Britain’s Royal Navy revealed today that two Russian submarines were spotted and chased off in the North Sea off Norway.
In particular, the submarine “chaser” HMS Portland of the British war fleet followed the Severodvinsk cruise missile submarine and the Vepr attack submarine.
According to the Royal Navy, the Type 23 frigate spotted the submarines on Saturday July 16 and Tuesday July 19 as they made their underwater journey south along the Norwegian coast from the Arctic.
Great to have @HMSPortland in Oslo on a short-notice visit following a busy time at sea 🚢 #UKandNorway #WeAreNATO https://t.co/FyvkVlMAsV pic.twitter.com/PLaS9rAMiw
— British Embassy Oslo 🇬🇧🇳🇴 (@UKinNorway) July 22, 2022
The 180-person British vessel, supported by a P8 Poseidon “spy plane” with sensors and a specialist Merlin submarine-tracking helicopter, tracked the Russian duo until NATO and Baltic forces took action.
Russian submarines continued to St. Petersburg for the celebrations of the Russian Navy Day which is to be held on July 31.
It is unclear whether the Russian submarines were spotted after they surfaced, with the Royal Navy announcing that HMS Portland was “put on alert” and then “followed the submarines as they separately exited the North Sea”.
Source: Capital
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