Royal Navy warships scrambled to Russian submarine after close shave with UK
dailystar.co.ukRoyal Navy warships were scrambled to a Russian submarine that passed through waters close to the UK. The Krasnodar submarine was picked up by French intelligence off the coast of Ushant Island in Brittany on Sunday.HMS Tyne and HMS Mersey then watched every movement of the Kilo-class vessel.The attack submarine, built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s, had been conducting a surfaced transit from the Eastern Mediterranean.Tyne, an Offshore Patrol Vessel based in Portsmouth, had picked up the submarine in the south-west end of the English Channel.The French Navy had earlier tracked its journey through the Bay of Biscay.Sister ship Mersey then took over as the Russians made their way through the Strait of Dover and into the.
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