HMS Defender (D36) of the Royal Navy arrived in Istanbul in the early hours of June 9 after crossing through the Dardanelles Strait on June 8. 

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The warship then set sail in the Marmara Sea and entered the Bosphorus Strait at around 8 a.m. 



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Turkish coast guard boats accompanied the warship.

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Launched in December 2009, HMS Defender is the fifth of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 destroyers.

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