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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Navy shadows Russian warship off Moray coast

NimrodThe Royal Navy was believed to be shadowing at least one Russian naval vessel off the coast of Scotland last night after it sailed near the Moray Firth while on exercise in the North Sea.

The Baltic Fleet vessel is believed to be a warship and was part of an operation being carried out in the area. It was described by a source as a “Russian Task Group”, suggesting more than one ship may have been involved. The Ministry of Defence would not comment on the incident or on whether the Russians had entered British territorial waters, which stretches out around 14 miles from the coast, although it was thought to be unlikely.

A Royal Navy vessel was thought to be deployed from the south coast of England to shadow the Russian ship.

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