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Royal Australian Navy base on Sydney Harbour
HMAS Watson is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base on Sydney Harbour at South Head, near Watsons Bay in Sydney, Australia. Commissioned in 1945 (after
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1955 and HMAS Nirimba and the airfield were reduced to "Care and Maintenance" status. In September 1955, preparations began to recommission HMAS Nirimba
HMAS_Nirimba
Australian naval base near Perth
helicopter HMAS Stuart HMAS Ballarat HMAS Toowoomba HMAS Perth Collins-class submarine, guided missile HMAS Collins HMAS Farncomb HMAS Waller HMAS Dechaineux
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Royal Australian Navy shore establishment
HMAS Creswell is a training facility of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) that includes the Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) as well as the School of
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Royal Australian Navy base
replenishment HMAS Supply Hobart-class destroyer, guided missile HMAS Hobart HMAS Brisbane HMAS Sydney Anzac-class frigate, helicopter HMAS Arunta HMAS Warramunga
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1955–1982 Majestic-class aircraft carrier of Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Melbourne (II) – 25 Years On, pp. 5–6 Hobbs, HMAS Melbourne (II) – 25 Years On, p. 6 Gillett, HMAS Melbourne – 25 Years, pp. 13–5 Hall, HMAS Melbourne
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Royal Australian Navy helicopter landing ship
HMAS Canberra (L02) is the lead ship of the Canberra-class landing helicopter docks (LHD) and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Australian Navy. Construction
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Ocean cliff in Sydney, Australia
named HMAS Radar, but was later commissioned as HMAS Watson on 14 March 1945. Torpedo and anti-submarine warfare training were relocated to Watson in 1956
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Landing helicopter dock (ship) of the Royal Australian Navy (launched 2012)
HMAS Adelaide (L01) is the second ship of the Canberra-class landing helicopter docks (LHD). Construction of the ship started at Navantia's Spanish shipyard
HMAS_Adelaide_(L01)
Former Royal Australian Navy base
Operators transferred from HMAS Rushcutter to HMAS Watson in 1943. The technical functions of Radar operation remained at HMAS Rushcutter. At the end of
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Australian naval base
Meteorology. Retrieved 21 September 2024. "HMAS Cerberus". Royal Australian Navy. Australian Government. "HMAS Cerberus Central Area Group (Place ID 105336)"
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Royal Australian Navy base in the Northern Territory
class: HMAS Bathurst HMAS Albany HMAS Childers Cape class: HMAS Cape Naturaliste HMAS Cape Capricorn HMAS Cape Woolamai HMAS Cape Pillar HMAS Cape Solander
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Royal Australian Navy base
Nelson, Lieutenant Annette (1993). HMAS Harman 1943–2003 – A History of HMAS Harman and its people. DC-DC Publications. HMAS Harman official website Portals:
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Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
also listed as heritage items by Woollahra Council. Buildings 28–31, HMAS Watson Hornby Lighthouse and two cottages, South Head St Peter's Church, Old
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Royal Australian Navy base
base was opened in 1932 as HMAS Penguin IV and on 1 August 1940 it was renamed as HMAS Brisbane. The base was again renamed HMAS Moreton in 1942. The base
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Retired Royal Navy officer (born 1955)
March 1986, he attended the Royal Australian Navy Tactics Course at HMAS Watson, Sydney, during which he was notified of his first staff appointment
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Former Royal Australian Navy training base in Port Melbourne, Victoria
HMAS Lonsdale is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) training base that was located at Beach Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Originally named
HMAS_Lonsdale_(naval_base)
Patrol vessel of RAN
HMAS Eyre (OPV 204), is the Royal Australian Navy's second ship of the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels. The ship is based on the Lürssen OPV80 design
HMAS_Eyre
National military force of Australia
Australian Navy has two main bases; Fleet Base East (HMAS Kuttabul) in Sydney and Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling) near Perth. The Navy's operational headquarters
Australian_Defence_Force
Royal Australian Navy naval base
HMAS Basilisk is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore naval base, located in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The first RAN naval base in Papua New
HMAS_Basilisk
Australian naval base
consists of: Clearance Diving Team One Two Huon-class minehunters HMAS Diamantina HMAS Yarra Several minor war vessels and commercially operated support
HMAS_Waterhen_(naval_base)
Naval base in Sydney, Australia
July 1942, and was renamed as simply HMAS Penguin in January 1943, when the Garden Island facility was renamed HMAS Kuttabul. In addition to its role as
HMAS_Penguin_(naval_base)
Naval base on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea
redevelopment in 1950 by the Royal Australian Navy, it was known as HMAS Seeadler, being renamed HMAS Tarangau soon afterwards. The Manus Regional Processing Centre
Lombrum_Naval_Base
Australian naval base
Inscription ADV Cape Otway ADV Cape Peron Leeuwin class HMAS Leeuwin List of Royal Australian Navy bases "HMAS Cairns". Royal Australian Navy. Australian Government
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Naval base in Australia
