Royal Australian Navy ships to visit Chennai shores

The vessels will later head to Vishakapatnam to take part in the naval exercise AUSINDEX 19. The deployment of vessels is part of the bilateral naval exercise between the Indian and Australian Navies.

A release stated that as a part of this exercise, a delegation from Australia, led by Air Commodore Richard Owen, accompanied by Lieutenant Commander Phillip Garrett and Caitlin Jensen had called on Rear Admiral Alok Bhatnagar, NM, Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Naval Areaon Saturday.  

The delegates were also accompanied by the Australian Defence Adviser to India–Captain Simon Bateman. and Susan Grace, the Australian Consul General. The meet was facilitated as part of the planning for the Australian joint deployment Indo-PacificEndeavour 2019.