BRITAIN helped French commandos successfully storm a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean. HMS Dagger – one of ...

The Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron’s HMS Dagger provided support in the seizure of a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker by the French military, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. French personnel ...

The UK supported a French operation to board a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the GRINCH, to cut off funding for Russia's ...

Royal Navy ships and aircraft were deployed to monitor Russian naval vessels passing close to the UK during a two-day operation in the English Channel, as NATO allies tracked Russian units returning ...

Royal Navy forces monitored a sanctioned Russian-linked oil tanker as it transited the Strait of Gibraltar, ahead of a subsequent French boarding operation, as part of wider allied efforts to disrupt ...

British Defence Minister John Healey announced the UK's role in aiding a French operation to board a Russian tanker. The support included monitoring and tracking efforts, notably involving the HMS ...

The Royal Navy has confirmed that Gibraltar Squadron patrol vessel HMS Dagger monitored the sanctioned Russian Oil tanker MV Grinch in the Strait before it was seized by the French Navy.

Perceptive Royal Navy sailors and aviators have been deployed on several occasions to stalk Russian ships in British waters.