The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious will be sent to help people affected by the typhoon in the Philippines, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Speaking on a visit to India, Mr Cameron also said the UK government had now given more than £20m in aid.
Meanwhile the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) said its UK appeal had raised £23m in its first 48 hours.
Typhoon Haiyan, which hit on Friday, killed at least 2,300 people and displaced more than half a million.
HMS Illustrious is currently in the Gulf and is expected to arrive in the Philippines on 24 November.
The carrier will relieve destroyer HMS Daring, which is already on its way and should arrive on Saturday.
'Absolute tragedy'Mr Cameron said helicopters from HMS Illustrious would be used to take food and water to people stranded in remote parts of the Philippines, which is made up of more than 7,000 islands.
The carrier, which currently has 900 crew and seven helicopters, has equipment to provide water suitable for drinking, which Mr Cameron said was badly needed.
"What happened in the Philippines is an absolute tragedy," he said.
"You can see the devastation, the suffering, and it's quite clear that we are going to need long-term help for those people."
The Royal Navy said almost all of its ships carried supplies and equipment for use in such emergencies and added its crews were trained for dealing with humanitarian disasters.
The UK is also sending aid to the Philippines by air. The first flight arrived at 16:00 GMT on Tuesday.
A team of 12 medical experts from the UK, requested by the Philippines Department of Health, has also flown to the country.
A huge international aid effort is under way, but widespread infrastructure damage is hampering efforts to distribute it to some areas.
A US aircraft carrier and other US vessels have already arrived in the Philippines, where the UN estimates 11 million people have been affected by the typhoon.
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