HMS Dragon Works up in UK Waters on Her Way to Cyprus - Navy Lookout

HMS Dragon works up in UK waters on her way to Cyprus - Navy Lookout

There have been complaints in the media that HMS Dragon did not steam straight from Portsmouth to the Mediterranean when she sailed on Tuesday. Here we look why this is the case and the sensible way to deploy a warship. The Sun reports: “Farce as HMS Dragon warship spent three days bobbing about in Channel […] The post HMS Dragon works up in UK waters on her way to Cyprus first appeared on Navy Lookout.

HMS Dragon 'bobbed around in Channel for 3 days' after deployment to Cyprus

HMS Dragon lingered in the English Channel for three days after her departure from Portsmouth, despite orders to race to Cyprus in defence of British forces

British warship sent to defend Cyprus base spent three days in Channel

Farce HMS Dragon warship Channel

HMS Dragon 'spent three days' in Channel after being ordered to Cyprus

Warship HMS Dragon finally left Portsmouth for Cyprus on Tuesday - but it has now been reported that the vessel spent three days in the English Channel before heading towards the Middle East

HMS Dragon still not in Cyprus after dithering in English Channel for three days

Rather than immediately heading out into the Atlantic, the ship apparently spent three days transiting the Channel before passing Land's End and heading south.

Farce as HMS Dragon spent 3 days bobbing in Channel after Cyprus orders

THE warship ordered to Cyprus to defend British forces from drones spent three days bobbing about in the Channel, The Sun can...