# List of Royal Australian Navy bases

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

## Current bases

| Naval facility | Purpose | State/Territory | Location | Period | Notes |
| Fleet Base East | Fleet base, depot, dockyard | New South Wales | Sydney | 1788–present | Includes HMAS Kuttabul, HMAS Waterhen, Garden Island dockyard & berthing facilities |
| Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling) | Fleet base, depot | Western Australia | Garden Island | 1978–present | Major west coast warship & submarine base |
| HMAS Albatross | Naval air station | New South Wales | Nowra | 1948–present | Fleet Air Arm |
| HMAS Cairns | Base | Queensland | Cairns | 1974–present | Patrol boat, hydrography, and minor war vessels base |
| HMAS Cerberus | Training facility | Victoria | Crib Point | 1912–1921; 1921–present | Formerly located at Williamstown |
| HMAS Coonawarra | Base | Northern Territory | Darwin | 1970–present | Former Naval Wireless Transmitting Station, now a patrol boat base |
| HMAS Creswell | Training facility | Jervis Bay Territory | Jervis Bay | 1958–present | Location of the Royal Australian Naval College |
| HMAS Encounter (naval base) | Administration | South Australia | Adelaide | 1965–1994; 2022–present | Administration |
| HMAS Harman | Communications facility | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | 1943–present | A tri-service base |
| HMAS Kuttabul | Administrative, logistical, training, accommodation | New South Wales | Sydney | 1943–present | Administrative base for Fleet Base East |
| HMAS Moreton | Administration | Queensland | Brisbane | 1932–1994; 2016–present | Administration and reserves |
| HMAS Penguin | Depot, specialist training | New South Wales | Balmoral | 1913–1942; 1943–present | Location of Balmoral Naval Hospital, hydrographic school, diving school and medical school |
| HMAS Waterhen | Base | New South Wales | Waverton | 1962–present | Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Headquarters, part of Fleet Base East |
| HMAS Watson | Training facility | New South Wales | Watsons Bay | 1945–present | Location of Maritime Warfare school |

## Former bases

| Former naval facility | Former purpose | Country (if outside Australia)/ State/Territory | Location | Period | Notes |
| HMAS Assault | Training facility | New South Wales | Port Stephens | 1942–1945 | |
| HMAS Basilisk | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 1942–1945; 1974–1983 | |
| HMAS Brisbane | Depot | Queensland | Brisbane | 1940–1942 | |
| HMAS Carpentaria | Base | Queensland | Thursday Island | 1945–1946 | |
| HMAS Carpentaria | Administrative centre | England | London | 1966–1981 | |
| HMAS Commonwealth | Administrative centre | Japan | Kure | 1948–1956 | |
| HMAS Derwent | Depot | Tasmania | Hobart | 1940–1942 | |
| HMAS Encounter | Depot | South Australia | Port Adelaide | 1965–1994 | |
| HMAS Gilolo | Depot | Indonesia | Halmahera Island | 1945–1946 | |
| HMAS Huon | Depot | Tasmania | Hobart | 1942–1994 | |
| HMAS Kuranda | Depot | Queensland | Cairns | 1944–1945 | |
| HMAS Ladava | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Milne Bay | 1943–1945 | |
| HMAS Leeuwin | Depot Training facility | Western Australia | Fremantle | 1940–1986 | Currently used by Australian Army, known as Leeuwin Barracks |
| HMAS Lonsdale | Depot | Victoria | Port Melbourne | 1940–1992 | |
| HMAS Lusair | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Torokina | 1945 | |
| HMAS Madang | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Madang | 1944–1946 | |
| HMAS Magnetic | Depot | Queensland | Townsville | 1942–1948 | |
| HMAS Maitland | Depot | New South Wales | Newcastle | 1940–1946 | |
| HMAS Melville | Depot | Northern Territory | Darwin | 1940–1975 | Replaced by HMAS Coonawarra |
| HMAS Mindari | Training facility | New South Wales | Woolloomooloo | 1945–1948 | |
| HMAS Moreton | Depot | Queensland | Brisbane | 1942–1994 | |
| HMAS Nirimba | Naval air station Training facility | New South Wales | Quakers Hill | 1953–1955; 1956–1994 | Now a campus of the Western Sydney University (2007) |
| HMAS Platypus | Submarine base | New South Wales | Neutral Bay | 1967–1999 | |
| HMAS Rushcutter | Depot | New South Wales | Rushcutters Bay | 1901–1979 | Commissioned as HMAS Rushcutter on 1 August 1940 |
| HMAS Seeadler | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Los Negros Island | 1950 | Name of base changed to HMAS Tarangau. |
| HMAS Tarangau | Depot | Papua New Guinea | Dreger Harbour near Finschhafen, Los Negros Island | 1946–1950; 1950–1974 | Base at Dreger closed in 1950, and the base name and its personnel and equipment transferred to the former HMAS Seeadler at Manus Island. |
| HMAS Torrens | Depot | South Australia | Port Adelaide | 1940–1964 | |
| HMAS Waratah | Administrative centre | United States of America | Washington DC | 1966–1980 | |