HMS Dragon has deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to bolster defences at the British air base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus after the base was struck by an Iranian drone earlier this month. LONDON: A UK warship Tuesday (Mar 10) left port in southern England en route to the eastern Mediterranean to "bolster British defences in the region" amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Royal Navy said. The HMS Dragon's departure from its base in Portsmouth follows criticism from opposition politicians and