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Emmanuel Macron sends French gunboat to Jersey as tensions rise in fishing protest Nicholas Cecil UP NEXT Tensions escalated dramatically on Thursday after a French gunboat headed towards Jersey as Royal Navy ships tracked a flotilla of Normandy fishing boats protesting against post-Brexit licence rules. Around 70 fishing boats were massing off-shore, with some firing flares amid talk over maritime radio early this morning of a blockade of the island’s main port of Saint Helier. Two Royal Navy ships, HMS Tamar, which is equipped with machineguns and a helicopter landing pad...

Boris Johnson deployed vessels HMS Severn and HMS Tamar to monitor protest Ships are armed with menacing cannons and machine guns and are patrolling One re-enactment enthusiast felt the urge to intervene with his own weaponry Lone man shot a blank-firing musket into the water from Elizabeth Castle today  Footage shows him loading up his weapon before firing it into the harbour

HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed by the UK Government to ‘monitor the situation’.

Invalid Date, THIS is the dramatic moment a 35ft French trawler deliberately rams into a British boat as the fishing "war" turns nasty in Jersey. Jonathan Ruff's boat was bashed in the stern by the French vessel Lasgot as he bravely went out to sea to face the group of 100 "invaders". ��  34 34 34 People on board the vessels were seen setting off flares as tensions continued to rise this morning - with the Royal Navy lurking in the backgroundCredit: SWNS 34 Jonathan Ruff's boat was rammed by the French vessel Lasgot as he bravely went out to sea to face off the group of around 100 fish...

Screengrabs from video courtesy of Alex Ferguson showing French fishing vessels staging a protest outside the harbour at St Helier, Jersey THE UK has sent in Royal Navy vessels to patrol waters around Jersey as French boats gathered to protest over post-Brexit fishing rules. HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed by the UK Government to “monitor the situation” at the Channel Island. French maritime minister Annick Girardin had warned on Tuesday that the country is ready to take “retaliatory measures”, accusing Jersey of dragging its feet over issuing new licences to French ...