Civil Guard patrol boat ignored warnings as it came close to the heavily armed warship HMS Somerset and the fast patrol boat HMS Sabre.
The two Royal Navy vessels were carrying out an anti-terror exercise in an area where ships are always on high alert for attacks.
Britain has made an official complaint to Spain following the latest in a series of confrontations between the two countries around Gibraltar.
The 52ft (16m) Rio Tormes headed towards the two ships on the evening of June 1. The patrol vessel's red, white, blue and yellow markings were difficult to spot because of the fading light, and they refused to identify themselves despite repeated requests from the British ships.
The Rio Tormes is usually deployed to stop drug smugglers and illegal immigrants from reaching Spain from north Africa.
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