Royal Navy scrambles submarine hunter warship to intercept Russian vessels in North Sea as Putin taunts Nato

THE Royal Navy was forced to scramble a warship after two Russian cruise missile submarines entered the North Sea. Britain’s submarine hunter HMS Portland carefully shadowed Vlad’s subs after they surfaced northwest of Bergen in Norway. SWNSTwo Russian submarines surfaced in the North Sea in the space of 4 days[/caption] The Type 23 frigate shadowed the submarines as they made their way from the Arctic to St Petersburg ahead of Russia’s Navy Day celebrations on July 31. One of the RAF’s new long-range maritime patrol aircraft, the P8 Poseidon, also worked with HMS Portland to hunt and track the submarines. The Russian subs, the Severodvinsk, and Akula-class attack submarine Vepr, surfaced in the North Sea in separate incidents on July 16 and 19 separately. Most read in News CRACKING THE CASE How Tamara Ecclestone case was solved after thieves ransacked £70m home PIC RAGE Moment pubgoer is caught taking picture of woman's bum before angry mob wade in TRUSS ME Liz Truss handed boost in bid to be next PM as she beats Rishi in first major poll WHAT THE HECK Teen busker with incredible voice reduced to tears after heckler's brutal dig BAREFOOT BRAWL Women fight barefoot in street in 'Shameless-style' brawl as kid joins in SICK JOE Biden, 79, tests positive for Covid one day after after saying he has cancer