British destroyer HMS York deployed to intercept a convoy of Russian warships passing near British waters on their way to the Mediterranean. Type 42 destroyers will continue to shadow the convoy led by Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to maintain in order not to disturb the British territory.

Thus declared the MoD (www.mod.uk), Thursday (15/12/2011). HMS York is rumored to depart from his base in Portsmouth, southern England, last week, and make first contact with the Admiral Kuznetsov in the northeast Orkneys, Monday (12/12/2011) morning.

Kemenhan England states, the destroyers will continue to accompany the Admiral Kuznetsov and other ships in the convoy, which consisted of a destroyer, two frigates, two tankers, and a tugboat, as long as they are in the waters near the UK.

According to the Daily Mail, Russia's only aircraft carrier is at a distance of 30 miles (48 km) from the British coastline, and is the closest distance ever made Russia with British warships in the last 20 years. At that distance, the Russian warships already in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) England.

In video footage broadcast the Daily Mail and is taken from a helicopter, HMS York sailed seen shadowing the Admiral Kuznetsov, which looks like a sail alone, in a very close distance. The helicopter, believed to also belong to the British armed forces, it then flew around the aircraft carrier the only one who still operated Russian.

Russian ships currently anchored in international waters off the coast of Moray Firth, Scotland, to shelter from bad weather of the North Sea, before continuing the journey to the Mediterranean Sea. The British suspected Russian ships will be the Mediterranean Sea to undergo a variety of exercises.

According Kemenhan England, HMS York's presence near Russian ships intended to demonstrate the commitment of the British Navy (Royal Navy) to always maintain the integrity and security of UK waters.

"Our presence is a clear signal to Russia that the task force Royal Navy is always active and vigilant in the waters around the UK and we will continue to monitor their activities as long as they sailed south. We are highly trained in the operation of this kind, and ready to ship to any position around British waters and showed a strong presence at every call of duty, "said Commander of HMS York, Commander Rex Cox.

As reported previously, the Admiral Kuznetsov and the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer departed from the Russian Northern Fleet base in Severomorsk, and met with two of the Baltic Fleet frigate, before heading to the Mediterranean. Officially they would otherwise hold a routine exercise in the Mediterranean, but there are suggestions that they will also stop at the port of Tartus in Syria to show support for Russia against Syria at this time.