The British destroyer HMS Dragon will make a “resupply stop”…15 days after its arrival in Cyprus

The HMS Dragon, the frigate that Britain sent to the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, is returning to a larboard successful the portion for a “routine resupply halt and a abbreviated attraction period.”

The UK Ministry of Defence states that this halt volition let the vessel to refuel, arsenic good arsenic to “optimize its systems and transportation retired attraction work.”

“HMS Dragon volition stay astatine a precise precocious level of readiness during this period, acceptable to acceptable sail astatine abbreviated announcement if required,” it besides notes.

Sky News reports that the HMS Dragon’s resupply halt had been planned from the outset astatine astir this constituent successful its mission. The halt volition besides beryllium utilized to hole a insignificant method contented with the ship’s h2o systems.

The Type 45 destroyer arrived successful the Eastern Mediterranean connected March 23, 12 days aft departing for Cyprus and astir a period aft the commencement of the war.

It had been deployed to assistance support British subject bases from Iranian attacks, with peculiar accent connected protecting the RAF basal astatine Akrotiri successful Cyprus, and is susceptible of intercepting assorted types of drones and ballistic missiles.