Navy frigate sent to Libya with four missiles A Royal Navy frigate was sent to the Libyan war zone armed with as few as four missiles, it has been disclosed. Royal Navy officers said HMS Westminster was “dangerously under-defended” when it was called on to patrol close to the Libyan port city of Benghazi in March. The warship can carry 32 Seawolf and eight Harpoon missiles but it is understood that military cutbacks left the Westminster and its crew of 190 with only a fraction of that capability. As Seawolf missiles — which are used to intercept incoming missiles —...