The Royal Navy was on Saturday night deployed in the Persian Gulf to "take all necessary steps to protect our ships and citizens" in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to assassinate Iran's top general Qassim Soleimani.
Ben Wallace, the Defence secretary said he had ordered HMS Montrose and HMS Defender - a Type 23 frigate and a Type 45 destroyer - to accompany British-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
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