The Royal Navy maintains at least one warship and one Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel in the Persian Gulf. That might have been reinforced during 1996 on the T2K timeline.
Whether they’re still afloat or not by the end of 2000 is quite another matter.
There's also been some debate about whether there would be a Royal Air Force presence or not. Personally I'm inclined to think that if there is it would be minimal - perhaps a Squadron each of Jaguars and strike Tornados and a flight of Hercules. They'd probably rely on the Americans for air defence - RAF air defence interceptors would be in short supply and needed for home defence.
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