3 CCP Warships Northwest of Perth as Flotilla Continues Australia Circumnavigation

The warships have circumnavigated Australia for the past three weeks.

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi in the Solomon Sea. Courtesy of the Australian Department of Defence

A March 6 update from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) shows the three Chinese Communist Party (CCP) warships circumnavigating Australia are now 630 nautical miles (1166 kilometres) north west of Perth.

The ADF is continuing to monitor the vessels which comprise the Jiangkai-class frigate, Hengyang, the heavily armed Renhai-class cruiser, Zunyi, and the Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu.