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UK Royal Navy vessel sails through Taiwan Strait
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Posted on June 19, 2025
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Posted on June 19, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
The British Royal Navy's HMS Spey sailed through the Taiwan Strait, adhering to international law, marking the first such passage since 2021.
LONDON (Reuters) -A British Royal Navy vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, a Navy spokesperson said, saying the passage was in full compliance with international law.
"HMS Spey’s routine navigation through the Taiwan Strait was part of a long-planned deployment and took place in full compliance with international law," the spokesperson said in a statement.
The last time a British warship sailed through the strait was in 2021, when HMS Richmond was deployed in the East China Sea en route to Vietnam. Chinese military followed it at the time and warned it away.
(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; editing by William James)
HMS Spey’s routine navigation through the Taiwan Strait was part of a long-planned deployment and took place in full compliance with international law.
The last time a British warship sailed through the strait was in 2021, when HMS Richmond was deployed in the East China Sea en route to Vietnam.
Chinese military followed HMS Richmond at the time and warned it during its passage through the Taiwan Strait.
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