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Spanish warship disrupts Royal Navy Gibraltar training exercise
Source: Press Association
Spanish warship disrupts Royal Navy Gibraltar training exercise
Press Association
theguardian.com, Wednesday 19 February 2014 14.57 GMT
A Spanish warship entered the waters around Gibraltar and disrupted a British forces parachute training exercise, it has emerged.
Military chiefs were forced to suspend the session while the Gibraltar Squadron's patrol boat, HMS Sabre, shadowed the Spanish navy ship.
Warnings were issued to the Spanish vessel, which is said to have used a fake name and call sign, but it left only after radioing back that it was in Spanish waters, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported.
According to the newspaper, special forces personnel from the Royal Navy's Submarine Parachute Assistance Group were carrying out training jumps into the sea when the vessel approached.
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Press Association
theguardian.com, Wednesday 19 February 2014 14.57 GMT
A Spanish warship entered the waters around Gibraltar and disrupted a British forces parachute training exercise, it has emerged.
Military chiefs were forced to suspend the session while the Gibraltar Squadron's patrol boat, HMS Sabre, shadowed the Spanish navy ship.
Warnings were issued to the Spanish vessel, which is said to have used a fake name and call sign, but it left only after radioing back that it was in Spanish waters, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported.
According to the newspaper, special forces personnel from the Royal Navy's Submarine Parachute Assistance Group were carrying out training jumps into the sea when the vessel approached.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/spanish-warship-gibraltar-royal-navy-exercise