HMAS Albatross is the main naval air station for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) aviation branch, the Fleet Air Arm. The base, located near Nowra, New
HMAS_Albatross_(air_station)
HMAS Lusair is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base located at Torokina, on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. List of former Royal Australian
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1964 collision between two Royal Australian Navy warships in Jervis Bay, Australia
of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and the destroyer HMAS Voyager. On the evening of 10 February 1964, the two ships
Melbourne–Voyager_collision
Naval installation
helicopter dock HMAS Canberra HMAS Adelaide Anzac-class frigate HMAS Warramunga HMAS Arunta Hobart-class destroyer HMAS Hobart HMAS Brisbane HMAS Sydney Bay-class
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Former shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
when she was commissioned as HMAS Cerberus VI, identifying her as a subsidiary depot to the Victorian naval base HMAS Cerberus. In 1940, the decision
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Naval depot of the Royal Australian Navy
Michael Noonan, on 28 May 2022. Formerly HMAS Torrens commissioned in August 1940 before being commissioned as HMAS Encounter in 1965. With the base closure
HMAS_Encounter_(naval_base)
Patrol vessel of RAN
Commissions New OPV HMAS Arafura". Naval News. Retrieved 28 June 2025. News in brief Ships Monthly September 2025 page 13 Media related to HMAS Arafura at Wikimedia
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Sydney HMAS Waterhen – Waverton, Sydney HMAS Watson – Watsons Bay, Sydney HMAS Coonawarra – Darwin HMAS Cairns – Cairns HMAS Moreton – Brisbane HMAS Encounter
List of Australian military bases
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Warfare specialist officers
has completed PWO training. The Australian PWO course is delivered at HMAS Watson. Such officers are awarded the Principal Warfare Officer badge. In the
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Military base in Perth, Western Australia
HMAS Leeuwin is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore establishment, located in Fremantle, Western Australia. In use between 1940 and 1984, the base
HMAS_Leeuwin_(naval_base)
Signals intelligence-gathering facility in Northern Territory, Australia
Communications Station, at Geraldton HMAS Harman, outside Canberra Waihopai Station BoM's Crib Point Satellite Earth Station at HMAS Cerberus Naval Base "SHOAL
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1962 HMAS Vampire and HMAS Quickmatch made goodwill visits to Saigon. They were followed a year later by similar visits by HMAS Quiberon and HMAS Queenborough
History of the Royal Australian Navy
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Royal Australian Navy Majestic-class aircraft carrier
HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P214/L134) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy
HMAS_Sydney_(R17)
1969 ship collision in the South China Sea
126. Hall, HMAS Melbourne, p. 175. Hills, Muddied Waters Hall, HMAS Melbourne, p. 176. Smith & Lancaster, USS Frank E. Evans, p. 1. Hall, HMAS Melbourne
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2006 class of British landing ships
was sold to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 2011, who operate her as HMAS Choules. Since 2020, the RFA has used the ships for littoral warfare as part
Bay-class_landing_ship
Ship prefix
His Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS) (or Her Majesty's Australian Ship when the monarch is female) is a ship prefix used for commissioned units of the
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Fleet replenishment vessel
this period out of the water in the Captain Cook Graving Dock. HMAS Sirius joined HMAS Stuart, KDB Darulehsan, USS Rafael Peralta and RSS Supreme on their
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Tall ship operated and maintained by the Royal Australian Navy
West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
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Fleet Base East (HMAS Kuttabul, in Sydney) and Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling, near Perth). Mine warfare assets are located at HMAS Waterhen (also in
List of active Royal Australian Navy ships
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Anzac-class frigate of Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) is an Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The frigate was laid down in 2000 and commissioned into the RAN in
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Australian naval base
restored anchor from HMAS Oxley, sitting on a circular precast concrete plinth. List of former Royal Australian Navy bases HMAS Penguin (naval base) "State
HMAS_Platypus_(naval_base)
Class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy
Western Australia. The first vessel, HMAS Armidale, was commissioned into the RAN in June 2005, and the last, HMAS Glenelg, entered service in February
Armidale-class_patrol_boat
Australian annual LGBTQIA+ awareness day
Information Service (DEFGLIS). The Navy's Systems Training School at HMAS Watson hosted events for Wear it Purple Day in 2013. There has also been strong
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Naval warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force
including HMAS Australia, three destroyers, and two each of cruisers and submarines, departed for Rabaul. A few days later, on 9 September, HMAS Melbourne
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Class of Australian guided missile frigates
Chilean Navy and renamed Capitan Prat (FFG-11) (ex HMAS Newcastle) and Almirante Latorre (FFG-14) (ex HMAS Melbourne) Equivalent frigates of the same era
