List of Royal Australian Navy bases
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The following is a list of current and former commissioned bases used by the Royal Australian Navy.
[edit] Current bases
| Establishment | Type | Location | Period | Notes |
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| Fleet Base East | Fleet Base, Depot | Sydney, New South Wales | 1943 - | |
| Fleet Base West | Fleet Base, Depot | Garden Island, Western Australia | 1978 - | Primary Submarine base |
| HMAS Albatross | Naval air station | Nowra, New South Wales | 1948 - | |
| HMAS Cairns | Base | Cairns, Queensland | 1974 - | |
| HMAS Cerberus | Training facility | Crib Point, Victoria | 1912 - 1921 1921 - |
Formerly located at Williamstown, Victoria |
| HMAS Coonawarra | Depot | Darwin, Northern Territory | 1970 - | Former Naval Wireless Transmitting Station |
| HMAS Creswell | Training facility | Jervis Bay | 1958 - | Location of the Royal Australian Naval College |
| HMAS Harman | Communications facility | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | 1943 - | Is currently a tri-service base |
| HMAS Penguin | Deopt, specialist training | Balmoral, New South Wales | 1913 - 1942 1943 - |
Location of Balmoral Naval Hospital |
| HMAS Waterhen | Base | Waverton, New South Wales | 1962 - | Mine Warfare Headquarters |
| HMAS Watson | Training facility | South Head, New South Wales | 1945 - |
[edit] Former bases
| Establishment | Type | Location | Period | Notes | |
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| HMAS Assault | Training facility | Port Stephens, New South Wales | 1942 - 1945 | ||
| HMAS Basilisk | Depot | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 1942 - 1945 1974 - 1983 |
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| HMAS Brisbane | Depot | Brisbane, Queensland | 1940 - 1942 | ||
| HMAS Carpentaria | Base Administrative centre |
Thursday Island, Queensland London, United Kingdom |
1945 - 1946 1966 - 1981 |
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| HMAS Commonwealth | Administrative centre | Kure, Japan | 1948 - 1956 | ||
| HMAS Derwent | Depot | Hobart, Tasmania | 1940 - 1942 | ||
| HMAS Encounter | Depot | Port Adelaide, South Australia | 1965 - 1994 | ||
| HMAS Gilolo | Depot | Halmahera Island, Indonesia | 1945 - 1946 | ||
| HMAS Huon | Depot | Hobart, Tasmania | 1942 - 1994 | ||
| HMAS Kuranda | Depot | Cairns, Queensland | 1944 - 1945 | ||
| HMAS Lavada | Depot | Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea | 1943 - 1945 | ||
| HMAS Leeuwin | Depot. Training facility | Fremantle, Western Australia | 1940 - 1986 | Currently used by Australian Army, known as Leeuwin Barracks | |
| HMAS Lonsdale | Depot | Point Lonsdale, Victoria | 1940 - 1992 | ||
| HMAS Lusair | Depot | Tokokina, Papua New Guinea |
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| HMAS Madang | Depot | Madang, Papua New Guinea | 1944 - 1946 | ||
| HMAS Magnetic | Depot | Townsville, Queensland | 1942 - 1948 | ||
| HMAS Maitland | Depot | Newcastle, New South Wales | 1940 - 1946 | ||
| HMAS Melville | Depot | Darwin, Northern Territory | 1940 - 1975 | replaced by HMAS Coonawarra | |
| HMAS Mindari | Training facility | Woolloomooloo, New South Wales | 1945 - 1948 | ||
| HMAS Moreton | Depot | Brisbane, Queensland | 1942 - 1994 | ||
| HMAS Nirimba | Naval air station Training facility |
Quakers Hill, New South Wales | 1953 - 1955 1956 - 1994 |
Now a campus of University of Western Sydney (2007) | |
| HMAS Platypus | Submarine base | Neutral Bay, New South Wales | 1967 - 1999 | ||
| HMAS Rushcutter | Depot | Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales |
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| HMAS Seeadler | Depot | Los Negros Island, Papua New Guinea |
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| HMAS Tarangau | Depot | Dreger Harbour Los Negros Island |
1946 - 1950 1950 - 1974 |
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| HMAS Torrens | Depot | Port Adelaide, South Australia | 1940 - 1964 | ||
| HMAS Waratah | Administrative centre | Washington DC, United States of America | 1966 - 1980 |
[edit] References
- Stevens, D. 2001. The Royal Australian Navy - A History. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0195555424
| Royal Australian Navy Bases |
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| Current Bases |
| Fleet Base East | Fleet Base West | HMAS Albatross | HMAS Cairns | HMAS Cerberus | HMAS Coonawarra | HMAS Creswell | HMAS Harman | HMAS Penguin | HMAS Waterhen | HMAS Watson |
| Former Bases |
| HMAS Assault | HMAS Basilisk | HMAS Brisbane | HMAS Carpentaria | HMAS Commonwealth | HMAS Derwent | HMAS Encounter | HMAS Gilolo | HMAS Huon | HMAS Kuranda | HMAS Lavada | HMAS Leeuwin | HMAS Lonsdale | HMAS Lusair | HMAS Madang | HMAS Magnetic | HMAS Maitland | HMAS Melville | HMAS Mindari | HMAS Moreton | HMAS Nirimba | HMAS Platypus | HMAS Rushcutter | HMAS Seeadler | HMAS Tarangau | HMAS Torrens | HMAS Waratah |
