What Happens When A Royal Navy Frigate Meets An Unknown Russian Warship

The Steregushchiy-class corvette RFS Soobrazitelny intercepted in international waters off the Danish coast by HMS Montrose last week Photo: Crown

Royal Navy Investigates Mystery Russian Warship In Baltic -- The Telegraph

HMS Montrose tracked the Russian corvette Soobrazitelny and then was circled by a Russian patrol plane

A British frigate on exercise in the Baltic Sea was dispatched to investigate an unknown Russian warship last week, the Ministry of Defence said.

HMS Montrose was sent to investigate the Russian vessel in international waters off the Danish coast “after picking up after picking up the radar signature of an unidentified surface ship”.

The Royal Navy type 23 frigate identified the mystery ship as the 340ft-long Steregushchiy-class corvette RFS Soobrazitelny.

As HMS Montrose tracked the Russian warship, she was circled by an Ilyushin IL-20 “Coot” maritime patrol aircraft.

Naval sources described the June 19 incident as routine, but it came as relations between Nato and Moscow are at their worst since the end of the Cold War and the encounter is believed to be linked to the heightened tensions.

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My Comment: Nothing unusual in this encounter ....but in view of heightened tensions .... every encounter is now becoming a test of nerves.