Gibraltar has been at the heart of a territory dispute between the UK and Spain for years
A ROYAL Navy patrol boat has fired three flares at a research vessel from Spain amid increasing tensions over the Rock.
Spanish oceanographers onboard research vessel Angeles Alvariño anchored in British waters as they attempted to drop a sonar buoy.
A Gibraltar Squadron speedboat was scrambled to stop them after radio contact failed.
Royal Navy ship the HMS Sabre then fired three warning flares, eventually forcing the research ship to leave. Continue reading
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