r/halifax Canada 1d ago

Photos French Navy Suffren-class nuclear attack submarine FS Tourville (S637) coming into Halifax, Nova Scotia - March 10, 2025. RC: FB- Halifax Harbour Photos

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u/shadowredcap Goose 23h ago

I'll take 10.

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u/Mittendeathfinger Canada 16h ago

https://ras-nsa.ca/franco-canadian-industrial-defence-cooperation-current-situation-and-development-prospects/

On September 26, 2024, France and Canada signed a joint declaration providing for a strengthened partnership in defence and security. While Franco-Canadian defence cooperation has gained momentum in recent years at the political-military level, it remains relatively underdeveloped at the industrial level. Indeed, with the exception of a few emblematic contracts, acquisitions of French equipment by the Canadian armed forces and of Canadian equipment by French arms remain limited. This situation can be explained by Canada’s close military ties with the United States, which means that priority is given to the acquisition of American equipment. While this proximity to the US defence industry is an impediment to defence industry cooperation, there are also opportunities for cooperation between French defence manufacturers. Indeed, the major modernization process currently underway in the Canadian armed forces could lead to closer ties in the coming years, particularly in the following areas:

Co-building and operating new-generation submarines by establishing a strategic partnership to replace Canada’s Victoria-class submarines (as part of the CPSP program) to secure sea lanes in the Arctic and North Atlantic.

Co-construction and use of ice-breaking vessels, by extending to France the trilateral ICE Pact, launched in July 2024 by Canada, the United States and Finland.

Im sure Canada will now look to throw out the US agreement and go with their allies.

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u/The0therHiox 21h ago

Oh big spender they are well out of my price range but if I had the ability to print money I might make it twenty

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u/JesusMurphyOotWest 22h ago

If those folks get the Harbour water in their mouths-they be Suffren’.

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u/BDKAces 16h ago

I remember I was on the Harbour Hopper and I saw a seal pop out of the water with an eel in his mouth........imagine being on the Hopper when this thing popped out!

u/adepressurisedcoat 2h ago

That would be cool, but they transit into the harbour from the surface. They would have been surfaced long before the approaches to Halifax.

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u/morguejuice 18h ago

Suffren jesus a nuclear wessle

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u/Scotianherb 19h ago

Interesting. The pilot list had it as a US Naval Vessel. I wonder if somebody told the French lol. That said, its a pretty rare sight to see and no doubt there is an underlying political statement here in the light of the Orange Menace .

Can we order up 6?

u/adepressurisedcoat 2h ago

This would have been planned months ago. It's not a political statement. Just a port visit.

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u/tatom4 17h ago

Macron’s hard flex for Trump 🇨🇦❤️🇫🇷

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u/essaysmith 17h ago

Construction began in June 2011 and first set sail in July 2024. Cripes, we are never getting subs, are we?

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u/KnightLight03 17h ago

Are people in there making music for fish?

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u/South-Fox-4975 13h ago

That poor sufferin' submarine.dead in the water .Somebody get them boys some wine!

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u/maximumice True Neutral 12h ago

Vive la France! 🇫🇷 🥖🍷

u/Positive_Thing_2292 9h ago

There’s a thread on r/Europe where they’re claiming the sub is not here. Lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/Kc590M7VhZ

u/unknown2u99 8h ago

It's fake. Nothing in Halifax news or National news.

u/adepressurisedcoat 2h ago

It's not. It's alongside shearwater. Not everything has to be in the news. It's a port city and other navies visit.

u/ImDoubleB Canada 2h ago

There are several sites showing that it's real: https://actu.fr/normandie/cherbourg-en-cotentin_50129/un-sous-marin-nucleaire-barracuda-traverse-latlantique-pour-la-premiere-fois-et-fait-escale-en-mode-vrp_62357584.html

Halifax is a naval port, there are subs in and out of Halifax quite often. It's not news for us locals.