Royal Navy monitors Russian spy ship task group passing through English Channel

A Royal Navy patrol ship broke off from patrol duties to monitor a Russian spy ship and two other vessels passing through the English Channel for three days.It is the third time in two months that the Navy has had to keep an eye on Russian ships passing the UK.Portsmouth-based HMS Mersey, which usually patrols home waters in fishery protection, was sent to follow the progress of the Russian spy ship Feodor Golovin, landing ship Alexander Ostrakovskiy and tanker Yelnya through the Channel.