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. [2][3] The vessel's home port is Severomorsk, where it is attached to the Northern Fleet. [4]

1 day 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 22, 2025 · The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it was spotted around UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Russian Ship Sinking: Spy Ship Yantar Diving on Wreck During the forenoon of January 15th, the Russian oceanographic research vessel Yantar arrived in a position 40 nautical miles north of Oran, Algeria, and 216 nautical miles east of …

Jan 22, 2025 · U.K. Defence Secretary John Healy revealed to Parliament on Wednesday that he had ordered a Royal Navy submarine to surface close to Russian surveillance ship Yantar in November as a deterrent ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The United Kingdom has confirmed that one of its Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarines surfaced close to the Yantar, a notorious Russian spy ship late last year, to make it clear it was being observed. The revelation came as the Royal Navy was once again closely tracking the Russian ship after it returned to British waters. According to the U.K. defense secretary, the Yantar has, in recent ...

6 days ago · The Russian spy ship whose presence near vital undersea cables off the coast of Britain triggered warnings of “robust action” by the Royal Navy has been traversing the globe on snooping missions for the past ten years. The Yantar, whose name means “amber” in Russian, was constructed at a shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia’s Baltic exclave.

Jan 22, 2025 · The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months.

Jan 3, 2018 · The Russian navy is very proud of its new spy ship, the Yantar, which is now doing Argentina a favour by helping to search for a missing submarine.

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.