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
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Furious French skippers threatened to block British goods from entering Calais
About 70 French trawlers staged a protest at Jersey s capital St Helier yesterday
But they gave up the blockade and retreated when two Royal Navy ships arrived
It came after some French boats were refused licences to fish in Jersey s waters
HMS Tamar returned home to Portsmouth following her deployment to Jersey amid tensions with France
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Furious French skippers threatened to block British goods from entering Calais over fishing rights
About 70 French trawlers protested at St Helier but gave up the blockade when two Royal Navy ships arrived