Yantar (Янтарь) is a special purpose intelligence collection ship built for the Russian Navy. [2] The ship has been operated by the Russian Navy's Main Directorate of Underwater Research (GUGI) since 2015 and is reportedly a spy ship .

4 days ago · Sailing off the south coast of England, the Russian trawler known as the Yantar carried its usual array of hi-tech equipment. In photographs released by the Ministry of Defence, a large radar dome ...

Jan 16, 2025 · The Yantar is a Project 22010 special purpose intelligence collection vessel that is in service with Russia’s Ministry of Defense Main Directorate of Deep Water Research (GUGI). The vessel is most known for its oceanographic surveillance operations and is suspected of detecting and mapping critical Western and NATO underwater infrastructure ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Yantar is well-known to European governments and is commonly escorted by their naval commands. Yet the ship's latest passage through European waters comes at a sensitive time: NATO is stepping up ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The Type 23 frigate then closed in on the Yantar’s location and intercepted it at the entrance to the Channel, off the French coast. “Somerset used her cutting-edge radars and sensors to report on every move during the operation, as she maintained a close distance to Yantar through the Channel and the Strait of Dover,” the Navy added.

Jan 22, 2025 · He stated that Yantar, now in the North Sea, passed through U.K. waters Monday, with Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset (F82) and offshore patrol vessel HMS Tyne (P281) shadowing the Russian ship for ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The Yantar, which has been in service for about a decade, is a highly sophisticated spy ship, developed by Russia’s Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research specifically to hunt for critical ...

Aug 19, 2021 · Russia's secretive special survey ship Yantar raises eyebrows when she appears off Western shores. She has previously been noted conducting operations off Syria, in the Persian Gulf and off Americas. And elsewhere. Now she is off the coast of Ireland, loitering in the vicinity of underwater internet cables.

Nov 26, 2024 · Yantar (Янтарь) is a special-purpose intelligence collection ship built for the Russian Navy. The ship has been operated by the Russian Navy’s Main Directorate of Underwater Research (GUGI) since 2015 and is reportedly a spy ship.

Nov 7, 2024 · Russian underwater intelligence/sabotage ship Yantar is steaming south along Norways coast after loitering off Andöya Space Port a few days. NO coast guard shadow.