Times: British warship suffered 115 skirmishes of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards

The commander of a Royal Navy warship has reported that his ship has been the subject of skirmishes by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Gulf waters since the beginning of July, the Times reported.

Royal Navy commander Will King was quoted as saying that the HMS Montrose warship, which he commanded, had been severely tested by Iranian forces, which tried to sow panic among its crew by flying fast attack planes and other drones daily within 200 meters.

The paper said Iranian soldiers sent offensive radio messages to their British naval counterparts bearing irony that HMS had failed to stop the Revolutionary Guards from seizing a UK-flagged ship seized by Iran six weeks ago.

Aggressive practices
According to the newspaper, the skirmishes of the Revolutionary Guards of the warship took a more serious turn after failing to seize another British-flagged ship nine days ago, launching anti-ship cruise missiles towards the British warship.

King said the IRGC's aggressive practices against British warships had increased in the days following his capture of a British-flagged ship, and that the Iranian navy had begun demanding that the sailors aboard all ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz to reveal their nationalities.

British Navy Commander Dean Bast revealed his country's determination to increase its intelligence and surveillance activity in the region.

"The security of the region has changed dramatically in the last two months, and I can say for sure that the UK is now considering increasing air control in the region," he said.

Two-thirds of Britain's energy needs pass through the Strait of Hormuz each year, and in the last two months British warships stationed in the Gulf have escorted and secured about 90 ships flying the British flag across the Strait.