A Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian task group sailing through the English Channel and the North Sea. HMS Somerset kept watch over the Russian corvette Boikiy for three days as it escorted Baltic Leader, a merchant vessel, on its voyage from the Russian naval base in Tartus, Syria.

The Royal Navy has released images of a Russian warship which has been spotted in British waters. Navy sources said the warship was spotted moving through the English Channel and North Sea this week as it accompanied a merchant vessel named Baltic Leader on a journey from Syria to Russia.

The Russian warship had been escorting a cargo ship on its voyage from Syria through the English Channel and North Sea.

A Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian vessel as it sailed through the English Channel and the North Sea. HMS Somerset kept watch over the Russian corvette Boikiy for three days as it escorted merchant vessel Baltic Leader on its voyage from Syria.

The vessel was a sanctioned Russian cargo ship, crewed by men in military fatigues. The ship reportedly transported military hardware through the Channel

A Plymouth-based Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian task group as it sailed through the English Channel and the North Sea. HMS Somerset kept watch over the Russian corvette Boikiy for three days as it escorted merchant vessel Baltic Leader on its voyage from Syria.

HMS Somerset, a Type 23 frigate, closely observed the movements of the Russian Steregushchiy-class corvette Boikiy, which was escorting the merchant vessel Baltic Leader from Syria through the English Channel and the North Sea.