Overview
- Allied Maritime Command in Northwood activated the tasking, placing the Type 45 destroyer under direct NATO control.
- HMS Duncan tracked RFS Vice Admiral Kulakov from the North Sea through the English Channel toward Ushant off the French coast.
- A Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron maintained overwatch with support from a Dutch Air Force NH90 and the French Navy.
- The Royal Navy said this was its first direct NATO tasking for a Russia-monitoring operation in UK waters.
- The operation complemented Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 activity, with HMS Somerset continuing patrols in the North Atlantic and the GIUK gap.