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The Royal Navy said its warship HMS Portland, a Type 23 frigate, is monitoring the Russian guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov and accompanying tanker Kama ...

Ed Moss-Ward, HMS Portland’s commanding officer, said: “Escorting warships in UK territorial waters and the adjacent sea areas is routine activity for the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy said its warship HMS Portland, a Type 23 frigate, is monitoring the Russian guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov and accompanying tanker Kama as they sail in international waters near the UK. The Royal Navy was tracking the ship on Wednesday. The frigate underwent a major refit in 2021 and is adept at surface warfare and hunting submarines, the Royal Navy added. But it stressed that escorting warships through “UK territorial waters and the adjacent sea areas is routine activity for the Royal Navy”. It is tracking and reporting on the movements of the Russian ships through the North Sea.

The Navy said the HMS Portland's tracking of the Admiral Gorshkov ship through the North Sea with a Norwegian vessel is standard practice.

The vessels will report on the movements of the ships through the North Sea. Captain Igor Krokhmal said: ‘No one will see the missile launch or its flight. The Royal Navy said the HMS Portland underwent a major refit in 2021, adding it is proficient at hunting submarines and surface warfare. Admiral Gorshkov is legally in international waters but the mission is very much a ‘show of strength’ amid Russia’s failing invasion of Ukraine. But the Navy stressed the tracking of the warship is standard practice. The Royal Navy said it is monitoring a Russian warship carrying hypersonic missiles which is sailing in international waters near the UK.

The Royal Navy said HMS Portland, a Type 23 frigate, is monitoring the Russian guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov and accompanying tanker Kama as they sail ...

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The Royal Navy released a statement Wednesday saying HMS Portland was tracking the Russian warship and its accompanying tanker Kama as they sailed into the ...

By maintaining a visible and persistent presence, the Royal Navy ensures compliance with maritime law and deters malign activity to protect our nation's interests. The frigate's captain Igor Krokhmal has said previously: 'No one will see the missile launch or its flight. Earlier the guided missile frigate staged war games in the Norwegian Sea 'repelling a simulated enemy's air strikes'. Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland monitored the Russian warship and accompanying tanker Kama as they sailed close to the UK. The Royal Navy released a statement Wednesday saying HMS Portland (left) was tracking the Russian warship (centre) and its accompanying tanker Kama (right) as they sailed into the North Sea, after the Gorshkov conducted war games in the Norwegian Sea [Portland](/news/portland/index.html) was tracking the Russian warship and its accompanying tanker Kama as the pair sailed into the North Sea, after the Gorshkov conducted war games in the Norwegian Sea.