HMS Dragon has departed Gibraltar to continue the journey to the Eastern Mediterranean, where it will defend two RAF bases in Cyprus. The Royal Navy has confirmed that air defence destroyer HMS Dragon ...

The United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon reached Gibraltar on Tuesday, crossing into the Mediterranean as it makes its way from the UK to Cyprus. The ship had set sail from Portsmouth ...

THE warship ordered to Cyprus to defend British forces from drones spent three days bobbing about in the Channel, The Sun can reveal. Destroyer HMS Dragon only left UK waters yesterday after setting ...

Destroyer leaves Portsmouth a week after deployment was announced following drone attack on RAF base in Cyprus Middle East crisis – live updates The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon departed Portsmouth ...

John Healey tells Commons crews working hard to prepare warship after criticism over slow response to drone attacks HMS Dragon will set sail in “the next couple of days”, the defence secretary has ...

The United Kingdom’s HMS Dragon warship will set sail in the coming days to a military base in Cyprus, British Defense Secretary John Healey confirmed on Monday amid escalating military operations ...

19:56, Fri, Mar 6, 2026 Updated: 20:08, Fri, Mar 6, 2026 Government cost-cutting measures to only employ staff 9-5 at a UK naval port has helped slow down the deployment of a warship to the ...

The warship HMS Dragon is now not expected to leave for the Mediterranean until next week to begin its mission to defend a British military base in Cyprus from attacks by Iran. The ship is one of six ...

Warship HMS Dragon won’t set sail to protect the British base in Cyprus until next week as conflict spirals in the Middle East. The ship is being loaded with ammunition in Portsmouth and sent to the ...

The warship being readied to protect a British base in Cyprus is not set to sail until next week, it has emerged. HMS Dragon is being loaded with ammunition in Portsmouth before departing for the ...

The British warship with orders to defend a base in Cyprus from attacks by Iran is unlikely to set sail until early next week. HMS Dragon is moored in Portsmouth while it is supplied for duty, a ...

Britain will deploy HMS Dragon and helicopters with anti-drone capabilities in Cyprus, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed. The prime minister said on social media he had spoken with the president of ...