U.K. Royal Navy Destroyer Returns Home From Middle East, Strait of Hormuz Multinational Mission in Limbo

Royal Navy (RN) destroyer HMS Dragon (D35) returned home to Portsmouth on Friday following a seven-month deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East. The destroyer initially deploying to Cyprus and subsequently crossed the Suez Canal to operate in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Dragon’s return leaves mine countermeasures mothership RFA Lyme Bay (L3007), currently in the Indian Ocean, as the only RN presence near the Strait of Hormuz. Dragon deployed on short notice in March. The ship was unde

Source: USNI News