IIRC when they were originally seized there were some Royal Marines on a nearby fleet auxiliary ship ready to slot them. A phone call back to the MoD and a quick chat between a desk bound admiral and a risk assessment officer scuppered that idea.
Unlike the Yanks whose SF just shot the
Our Navy is just a band of cissies these days, and to think we used to have the best Navy in the world , no a tub of jelly is harder