HMS Westminster in company with Xian (Picture: Royal Navy).
Daily Mail: Royal Navy frigate is scrambled to the Channel to shadow Chinese warship on way home from Russia's annual Navy Days event
* Portsmouth-based HMS Westminster shadowed destroyer through Dover Straits
* Sister frigate HMS St Albans escorted warship Xian on the way to St Petersburg
* Commander said Xian conducted herself in 'safe and professional manner' today
A Royal Navy frigate has shadowed a Chinese warship as it sailed through the English Channel today.
Portsmouth-based HMS Westminster was scrambled to monitor the progress of the destroyer Xian as it entered the Dover Straits today.
The Chinese missile destroyer is a Type 052C armed with eight anti-shipping missiles and 48 surface-to-air missiles.
The 500ft ship also has a 100mm main gun, two 30mm close-in weapon systems and six anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes.
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Update #1: Royal Navy Escorts Chinese Warship Through Dover Strait (Forces Network)
Update #2: Chinese Destroyer Shadowed by Royal Navy Warship as It Passes Through English Channel (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: This Chinese warship is a long way from home.
