The Ministry of Defence said it was sailing through the Channel, where it was flanked by Devonport-based HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne, a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel based in Portsmouth.

As it sailed through the Channel, it was flanked by HMS Somerset, the ministry said. The Yantar had first entered British waters in November and “loitered” over critical undersea ...

On Monday she entered the UK Exclusive Economic Zone and was tracked by the warships HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne. Mr Healey told the Commons he amended the Royal Navy’s Rules of Engagement so the ...

But it was the ship’s more nefarious purposes that prompted a rare display of British naval power on Jan 20, when the Yantar was confronted by a British warship, HMS Somerset, and patrol vessel HMS ...

Russian surveillance Yantar was shadowed by HMS Somerset on Jan. 22, 2025. UK Royal Navy Photo U.K. Defence Secretary John Healy revealed to Parliament on Wednesday that he had ordered a Royal ...

“For the last two days, the Royal Navy has deployed HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne to monitor the vessel every minute through our waters. And I changed the Royal Navy’s Rules of Engagement so that ...