HMAS Cairns (naval base)
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[edit] History
HMAS Cairns is a naval base of the Royal Australian Navy based, appropriately, at Cairns in Queensland.
The Royal Australian Navy had been using Cairns as a regular stop since before World War II. Many ships made Cairns their principal port of call during World War Two for resupply and refit prior to heading to Pacific destinations. There was no official RAN presence in Cairns until 1971 when facilities for the maintenance of the RAN's patrol boats were established. In 1974, HMAS Cairns was commissioned as the parent establishment for patrol vessels and hydrographic ships based at Cairns.
Today, Cairns is responsible for all Australian naval activity from Rockhampton to Thursday Island and serves as the home base for half the navy's Fremantle class vessels as well as the RAN's entire hydrographic fleet. HMAS Cairns will be home port for 4 of the 14 new Armidale class patrol boats when they replace the Fremantle class patrol boats.[1]
[edit] Ships stationed
- HMAS Benalla
- HMAS Brunei
- HMAS Bundaberg
- HMAS Gladstone
- HMAS Ipswich
- HMAS Labuan
- HMAS Leeuwin
- HMAS Melville
- HMAS Mermaid
- HMAS Paluma
- HMAS Shepparton
- HMAS Tarakan
- HMAS Townsville
- HMAS Wewak
[edit] References
- ^ RAN web site - http://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/cairns/
| Royal Australian Navy Bases |
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| Current Bases |
| Fleet Base East | Fleet Base West | HMAS Albatross | HMAS Cairns | HMAS Cerberus | HMAS Coonawarra | HMAS Creswell | HMAS Harman | HMAS Penguin | HMAS Waterhen | HMAS Watson |
| Former Bases |
| HMAS Assault | HMAS Basilisk | HMAS Brisbane | HMAS Carpentaria | HMAS Commonwealth | HMAS Derwent | HMAS Encounter | HMAS Gilolo | HMAS Huon | HMAS Kuranda | HMAS Lavada | HMAS Leeuwin | HMAS Londsdale | HMAS Lusair | HMAS Madang | HMAS Magnetic | HMAS Maitland | HMAS Melville | HMAS Mindari | HMAS Moreton | HMAS Nirimba | HMAS Penguin | HMAS Platypus | HMAS Rushcutter | HMAS Seeadler | HMAS Tarangau | HMAS Torrens | HMAS Waratah |
