Spanish Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena twice tried to disrupt the visit by ballistic missile sub USS Florida (shown in this file picture) as it was approaching the British Overseas Territory on the southern tip of Spain
Daily Mail: Royal Navy fires warning shot at Spanish patrol boat ‘hassling’ US nuclear submarine attempting to dock at Gibraltar
* Spanish Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena twice tried to disrupt sub's visit
* USS Florida was trying to dock in Gibraltar when the incursion took place
* Royal Navy 'fired flares' and dispatching squadron patrol boat HMS Sabre
The Royal Navy has fired a warning shot at a Spanish patrol boat as it tried to 'hassle' a US nuclear submarine attempting to dock at Gibraltar, it has emerged.
Spanish Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena twice tried to disrupt the visit by ballistic missile sub USS Florida as it was approaching the British Overseas Territory on the southern tip of Spain.
Flares were fired across its bow as it sailed in front of the American submarine and the Royal Navy reportedly dispatched its squadron patrol vessel HMS Sabre.
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