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List of Royal Australian Navy bases#Former bases

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The following is a list of current and former commissioned bases used by the Royal Australian Navy.

Current bases

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Naval facility

! Purpose

! State/Territory

! Location

! Period

! Notes

Fleet Base East

| Fleet base, depot, dockyard

| New South Wales

| Sydney

| {{nowrap|1788–present}}

| Includes {{HMAS|Kuttabul}}, {{HMAS|Waterhen}}, Garden Island dockyard & berthing facilities

Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling)

| Fleet base, depot

| Western Australia

| Garden Island

| {{nowrap|1978–present}}

| Major west coast warship & submarine base

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{{HMAS|Albatross|air station|6}}

| Naval air station

| New South Wales

| Nowra

| {{nowrap|1948–present}}

| Fleet Air Arm

{{HMAS|Cairns|naval base|6}}

| Base

| Queensland

| Cairns

| {{nowrap|1974–present}}

| Patrol boat, hydrography, and minor war vessels base

HMAS Cerberus

| Training facility

| Victoria

| Crib Point

| {{nowrap|1912–1921}};
{{nowrap|1921–present}}

| Formerly located at {{VICcity|Williamstown}}

{{HMAS|Coonawarra}}

| Base

| Northern Territory

| {{NTcity|Darwin}}

| {{nowrap|1970–present}}

| Former Naval Wireless Transmitting Station, now a patrol boat base

{{HMAS|Creswell}}

| Training facility

| Jervis Bay Territory

| Jervis Bay

| {{nowrap|1958–present}}

| Location of the Royal Australian Naval College

{{HMAS|Encounter (naval base)}}

| Administration

| South Australia

| Adelaide

| {{nowrap|1965–1994}};
{{nowrap|2022–present}}

| Administration

{{HMAS|Harman}}

| Communications facility

| Australian Capital Territory

| Canberra

| {{nowrap|1943–present}}

| A tri-service base

{{HMAS|Kuttabul|naval base|6}}

| Administrative, logistical, training, accommodation

| New South Wales

| Sydney

| {{nowrap|1943–present}}

| Administrative base for Fleet Base East

{{HMAS|Moreton}}

| Administration

| Queensland

| Brisbane

| {{nowrap|1932–1994}};
{{nowrap|2016–present}}

| Administration and reserves

{{HMAS|Penguin|naval base|6}}

| Depot, specialist training

| New South Wales

| {{NSWcity|Balmoral}}

| {{nowrap|1913–1942}};
{{nowrap|1943–present}}

| Location of Balmoral Naval Hospital, hydrographic school, diving school and medical school

{{HMAS|Waterhen|naval base|6}}

| Base

| New South Wales

| {{NSWcity|Waverton}}

| {{nowrap|1962–present}}

| Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Headquarters, part of Fleet Base East

{{HMAS|Watson}}

| Training facility

| New South Wales

| Watsons Bay

| {{nowrap|1945–present}}

| Location of Maritime Warfare school

Former bases

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Former naval facility

! Former purpose

! Country
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State/Territory

! Location

! Period

! Notes

{{HMAS|Assault}}

| Training facility

| New South Wales

| {{NSWcity|Port Stephens}}

| {{nowrap|1942–1945}}

|

{{HMAS|Basilisk}}

| Depot

| Papua New Guinea

| Port Moresby

| {{nowrap|1942–1945}};
1974–1983

|

{{HMAS|Brisbane|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| Queensland

| Brisbane

| {{nowrap|1940–1942}}

|

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| Base

| Queensland

| Thursday Island

| {{nowrap|1945–1946}}

|

{{nowrap|Administrative centre}}

| England

| London

| {{nowrap|1966–1981}}

|

{{HMAS|Commonwealth}}

| Administrative centre

| Japan

| Kure

| {{nowrap|1948–1956}}

|

{{HMAS|Derwent|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| Tasmania

| Hobart

| {{nowrap|1940–1942}}

|

{{HMAS|Encounter|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| South Australia

| Port Adelaide

| {{nowrap|1965–1994}}

|

{{HMAS|Gilolo}}

| Depot

| Indonesia

| Halmahera Island

| {{nowrap|1945–1946}}

|

{{HMAS|Huon|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| Tasmania

| Hobart

| {{nowrap|1942–1994}}

|

{{HMAS|Kuranda}}

| Depot

| Queensland

| Cairns

| {{nowrap|1944–1945}}

|

{{HMAS|Ladava|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| Papua New Guinea

| Milne Bay

| {{nowrap|1943–1945}}

|

{{HMAS|Leeuwin|naval base|6}}

| Depot
Training facility

| Western Australia

| Fremantle

| {{nowrap|1940–1986}}

| Currently used by Australian Army, known as Leeuwin Barracks

{{HMAS|Lonsdale|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| Victoria

| Port Melbourne

| {{nowrap|1940–1992}}

|

{{HMAS|Lusair}}

| Depot

| Papua New Guinea

| Torokina

| 1945

|

{{HMAS|Madang|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| Papua New Guinea

| Madang

| {{nowrap|1944–1946}}

|

{{HMAS|Magnetic}}

| Depot

| Queensland

| Townsville

| {{nowrap|1942–1948}}

|

{{HMAS|Maitland|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| New South Wales

| {{NSWcity|Newcastle}}

| {{nowrap|1940–1946}}

|

{{HMAS|Melville|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| Northern Territory

| {{NTcity|Darwin}}

| {{nowrap|1940–1975}}

| Replaced by HMAS Coonawarra

{{HMAS|Mindari}}

| Training facility

| New South Wales

| Woolloomooloo

| {{nowrap|1945–1948}}

|

{{HMAS|Moreton}}

| Depot

| Queensland

| Brisbane

| {{nowrap|1942–1994}}

|

{{HMAS|Nirimba}}

| Naval air station
Training facility

| New South Wales

| Quakers Hill

| {{nowrap|1953–1955}};
1956–1994

| Now a campus of the Western Sydney University (2007)

|

{{HMAS|Platypus|naval base|6}}

| Submarine base

| New South Wales

| Neutral Bay

| {{nowrap|1967–1999}}

|

{{HMAS|Rushcutter|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| New South Wales

| Rushcutters Bay

| {{nowrap|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}}.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2772019|title=MANUS BASE TO BE CALLED H.M.A.S. TARANGAU. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=21 March 1950 |accessdate=24 October 2011 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

{{HMAS|Tarangau}}

| Depot

| Papua New Guinea

| Dreger Harbour near Finschhafen,
Los Negros Island

| {{nowrap|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.

{{HMAS|Torrens|naval base|6}}

| Depot

| South Australia

| Port Adelaide

| {{nowrap|1940–1964}}

|

{{HMAS|Waratah}}

| Administrative centre

| United States of America

| Washington DC

| {{nowrap|1966–1980}}

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Notes

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References

  • {{cite book|last=Stevens|first=D.|year=2001|title=The Royal Australian Navy — A History|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Melbourne|isbn=0195555422}}

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