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Body of water in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Harbour anti-submarine boom net (1942) HMAS Platypus (1967) Current: HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen HMAS Watson Sydney Ferries operate services from
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Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
and instructional centre for trainees to practice their gunnery skills. HMAS Mindari, the former training site, was commissioned on 1 July 1945 and was
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HMAS Magnetic is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. List of former Royal Australian Navy bases "How
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Government agency
civilian and military personnel. Two Leeuwin-class survey vessels HMAS Leeuwin HMAS Melville Australian Pilot Land Information New Zealand United States
Australian Hydrographic Service
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Australian naval officer
submarine HMAS Collins. In 2008 he was appointed the Commander Sea Training Submarines for 18 months before his appointment as the executive officer of HMAS Watson
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Australian naval amphibious ship class
history, even with the old Majestic-class light fleet carriers, HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Sydney in the 1970s. In 2004, French company Direction des Constructions
Canberra-class landing helicopter dock
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Class of patrol boat
naval service, the patrol boats are crewed by RAN personnel, operate from HMAS Cairns, and are identified with the Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) prefix
Cape-class_patrol_boat
Boom defence vessel of the Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Kangaroo was a Bar-class boom defence vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although originally ordered as a boom vessel, Kangaroo was at one
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sea: HMAS Supply and HMAS Stalwart. Supply, replaced the former support ship HMAS Success in April 2021, while Stalwart replaced the fleet oiler HMAS Sirius
Future of the Royal Australian Navy
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Australian navy base, 1942–1945
construction, HMAS Westralia was assigned to the area as an accommodation ship, with HMAS Ping Wo serving as a tender. The stone frigate HMAS Assault was
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Australian naval officer, Chief of the Defence Force
Officer on HMS Eastbourne, HMAS Perth and HMAS Duchess, Executive Officer on HMAS Vampire, and later as Commanding Officer of HMAS Stuart from 1983 to 1984
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WWII-era Royal Australian Navy base
HMAS Kuranda is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base located in Cairns, Queensland, in Australia that was used during the Pacific War of World War
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HMAS Carpentaria is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base that was located on Thursday Island, part of the Torres Strait Islands in Queensland, Australia
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Award
West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
Australian Commendations and Citations
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Boom defence vessel of the Royal Australian Navy
sister ship HMAS Koala laid moorings and marker buoys in the islands. In April, Karangi again sailed to Onslow, accompanied by the corvette HMAS Mildura,
HMAS_Karangi
Anzac-class frigate of Royal Australian Navy
that HMAS Anzac would not sail again and be the first ship of her class to be decommissioned in the near future, followed by her sister ship HMAS Arunta
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commissioned bases used by the Royal Australian Navy. "MANUS BASE TO BE CALLED H.M.A.S. TARANGAU". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 24 October
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Military unit
West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
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Australian destroyer group during World War II
she was sunk, but survived. HMAS Stuart (D00) HMAS Voyager (D31) HMAS Vampire (D68) HMAS Vendetta (D69) HMAS Waterhen (D22) The flotilla has been commemorated
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HMAS Madang is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base located at Madang in Papua New Guinea. List of former Royal Australian Navy bases "How R.A.N Establishments
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HMAS Waratah is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) naval administrative centre located in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The centre was
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aircraft carrier operations. Majestic class HMAS Sydney HMAS Melbourne Colossus class HMAS Vengeance HMAS Albatross When the RAN was first founded, it
List of warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy
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Australian underwater naval vessel
Michael (8 April 2008). Presentation of the 2007 Gloucester Cup to HMAS Rankin (Speech). HMAS Stirling, WA. Archived from the original on 29 August 2009. Retrieved
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Australian military ship class
the Persian Gulf. As of 2024[update], nine ships are in service following HMAS Anzac's decommissioning in May 2024. The RAN intends to start replacing its
Anzac-class_frigate
Modified Round Table-class Landing Ship Heavy of the Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Tobruk (L 50) was a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), based on the design of the Round Table-class of the British Royal
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Prime Minister of Fiji from 2007 to 2022
