List of Royal Australian Navy bases


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

Former bases

Former naval facilityFormer purposeCountry
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State/Territory		LocationPeriodNotes-
Training facilityNew South Wales-
DepotPapua New GuineaPort Moresby;
1974–1983		-
DepotQueenslandBrisbane-
BaseQueenslandThursday Island-
EnglandLondon-
Administrative centreJapanKure-
DepotTasmaniaHobart-
DepotSouth AustraliaPort Adelaide-
DepotIndonesiaHalmahera Island-
DepotTasmaniaHobart-
DepotQueenslandCairns-
DepotPapua New GuineaMilne Bay-
Depot
Training facility		Western AustraliaFremantleCurrently used by Australian Army, known as Leeuwin Barracks-
DepotVictoriaPort Melbourne-
DepotPapua New GuineaTorokina1945-
DepotPapua New GuineaMadang-
DepotQueenslandTownsville-
DepotNew South Wales-
DepotNorthern TerritoryReplaced by HMAS Coonawarra-
Training facilityNew South WalesWoolloomooloo-
DepotQueenslandBrisbane-
Naval air station
Training facility		New South WalesQuakers Hill;
1956–1994		Now a campus of the Western Sydney University
Submarine baseNew South WalesNeutral Bay-
DepotNew South WalesRushcutters BayCommissioned as HMAS Rushcutter on 1 August 1940-
DepotPapua New GuineaLos Negros Island1950Name of base changed to.-
DepotPapua New GuineaDreger 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.-
DepotSouth AustraliaPort Adelaide-
Administrative centreUnited States of AmericaWashington DC-