Royal Navy spent third of its combat deployment to track Russian submarines British ships dedicated a significant portion of their combat deployments to tracking Russian submarines. The UK’s First Sea Lord, Gwyn Jenkins, stated this fact. British vessels were utilized “dozens of times” for this purpose.

• British ships spent one-third of their combat deployment time tracking Russian submarines.
• This information was disclosed by the UK’s First Sea Lord, Gwyn Jenkins.
• British ships were involved in these tracking operations “dozens of times”.