The British navy tracked a Russian spy ship in the English ... on Tuesday that the Yantar vessel was used for "gathering intelligence and mapping the UK's critical underwater infrastructure".

Defence Secretary John Healey said Russia "remains the most pressing and immediate threat to Britain", and added that "any threat will be met with strength and resolve".

Moscow’s intelligence ship Yantar enters UK waters in ‘another example of growing Russian aggression’, according to the Defence Secretary ...

John Healey, the British defense secretary, told Parliament that two Royal Navy ships were deployed ... as a Russian spy ship used for gathering intelligence and mapping Britain’s critical ...

The General Proposes. State, War and Navy Departments agreed on the necessity of espionage and on the greater necessity of getting all the foreign intelligence funneled into one office.