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  • Russian naval ship 'disguised' itself while passing through English Cha

    From Jethro_uk@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 24 17:26:28 2025
    How justified would the UK have been in stopping this ship - by force if
    needed ?


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62gq6y62d1o

    A Russian warship disguised itself using a fake ID signal while
    travelling through the English Channel with two sanctioned oil tankers, a
    BBC Verify investigation has found.

    The Boikiy - a corvette armed with guided missiles - broadcast the fake
    ID code as it passed through the Channel on Saturday.

    On tracking sites it wrongly appeared as ships which have previously used
    that ID. BBC Verify matched the ID to the Boikiy by using satellite
    imagery, tracking data and a video of it passing under a bridge in
    Denmark.

    It travelled alongside two vessels known to be part of Russia's "shadow
    fleet" - a network of tankers whose ownership can be obscured and are
    used to transport sanctioned oil products.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 24 19:40:59 2025
    Jethro_uk wrote:

    How justified would the UK have been in stopping this ship - by force if needed ?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62gq6y62d1o
    Check whether AIS rules in SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19 apply to
    military vessels ...

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  • From Handsome Jack@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 24 20:11:11 2025
    On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:26:28 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk wrote:

    How justified would the UK have been in stopping this ship - by force if needed ?


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62gq6y62d1o

    A Russian warship disguised itself using a fake ID signal while
    travelling through the English Channel with two sanctioned oil tankers,
    a BBC Verify investigation has found.

    The Boikiy - a corvette armed with guided missiles - broadcast the fake
    ID code as it passed through the Channel on Saturday.

    On tracking sites it wrongly appeared as ships which have previously
    used that ID. BBC Verify matched the ID to the Boikiy by using satellite imagery, tracking data and a video of it passing under a bridge in
    Denmark.

    It travelled alongside two vessels known to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet" - a network of tankers whose ownership can be obscured and are
    used to transport sanctioned oil products.

    Don't know why they bothered with all that, they should have just come
    across on inflatable rubber boats. The Navy would have escorted them into
    Dover and given them free hotels to stay in.

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