Cyprus: HMS Dragon

(asked on 4th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned length is of HMS Dragon's deployment to Cyprus.


Answered by
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Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
This question was answered on 9th March 2026

As the Chief of Defence Staff has said, following Iran’s reckless retaliation, recommended last Tuesday that HMS Dragon should be deployed. Ministers then signed this off immediately.

HMS Dragon will be armed with the necessary available capabilities to meet the operational need and will remain in the region for as long as required to meet our objectives.

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