British Royal Navy shadows Russian ships through English Channel
LondoncTypeface:> Britain's Royal Navy has shadowed Russian ships as they travelled through the English Channel.
Portsmouth-based destroyer HMS Duncan and patrol ship HMS Mersey were dispatched to track the movements of RFN Boikiy which was on its way back from deployment in the Gulf of Guinea. Duncan met the corvette near the island of Ushant at the south-western end of the Channel on the French coast on June 20 before HMS Mersey took over duties off the Isle of Wight.
It is the latest deployment of a UK warship to follow Russian vessels. It came soon after patrol ship HMS Trent and Wildcat helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron shadowed RFN Admiral Grigorovich as part of joint NATO efforts as the Russian frigate sailed past Gibraltar, through the English Channel and into the North Sea, the Royal Navy said. (PA Media/dpa)
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