The RN HMS Dauntless left, is underway in formation with the Ticonderoga missile cruiser USS Anzio during UNITAS Atlantic 2012 (Photo: US Navy) After a major naval exercise in the Caribbean with ...

However the US Navy said those claims were false, and that its ship had not been "expelled" from the area. HMS Defender is a Type 45 destroyer that is part of the UK's Carrier Strike Group.