HMAS Lonsdale (naval base)

Sailors at HMAS Lonsdale celebrate VE Day, May 1945

HMAS Lonsdale was a Royal Australian Navy training establishment, located at Beach Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Originally named Cerberus III, the Naval Reserve Base was commissioned as HMAS Lonsdale on 1 August 1940 during the Second World War.

HMAS Lonsdale was closed down in 1992.

Current leadership	Chief of Navy Deputy Chief of Navy Commander Australian Fleet Head of Navy Capability Head Navy Engineering Warrant Officer of the Navy

Current ministerial and defence leadership	Minister for Defence Chief of the Defence Force (RAAF) Vice Chief of the Defence Force (RAN) Chief Capability Development Group (Army) Chief of Joint Operations (RAN) Commander Operation Sovereign Borders (Army)

Former leadership	Minister for the Navy (1915–1973)

Structure

Elements	Fleet Air Arm Submarine Service Patrol Boat Group Clearance Diving Branch Royal Australian Naval Reserve Australian Hydrographic Service

Fleet bases	HMAS Kuttabul (Fleet Base East) HMAS Stirling (Fleet Base West)

Bases and ships

Honours and awards

Wars, battles
and engagements

1911–1950	World War I (1915–1918) World War II (1931–1945) Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) Korean War (1950–1953)

1950–2000	Vietnam War (1955–1975) Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (1962–1966) International Force for East Timor (1999–2000) Gulf War (1991)

2000–present	War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Iraq War (2003–2009) Military intervention against ISIL (2014–Present)

History

Other

Naval College
Navy memorial
Museum
Australian White Ensign
Ranks
Royal Australian Navy Tridents

Bases of the Royal Australian Navy

Current bases	Fleet Base East Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling) HMAS Albatross HMAS Cairns HMAS Cerberus HMAS Coonawarra HMAS Creswell HMAS Harman HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Moreton 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 Lonsdale HMAS Lusair HMAS Madang HMAS Magnetic HMAS Maitland HMAS Melville HMAS Mindari HMAS Nirimba HMAS Platypus HMAS Rushcutter HMAS Seeadler HMAS Tarangau HMAS Torrens HMAS Waratah

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HMAS Lonsdale (naval base)

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