British Royal Navy patrol vessel returns to base from Jersey after fishing dispute

British Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Severn returns to Portsmouth Naval Base from Jersey (Steve Parsons/PA)

A British Royal Navy fishing patrol ship has returned to base after being scrambled to Jersey in response to the protest by French fishermen.

HMS Severn and its sister ship HMS Tamar were deployed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as 60 fishing vessels sailed to the port of St Helier in an escalation of the row over post-Brexit fishing rights.