List of Royal Australian Navy bases
The following is a list of current and former commissioned bases used by the Royal Australian Navy.
Current bases
Naval facility | Purpose | State/Territory | Location | Period | Notes | |||
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Fleet Base East | Fleet base, depot, dockyard | New South Wales | Sydney | 1788–present | Includes HMAS Kuttabul, HMAS Waterhen, Garden Island dockyard & berthing facilities | |||
Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling) | Fleet base, depot | Western Australia | Garden Island (Meandup) | 1978–present | Major west coast warship & submarine base | |||
HMAS Albatross | Naval air station | New South Wales | Nowra | 1948–present | Fleet Air Arm | |||
HMAS Cairns | Base | Queensland | Cairns | 1974–present | Patrol boat, hydrography, and minor war vessels base | |||
HMAS Cerberus | Training facility | Victoria | Crib Point | 1912–1921; 1921–present | Formerly located at Williamstown | |||
HMAS Coonawarra | Base | Northern Territory | Darwin | 1970–present | Former Naval Wireless Transmitting Station, now a patrol boat base | |||
HMAS Creswell | Training facility | Jervis Bay Territory | Jervis Bay | 1958–present | Location of the Royal Australian Naval College | |||
HMAS Encounter (naval base) | Administration | South Australia | Adelaide | 1965–1994; 2022–present | Administration | |||
HMAS Harman | Communications facility | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | 1943–present | A tri-service base | |||
HMAS Kuttabul | Administrative, logistical, training, accommodation | New South Wales | Sydney | 1943–present | Administrative base for Fleet Base East | |||
HMAS Moreton | Administration | Queensland | Brisbane | 1932–1994; 2016–present | Administration and reserves | |||
HMAS Penguin | Depot, specialist training | New South Wales | Balmoral | 1913–1942; 1943–present | Location of Balmoral Naval Hospital, hydrographic school, diving school and medical school | |||
HMAS Waterhen | Base | New South Wales | Waverton | 1962–present | Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Headquarters, part of Fleet Base East | |||
HMAS Watson | Training facility | New South Wales | Watsons Bay | 1945–present | Location of Maritime Warfare school |
Former bases
Former naval facility | Former purpose | Country (if outside Australia)/ State/Territory | Location | Period | Notes | |
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HMAS Assault | Training facility | New South Wales | Port Stephens | 1942–1945 | ||
HMAS Basilisk | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 1942–1945; 1974–1983 | ||
HMAS Brisbane | Depot | Queensland | Brisbane | 1940–1942 | ||
HMAS Carpentaria | Base | Queensland | Thursday Island | 1945–1946 | ||
Administrative centre | England | London | 1966–1981 | |||
HMAS Commonwealth | Administrative centre | Japan | Kure | 1948–1956 | ||
HMAS Derwent | Depot | Tasmania | Hobart | 1940–1942 | ||
HMAS Encounter | Depot | South Australia | Port Adelaide | 1965–1994 | ||
HMAS Gilolo | Depot | Indonesia | Halmahera Island | 1945–1946 | ||
HMAS Huon | Depot | Tasmania | Hobart | 1942–1994 | ||
HMAS Kuranda | Depot | Queensland | Cairns | 1944–1945 | ||
HMAS Ladava | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Milne Bay | 1943–1945 | ||
HMAS Leeuwin | Depot Training facility | Western Australia | Fremantle | 1940–1986 | Currently used by Australian Army, known as Leeuwin Barracks | |
HMAS Lonsdale | Depot | Victoria | Port Melbourne | 1940–1992 | ||
HMAS Lusair | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Torokina | 1945 | ||
HMAS Madang | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Madang | 1944–1946 | ||
HMAS Magnetic | Depot | Queensland | Townsville | 1942–1948 | ||
HMAS Maitland | Depot | New South Wales | Newcastle | 1940–1946 | ||
HMAS Melville | Depot | Northern Territory | Darwin | 1940–1975 | Replaced by HMAS Coonawarra | |
HMAS Mindari | Training facility | New South Wales | Woolloomooloo | 1945–1948 | ||
HMAS Moreton | Depot | Queensland | Brisbane | 1942–1994 | ||
HMAS Nirimba | Naval air station Training facility | New South Wales | Quakers Hill | 1953–1955; 1956–1994 | Now a campus of the Western Sydney University (2007) | |
HMAS Platypus | Submarine base | New South Wales | Neutral Bay | 1967–1999 | ||
HMAS Rushcutter | Depot | New South Wales | Rushcutters Bay | 1901–1979 | Commissioned as HMAS Rushcutter on 1 August 1940 | |
HMAS Seeadler | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Los Negros Island | 1950 | Name of base changed to HMAS Tarangau.[1] | |
HMAS Tarangau | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Dreger Harbour near Finschhafen, Los Negros Island | 1946–1950; 1950–1974 | Base at Dreger closed in 1950, and the base name and its personnel and equipment transferred to the former HMAS Seeadler at Manus Island.[1] | |
HMAS Torrens | Depot | South Australia | Port Adelaide | 1940–1964 | ||
HMAS Waratah | Administrative centre | United States of America | Washington DC | 1966–1980 |
Notes
- ^ a b "MANUS BASE TO BE CALLED H.M.A.S. TARANGAU". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 24 October 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
References
- Stevens, D. (2001). The Royal Australian Navy — A History. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195555422.
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