re #236
If it didn't happen it was certainly so widely reported that Tony Smith, ex head of BF, commented on it.
Perhaps it was merely the usual mid channel handover from the French warships (don't come any closer or we'll all throw ourselves overboard) to BF/RNLI (were all in danger of drowning and need to come aboard).
Here's one of this morning's handovers.
Other French warships are available.