British armed forces provided support to a US operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker, the Ministry of Defence said.
On Wednesday, the US captured two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in separate operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea.
The UK helped the US capture one of the vessels, The Marinera – formerly known as Bella‑1 – as it travelled north and eastwards through the waters between Iceland and Scotland.
RAF surveillance craft and a naval support vessel, the RFA Tideforce, were among the British military assets that took part in the operation, according to the MoD.
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