Royal Navy warship dispatched for potential Strait of Hormuz mission

The warship will be on standby for a potential mission to protect vessels in the Strait of Hormuz to end the stalemate on global shipping (Picture: LPhot Helayna Birkett/Royal Navy)

HMS Dragon will travel to the Middle East so it can join an international mission to safeguard commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Royal Navy warship is being sent to the troubled Strait region to take part in a joint mission.

The Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon will ‘pre-position’ in the region, ready to join the UK and French-led initiative once hostilities cease between Read Entire Article