Lynne Cairns - Secret Fleets. Fremantle’s WWII Submarine Base (2013) ORIG COMP.pdf

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Lynne Cairns

During the war, Fremantle played host to over

170 Allied submarines, with submarines of the

United States, British and Dutch navies making

a total of 416 war patrols out of the port between

March 1942 and August 1945.

The Fremantle Port was closed, and barbed

wire and sentries appeared at various strategic

points, transforming it, almost overnight, from

a relatively quiet place to the largest submarine

base in the Southern Hemisphere.

The secrecy surrounding the operation of

the Fremantle submarine base meant that its

existence was little known at the time and, until

now, has been largely forgotten by history.

SECRET FLEETS

FREMA N T L E’ S WOR L D WAR II SUBMARINE BASE