Middle East shipping stabilised by UK navy, says Fleet Commander

Britain's decision to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz has helped to stabilise commercial shipping through the critical chokepoint weeks after Iran seized a UK-flagged tanker in the region, a top British navy official said on Thursday.The UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero was detained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19 for alleged marine violations two weeks after Britain had detained an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar.Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd, the Royal Navy's Fleet