HMAS Melville

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One ship and one naval base of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Melville after Melville Island, which lies off the coast of the Northern Territory, west of the Cobourg Peninsula in Arnhem Land and north of Darwin.

  • HMAS Melville (naval base) - Naval base that operated in Darwin from 1940 until it was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. The base was decommissioned in favour of HMAS Coonawarra.
  • HMAS Melville (A 246) - A Leeuwin class hydrographic survey vessel that commissioned in 2000.
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