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