Submarine base receives a visitor from France
September 01, 2021 12:00 am
• Last Updated: September 02, 2021 5:57 pm
A fishing boat moves past the French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605) as it makes its way along the Thames River on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, for a visit to Naval Submarine Base in Groton, as seen from Fort Trumbull in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
New London — The French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605), escorted by the tug John P. Wronowski, made its way up the Thames River on Wednesday for a visit to Naval Submarine Base.
FNS Améthyste was commissioned in 1992 as the fifth in the Rubis class of nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines and will be hosted by the crew of USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) during its visit.
The last foreign submarine to visit here was the British submarine HMS Trenchant (S91) in April 2018.
The French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605), escorted by the tug John P. Wronowski, moves past the Eastern Point neighborhood of Groton on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, as it makes its way along the Thames River for a visit to Naval Submarine Base in Groton as seen from Fort Trumbull in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605) makes its way along the Thames River on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, for a visit to Naval Submarine Base in Groton as seen from Fort Trumbull in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605) is escorted past New London Ledge Lighthouse by the tug John P. Wronowski on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, for a visit to Naval Submarine Base in Groton as seen from Fort Trumbull in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605) is escorted under the Gold Star Bridge by the tug John P. Wronowski as it makes its way along the Thames River on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, for a visit to Naval Submarine Base New London as seen from Fort Trumbull in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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