Work is under way to provide the prime minister with several options, defence sources said, and it is understood two Royal Navy ships are already in the region – the frigate HMS Lancaster which was already at sea, and supply ship RFA Cardigan Bay which is in Bahrain where it was undergoing maintenance.
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