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HMAS Waterhen is a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy, located in Waverton, Sydney. Waterhen is the parent establishment for the RAN's mine countermeasures forces, and forms part of Fleet Base East. First commissioned in 1962, it was used for a variety of minor warfare vessels, including patrol forces, until a reorganisation in the 1990s saw the RAN's patrol vessels moved to establishments in northern Australia. The Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Group, Clearance Diving Team One and the RAN's six Huon class minehunters and several commercially operated support vessels are currently based at Waterhen.