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The British Royal Navy sent 4 warships in the English Channel ensure that the conditions set out in the trade agreement with the EU for post-Brexit fishing are fully met, in accordance with Daily mail.
According to the British newspaper, a few hours before the entry into force of the agreement, the four ships, equipped with cannons and machine guns, left Portsmouth with the mission of thwarting any attempt at illegal fishing in British waters.
the HMS Trent, worth 100 100 million, leads the mission, and is accompanied by HMS Tamar, HMS Tyne και HMS Mersey. According to the sun, in english channel but it is for now and HMS Severn in the context of the exercise.
Under the terms of your business agreement Brexi, ships from France and the rest of Europe they can still fish in British waters for a transitional period of five and a half years, but they must deliver a quarter of their authorized fish to the UK.
In the closing days of last year it had been leaked, according to the Daily Mail, that warships would be sent to the area to deal with any tension that may have exploded in the region if an agreement is not reached. Eventually, despite the two parties finally reaching a compromise, the ships departed as planned for Portsmouth in late 2020.
“Earlier this month, it was feared that the deployment of warships to the area would evoke memories of the ‘Cod Wars’ of the 1970s, episodes in which the Royal Navy had to intervene to prevent Icelandic vessels from harass the British. writes the Daily Mail.
HMS Trent in a previous video:
According to the former head of the Navy, Admiral Alan West, the decision to send ships to the English Channel was a “deterrent” and should be taken as a sign that the UK is gaining control of its waters. Cited by a source from the Defense Ministry, Sun reports that the plan is for two of the vessels to patrol the waters, and alternate at regular intervals with the two that will be moored in the Port.. “However, by the first day of Brexit, they wanted all four warships to be at sea, as a sign of determination», says the source.
A Defense Department spokesman confirmed to the Daily Mail that the four ships left Portsmouth on New Year’s Eve as part of “routine activity”.
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