The UK is preparing to send a Royal Navy evacuation ship to the Persian Gulf fitted with autonomous mine-sweeper drones to help clear the Strait of Hormuz, it has been reported.
RFA Lyme Bay is undergoing maintenance in Gibraltar, but according to The Times, John Healey, Defence Secretary, has agreed to draw up plans to fit the vessel with drones to clear mines.
Among the several autonomous mine clearance capabilities will be underwater drones and mine-hunting boats while the ship will become a mothership for operations, equipment and technology.
While a final decision has not been made, a source said: “This preventative step gives ministers options should they be needed to help resume the normal flow of merchant shipping.”
This comes as the Washington Post reports that the US is drawing up advanced plans for a prolonged ground assault on specific sites in Iran.
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Thousands of American soldiers and Marines have arrived in the Middle East for what could become a dangerous new phase of the war should President Donald Trump choose to escalate.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “It’s the job of the Pentagon to make preparations in order to give the Commander in Chief maximum optionality. It does not mean the President has made a decision.”
March 29, 2026 8:14 amUK preparing ship with mine-sweeping drones for the Strait of Hormuz – reports
The UK is preparing to send a Royal Navy evacuation ship to the Persian Gulf fitted with autonomous mine-sweeper drones to help clear the Strait of Hormuz, it has been reported.
Among the several autonomous mine clearance capabilities will be underwater drones and mine-hunting boats while the ship will become a mothership for operations, equipment and technology.
While a final decision has not been made, a source said: “This preventative step gives ministers options should they be needed to help resume the normal flow of merchant shipping.”
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