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6th May 2021

UK Navy Ships Patrolling Jersey Amid Post-Brexit Fishing Row with France

The UK armed patrol vessels, HMS Severn along with HMS Tamar (above) have been deployed to 'monitor the situation' at Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. AFLOAT adds HMS Tamar, a Batch 2 River class OPV seen departing Falmouth last week, having set sail with its new 'dazzle camouflage' makeover – the first time the paint scheme has been applied to a serving Royal Navy ship since WWII. AFLOAT also highlights the paint effect was applied at A&P Falmouth where maintenance also too place at the shiprepair facility in Cornwall.

UK Royal Navy vessels are patrolling waters around Jersey, amid concerns of a possible blockade of the largest of the Channel Islands, due to an ongoing row with France over post-Brexit fishing rights.

HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed to "monitor the situation", at the Channel Island, as reports suggest as many as 100 French fishing vessels could protest at the Port of St Helier over the lack of access.

French maritime minister Annick Girardin warned on Tuesday that the country was ready to take "retaliatory measures", accusing Jersey of dragging its feet over issuing new licences to French boats.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Chief Minister of Jersey, Senator John Le Fondre, and Minister of External Affairs Ian Gorst yesterday and "underlined his unwavering support" for the island.

Paris has warned it could cut off power to the island, which receives 95% of its electricity from France through three undersea cables, in retaliation to the fall out.

For further reading, reports RTE News.

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