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HMS Queen Elizabeth
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Anti-submarine sea helicopters Merlin from the aircraft carrier dropped sonar buoys into the water.
A Russian submarine tracked the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean. The aircraft carrier raised helicopters to search for a Russian submarine. Reported by The Daily Telegraph.
It is noted that the incident occurred on June 27, four days after the British destroyer Defender, which is part of the international aircraft carrier strike group led by Queen Elizabeth, entered the territorial waters of Ukraine near the occupied Crimea.
On this day, anti-submarine sea helicopters Merlin from the aircraft carrier dropped sonar buoys into the water, suggesting that a Russian submarine is monitoring the British warship, the material says.
The publication clarifies that one of the helicopters for dropping devices for relaying sonar signals was taken into the air directly from Queen Elizabeth, and the other from the support vessel Fort Victoria.
The publication believes that we are talking about a diesel-electric submarine of the Russian Black Sea Fleet of the Kilo class (as NATO calls the Russian submarines of projects 877 and 636 Varshavyanka).
The British Ministry of Defense declined to confirm information about the incident, but said that “decisive measures” are being taken to protect the strike group.
We will remind, in June, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the ship of the Black Sea Fleet opened “warning fire” on the destroyer Defenderwho allegedly violated the “Russian border” near Cape Fiolent near the coast of the annexed Crimea. In Moscow complained about a planned provocation from the British side.
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