HMS Severn joins sister ship Tamar at Portsmouth after gunboats saw off angry French skippers amid row over post-Brexit fishing rules
HMS Severn sailed back to Portsmouth this morning after seeing off French fishermen off the coast of Jersey
The Royal Navy River-class offshore patrol vessel was scrambled amid a standoff with French skippers
About 70 French trawlers staged a protest at Jersey s capital St Helier, before beating a retreat
The quarrel began after some French boats were refused licences to fish in Jersey s waters post-Brexit
Jersey fishing: Royal Navy warships see off blockade and send 56-strong fleet of French boats packing
Updated: May 6 2021, 17:52 ET
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TWO Royal Navy warships saw off a blockade of Jersey sending packing a 56-strong flotilla of furious French fishermen.
HMS Tamar and HMS Severn kept the peace after being sent by the PM. France had threatened to cut off supplies in a licence row.
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Locals look on as the 56-strong flotilla of French fishing boats descend on Jersey s St Helier portCredit: AP
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Relieved islanders saluted the Royal Navy for seeing off the French fishing boats.
Local dad-of-two Alex Pacheco, 59, said: “Hooray for the Royal Navy. They came and kicked their ass.