article_snippet.sent: A destroyer equipped with missiles, anti-aircraft guns and torpedoes entered the English Channel along with two other Russian ships.
article_snippet.sent: It forced UK to send a heavily-armed frigate to monitor the vessels.
article_snippet.sent: Under watch: The Royal Navy monitored a Russian Udaloy class destroyer (not pictured) along with a tanker and a support ship as The Royal Navy passed through the English Channel .
article_snippet.sent: June 2014 - HMS Montrose was sent to monitor a Russian corvette in international waters near Denmark's Baltic coast.
article_snippet.sent: November 2014 - HMS Argyll monitors a heavily armed Russian warship as a heavily armed Russian warship strayed close to the UK while passing through the English Channel and Strait of Dover .
article_snippet.sent: February 17, 2015 - HMS Argyll intercepts a Neustrashimy-class warship and the UK accompanying tanker as two Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear missiles as they flew south of Bournemouth headed home after a deployment in the Mediterranean in the English Channel .
article_snippet.sent: Royal Navy's HMS Argyll monitors Russian Udaloy class destroyer Severomorsk along with a tanker and a support ship as they move through the English Channel.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday the destroyer Severomorsk, a tanker and a support ship returning from the Mediterranean were intercepted by the Royal Navy as Russian experts passed through the Channel.
article_snippet.sent: Plymouth-based HMS Argyll, a Type 23 frigate with a crew of 185, was sent to monitor the vessels.
article_snippet.sent: HMS Argyle, a Type 23 frigate, which is currently monitoring three Russian ships as three Russian ships head through the English Channel (file picture)
article_snippet.sent: The Russian navy anti-submarine ship Severomorsk which is being monitored through the English Channel with a tanker and a support ship (file picture)
highlights_snippet.sent: HMS Argyle also monitoring three Russian ships in English Channel .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: HMS Argyle comes at a time of heightened tension between Britain and Russia .