17 Dec, 2018 @ 12:57
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Spain accused of breaching maritime laws after shadowing British nuclear submarine as it left Gibraltar on secret mission

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The HMS Talent was allegedly followed as it left Gibraltar on a secret mission
The HMS Talent was allegedly followed as it left Gibraltar on a secret mission

SPAIN has been blasted after it allegedly shadowed a Royal Navy nuclear submarine as it left Gibraltar on a secret mission.

The HMS Talent left the Rock on Friday afternoon but Spain has been accused of breaching maritime regulations by following and tracking it in another vessel.

According to the Sun Online, another Royal Navy boat had to be scrambled and sent to steer the Spanish ship away from the sub.

The incident has been labelled as a ‘clear sabre rattling exercise by Madrid’ over the Gibraltar issue.

A source on Gibraltar told the Sun: “Its outrageous behaviour yet again from Spain.


“Their boat was landside and shouldn’t have been there. It only pulled off once the Royal Navy boat came towards it.”


An MOD spokesperson said: ”We never comment on the movements of submarines.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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