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U.S. warships accompany British commercial vessels in Hormuz Strait - Pentagon


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Navy warships have begun accompanying British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as a result of Iran's detention of a Marshall Islands-flagged ship last week, the Pentagon said on Monday.

    Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the U.S. Navy had accompanied one British ship through the strait following talks between Washington and London and others would follow. The Navy has been accompanying U.S.-flagged ships for several days in response to last week's detention of the MV Maersk Tigris.

    (Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Susan Heavey)