HMS Dragon

(asked on 14th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the length of time it would take for HMS Dragon to (a) put to sea to replace HMS Diamond as an escort to the Carrier Strike Group and (b) take up station with that Group.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 19th July 2021

While operating in the eastern Mediterranean, HMS DIAMOND experienced some technical issues and has detached from the Carrier Strike Group for maintenance, inspection and defect rectification. She is expected to re-join the Task Group during the Indo-Pacific phase of the deployment.

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