A Russian warship is being tailed in UK waters after the Royal Navy scrambled a frigate to the English Channel. The Royal Navy frigate HMS St Albans rushed out to open waters after an alert came in. The Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate is currently tasked with protecting UK waters and has been activated to keep watch on Russian Slava-class cruiser Marshall Ustinov. St Albans deployed her Merlin helicopter to observe the movements of the task group as they navigate the south coast of the UK. 'As the current Fleet Ready Escort, HMS St Albans is the Royal Navy's very high readiness ship which is charged with protecting the integrity of UK waters.

Source: Daily Mail November 16, 2018 12:37 UTC