article_snippet.sent: And late last year, the Russian navy anti-submarine ship Severomorsk (file photo) and three other Russian ships had to be escorted out of the British channel .
article_snippet.sent: the British channel was originally shut because the country's leaders thought the threat from Moscow was reduced, despite the threat from Moscow massive Northern Fleet which is base in the nearby Kola Peninsula.
article_snippet.sent: It followed a separate incident when the Royal Navy had to intercept a Russian warship which strayed to close to the UK while passing through the English Channel the same month.
article_snippet.sent: The Neustrashimy-class warship – equipped with missiles, anti-aircraft guns and torpedoes – was monitored and escorted by a heavily-armed British frigate.
article_snippet.sent: Cat and mouse: Heavily-armed HMS Argyll follows the Russian warship (back left) as the Russian warship (back left) passes through the English Channel in February .
article_snippet.sent: And late last year, the HMS Tyne had to escort another Russian destroyer and three other boats from the Channel as They passed through the Strait of Dover after carrying out military exercises in the North Sea.
article_snippet.sent: Feb 15: Russian warship intercepted by Royal Navy in the English Channel.
article_snippet.sent: Defence chiefs ask for US help to hunt a suspected Russian submarine lurking off the coast of Scotland.
article_snippet.sent: Nov 2014: Russian flotilla on military exercise in the Channel escorted from UK waters by HMS Tyne.
article_snippet.sent: Nato aircraft called in to hunt suspected Russian submarine off the west coast of Scotland.