THE Royal Navy is preparing a floating hospital to sail to the eastern Med as the conflict spirals.

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Lyme Bay will evacuate Britons if the Government gives the order.

The ship RFA Lyme Bay departs from Portsmouth for the Solent.The Royal Navy is readying a floating hospital, with RFA Lyme Bay set to evacuate Britons from the eastern Med if requiredCredit: Alamy A crane loads equipment onto HMS Dragon, a Royal Navy Type 45 Daring-class air-defence destroyer warship, in Portsmouth Harbour.The ship, which sleeps up to 500 passengers, is expected to link up with warship HMS Dragon, above, which is set to leave Portsmouth on WednesdayCredit: EPA The Rock of Gibraltar with a marina on the left and a town in the background, viewed from La Linea, Spain.RAF planes are due to swoop into Gibraltar today with military medics and a mobile field hospital that can run in the ship’s hangarCredit: Getty

The 580ft vessel was put on “heightened readiness” and is taking on supplies in .

planes are due to swoop into Gibraltar today with military medics and a mobile field hospital that can run in the ship’s hangar.

Defence sources said the measures were “purely a precaution”.

The vessel, which has a civilian crew, has a large deck that would allow choppers to take passengers to RAF Akrotiri.

The dock landing ship, which sleeps up to 500 passengers, is expected to link up with warship .

Kier Starmer ordered HMS Dragon to set sail for the Med after RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a drone on March 1.

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The crew have been racing round the clock to get the vessel armed and ready for combat missions.

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