Healey said last week that there had been a 30% increase in Russian vessels threatening UK waters in the past two years.
The MoD said after intercepting the Stoikiy and the Yelnya, the HMS Severn later handed over monitoring duties to a Nato ally off the coast of Brittany.
It said the UK ship “continued to observe from a distance and remained ready to respond to any unexpected activity”.
It is not the first time the Stoikiy has been in British territory.
In May, the Royal Navy dispatched two vessels and the 814 Naval Air Squadron – also known as the “flying tigers” – to shadow the Russian warship as it sailed west through the English Channel to meet the Sparta IV and General Skobelev.
The two merchant vessels were returning from the Mediterranean and the group headed back to the Baltic Sea, watched by HMS Hurworth.
Healey has said that the rise in Russian activity in UK waters was evidence of increased “Russian aggression right across the board” which he says is impacting Europe, not just Ukraine.
