Some have also questioned why the UK did not send a warship to the region sooner. The Spectator reported Sir Keir was first asked by the US about the use of UK bases to attack Iran on 11 February, 17 days before Israel and the US struck Tehran and killed the country’s leader, Ali Khamenei, on 28 February.

The UK Navy said three vessels were hit with suspected projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf on Wednesday, as the conflict in the region continues to menace shipping.

The Royal Navy is placing a support ship on "heightened readiness" to be sent to the eastern Mediterranean to support British nationals in the Middle East if needed, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this undated aerial photo released by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, HMS Severn, lower section, is seen tracking the Russian corvette RFN Stoikiy off the UK coast. (United ...

Nov. 24 (UPI) --A series of Russian spy ships have been trailed by the British military over the last week near its shores in the English Channel. The British Royal Navy intercepted two Russian warships in the English Channel as it sailed west through the ...

For three straight days, the British Navy closely followed a Russian submarine as it moved through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes — the English Channel. The operation began when the Russian submarine, sailing on the surface, entered UK ...

HMS Dragon left Portsmouth for the Mediterranean nine days after a drone strike hit a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus

Second British ship being prepared to respond to Middle East crisis - RFA Lyme Bay could be sent to the eastern Mediterranean if the crisis continues.

The Royal Navy—once the pride of the United Kingdom—has shrunk to around two dozen warships, insufficient to project power in any meaningful sense.