May 9th 2014. Russian Naval Task Group in the English Channel.

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A Russian aircraft carrier and and a nuclear-powered battle cruiser have passed through the English Channel - escorted by a British warship.

The seven-strong naval task group led by the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's largest warship, entered the Channel last night (Thursday May 8th), a Royal Navy spokesman said.

Although the ships did not enter UK territorial waters, their movements were tracked by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon - the duty fleet-ready escort vessel - which was dispatched from Portsmouth.

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A couple of weeks ago the Russian Air Force was prodding about the northern most limits of the UK Air Defence Region, today it's the turn of their naval colleagues.
This group of ships passed through the English Channel last December en-route to the Mediterranean.

The Straits of Dover are a particularly congested part of the Channel and it is to be hoped that the Russians obey all the rules.
This time lapse video neatly illustrates a day's shipping movements. Watch out for the cross channel ferries neatly dodging the east and west bound streams.