HMAS Basilisk (naval base)

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HMAS Basilisk was a Royal Australian Navy shore Naval Base in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

HMAS Basiliskwas commissioned on 1 January 1943 under the command of Commander R.B.A. Hunt RAN, who was previously the Naval Officer in Charge Port Moresby.

HMAS BASILISK was paid off on 17 December 1945.

HMAS Basilisk was re-commissioned under CMDR P. Paffard, RAN on 14 November 1974. The naval base was decomissioned in 1983.

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