British warship HMS Dragon arrives in Gibraltar

The British warship HMS Dragon arrived in Gibraltar on March 17 after departing the United Kingdom last week on a mission to help protect Cyprus and British military bases on the island.

The Type 45 destroyer, equipped to intercept drones and ballistic missiles, left its home port of Portsmouth on March 10. Its stopover in Gibraltar, at the gateway to the Mediterranean, will allow the vessel to refuel and conduct a crew change, the British Ministry of Defence said in a statement, Caliber.Az reports via foreign media. 

Prime Minister Keir Starmer ordered the deployment after RAF Akrotiri, a British air base in Cyprus, was struck by a drone on March 1.

By Sabina Mammadli