The Esso Northumbria was the first in a series of Very Large Crude Carrier ships, built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend in 1969. At the time, she was the largest vessel to have been built in Britain.

where it had been shadowed by Royal Navy ships HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne. But he said it was the second time the Yantar had entered UK waters in recent months. “In November, the ship was also ...

the Royal Navy has deployed Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset and patrol ship HMS Tyne to "monitor the vessel every minute through our waters". A P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was also deployed ...

A huge Royal Navy ship is berthed in Liverpool as it undergoes a period of maintenance. The 200-metre long and 37,000 tonne replenishment tanker RFA Tidespring was spotted on the River Mersey on ...

Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset flanking Russian ship Yantar near UK waters, with Portsmouth-based ship HMS Tyne also deployed to keep her eyes on the vessel. | Royal Navy/PA Wire The defence ...

He told MPs the Yantar was in the North Sea having passed through British waters in recent days, where it had been shadowed by Royal Navy ships HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne. But he said it was the ...

Patrol ship Tyne was also monitoring the Yantar – last in waters around the UK in November when its activities were monitored by several Royal Navy units. Tyne’s Commanding Officer, Commander Hugo ...

He told MPs the Yantar was in the North Sea, having passed through British waters in recent days, where it had been shadowed by Royal Navy ships HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne. But he said it was the ...

Incursions into British waters from a Russian surveillance ship is worrying politicians ... had been shadowed by Royal Navy vessels HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne. Mr Healey said: “Russian aggression ...

The current most visible element of EW systems on Royal Navy ships are the Thales UAT R-ESM antennas fitted around the radar masts of Type 23 frigates, Type 45 destroyers, and the Queen Elizabeth ...

A Royal Navy submarine has been used to warn off one of Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK waters. Defence Secretary John Healey gave details about the activities of the Yantar ...