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 Fleet Base East Fleet base, depot, dockyard New South Wales Sydney Includes , , Garden Island dockyard & berthing facilities Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling) Fleet base, depot Western Australia Garden Island Major west coast warship & submarine base Naval air station New South Wales Nowra Fleet Air Arm Base Queensland Cairns Patrol boat, hydrography, and minor war vessels base HMAS Cerberus Training facility Victoria Crib Point ; Formerly located at Base Northern Territory Former Naval Wireless Transmitting Station, now a patrol boat base Training facility Jervis Bay Territory Jervis Bay Location of the Royal Australian Naval College Administration South Australia Adelaide ; Administration Communications facility Australian Capital Territory Canberra A tri-service base Administrative, logistical, training, accommodation New South Wales Sydney Administrative base for Fleet Base East Administration Queensland Brisbane ; Administration and reserves Depot, specialist training New South Wales ; Location of Balmoral Naval Hospital, hydrographic school, diving school and medical school Base New South Wales Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Headquarters, part of Fleet Base East Training facility New South Wales Watsons Bay Location of Maritime Warfare school
Former bases
Former naval facility Former purpose Country /State/Territory Location Period Notes Training facility New South Wales Depot Papua New Guinea Port Moresby ;1974–1983 Depot Queensland Brisbane Base Queensland Thursday Island England London Administrative centre Japan Kure Depot Tasmania Hobart Depot South Australia Port Adelaide Depot Indonesia Halmahera Island Depot Tasmania Hobart Depot Queensland Cairns Depot Papua New Guinea Milne Bay DepotTraining facility Western Australia Fremantle Currently used by Australian Army, known as Leeuwin Barracks Depot Victoria Port Melbourne Depot Papua New Guinea Torokina 1945 Depot Papua New Guinea Madang Depot Queensland Townsville Depot New South Wales Depot Northern Territory Replaced by HMAS Coonawarra Training facility New South Wales Woolloomooloo Depot Queensland Brisbane Naval air stationTraining facility New South Wales Quakers Hill ;1956–1994 Now a campus of the Western Sydney University (2007) Submarine base New South Wales Neutral Bay Depot New South Wales Rushcutters Bay Commissioned as HMAS Rushcutter on 1 August 1940 Depot Papua New Guinea Los Negros Island 1950 Name of base changed to . Depot Papua New Guinea Dreger Harbour near Finschhafen,Los Negros Island ;1950–1974 Base at Dreger closed in 1950, and the base name and its personnel and equipment transferred to the former at Manus Island. Depot South Australia Port Adelaide Administrative centre United States of America Washington DC
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References
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