Russian warships steams within 30 miles of UK coast to take shelter from dreadful weather conditions!
Is this really a big deal? I guess being a warship does been it needs political clearance to enter our waters but we are talking about storm force or at times hurricane force winds and even Nelson had to give second best and take shelter.
The much sought after anchorage they sheltered in would have been either Lyme or Torbay and guess what?
Today there are just under THIRTY ships from numerous nations all sheltering here in Torbay taking that much sought after sanctuary. The numbers will obviously vary by the minute It is not news, it is good seamanship and of course self preservation, but never let the truth get in the way of a headline grabbing story!
As I am typing I note the coastguard helicopter (CG 106) is airborne and heading out to seaward.