Australia hosted France's Rubis class nuclear attack submarine FNS Emeraude and the submarine tender/support vessel FNS Seine at Australia's Fleet Base West, near Fremantle and Perth, Western Australia.
The Australian and French navies are united in their Indo-Pacific security relationship, which is heightened by Australia's decision to buy/build 12 French designed large conventional Attack class submarines.
Australia's Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter (APDR) reports,
9 Nov, 2020 [hyperlinks added by Pete]:
"The Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
will host Marine Nationale units FNS Emeraude and FNS Seine at Fleet Base West
from 9 November 2020. Prior to the maintenance and logistics visit, Australian
Defence Force elements, including HMAS Anzac, HMAS Sheean and a P-8A Poseidon
aircraft exercised with the French Navy units off the coast of Fremantle..."
SEE WHOLE APDR ARTICLE
NEW INFORMATION
The USN via "Defence Blog" December 2, 2020 subsequently reported FNS Emeraude and FNS Seine
visited US Naval Base Guam.
Pete Comment
Unreported visits of both vessels, before and/or after, to French Indo-Pacific territories, are possible
eg. forward naval bases at:
- Nouméa, New Caledonia, South Pacific
- Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, South Pacific, and
- Port Réunion naval base, Réunion Island, Indian Ocean.
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