appointed executive officer of RFNS Kiro. After a brief navigation course in HMAS Watson in March 1982, Bainimarama underwent search and rescue training at the
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Autonomous vessel
West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
Bluebottle (uncrewed surface vessels)
Bluebottle_(uncrewed_surface_vessels)
Former Royal Australian Navy base in Indonesia
HMAS Gilolo is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore naval base on Gililo (now Halmahera), in the Maluku Islands, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
HMAS_Gilolo
Submarine element of the Royal Australian Navy
established a third time in 1927, when the British O-class submarines HMAS Oxley and HMAS Otway were commissioned. These submarines sailed from Portsmouth
Royal Australian Navy Submarine Force
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Australian naval officer (born 1962)
commencing training at HMAS Watson. Throughout the decades he subsequently served as commanding officer of the frigates, HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Newcastle. The
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Class of Royal Australian Navy minehunters
Construction ran from 1994 to 2003, with lead ship HMAS Huon entering service in 1999. All six vessels are based at HMAS Waterhen, in Sydney. In 2006, following
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Naval ensign
old and new ensigns: the aircraft carrier (later troopship) HMAS Sydney and the destroyer HMAS Vendetta. The flag is white, with the Union Flag in the canton
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Ships of the Royal Australian Navy. Amphibious warfare ships of Australia "HMAS Peter Pan". Sea Power Centre. Retrieved 23 December 2024. Royal Australian
List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy
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West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
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Locality in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ridgeline is HMAS Kuttabul, the RAN's major administrative, training and logistics support establishment for the Sydney area. Although HMAS Kuttabul is
Garden Island (New South Wales)
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Second-highest active rank of the Royal Australian Navy
West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
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Australian businessman (1902–1994)
Catherine Dunlop (née Anderson Stuart) in the Chapel of St George the Martyr HMAS Watson at South Head, Vaucluse, New South Wales. On his death, his fourth wife
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Prospect Hill Conservation Management Plan, Holroyd City Council, 2005 "HMAS Watson". Retrieved 22 January 2014. "CIRCULAR QUAY TO SOUTH HEAD AND CLOVELLY
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Federal department of the Australian Government
West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
Department of Defence (Australia)
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Annual honours in Australia
HMAS Dechaineaux as the Catering Supervisor. Commander Aaron David Scott, RAN – For meritorious devotion to duty as Commanding Officer of HMAS Watson
2025 King's Birthday Honours (Australia)
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Disused Australian naval base in Kure, Japan
renamed HMAS Commonwealth on 1 October 1948. It ceased operation in June 1950, at which time the base was transferred to Japanese control. HMAS Commonwealth
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1980 Adelaide-class frigate
HMAS Sydney (FFG 03) was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The frigate was one of six modified Oliver Hazard
HMAS_Sydney_(FFG_03)
Former naval base in Northern Territory, Australia
The depot was renamed HMAS Penguin IV with the outbreak of World War II. On 1 August 1940, the depot was commissioned as HMAS Melville. The Naval Wireless
HMAS_Melville_(naval_base)
known as Camp Shortland. HMAS Maitland was linked to HMAS Kuttabul, the main naval base in Sydney, and was originally known as HMAS Penguin (III).[citation
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Royal Navy Admiral (1917–1989)
in 1960. He was seconded to the Royal Australian Navy as captain of HMAS Watson in 1962. He went on to be Naval Assistant to the Naval Member of the
Ian Easton (Royal Navy officer)
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Part of the Royal Australian Navy
Air Force bases as support facilities: these became HMAS Albatross at Nowra, New South Wales, and HMAS Nirimba at Schofields, New South Wales. As Terrible
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1970 class of amphibious warfare vessels
November 2010. Dodd, Mark (2 November 2010). "Rusting warships HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Manoora will sail again after refit: navy". The Australian. Retrieved
Kanimbla-class landing platform amphibious
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Australian military award
HMAS Nirimba Craftsman Francis Taylor 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers Sergeant Brett Hartman RAAF Base Richmond 1990 Warrant Officer Colin Dowd HMAS Cerberus
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Youth military organisation of the Royal Australian Navy
RANR Officer, was situated in HMAS Cairns, HMAS Moreton, HMAS Watson, HMAS Lonsdale, HMAS Encounter, HMAS Huon and HMAS Leeuwin (all shore bases at the
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Head of the Royal Australian Navy
West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton HMAS Penguin HMAS Waterhen
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Australian defence vessel
HMAS Koala was a Bar-class boom defence vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She was constructed by Cockatoo Docks and
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