HMAS Kuttabul (naval base)

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HMAS Kuttabul
Part of Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales in Australia
Fleet Base East
Coat of arms of HMAS Kuttabul
HMAS Kuttabul Location in Greater Sydney
Coordinates	33°51′45″S 151°13′36″E / 33.86250°S 151.22667°E / -33.86250; 151.22667
Type	Naval base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy (1856–1911);  Royal Australian Navy (1911–1967);  Royal Australian Navy (1967 – present)
Site history
Built	1856 (1856)
In use	1856 – present
Battles/wars	Attack on Sydney Harbour
Garrison information
Current commander	Captain Viktor Piličić, CSC, RAN [1]
Past commanders	Commander Todd Wilson, RAN

HMAS Kuttabul is a

The base is named for the steam ferry HMAS Kuttabul that was sunk while docked at Garden Island during a Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in 1942.

History

Garden Island itself has been host to a naval base since 1856, when the government of New South Wales suggested giving the area over to the Royal Navy as a base for ships serving on the Australia Station. Following the foundation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911, all naval establishments were given over by the UK to the RAN. However, until 1939, the ownership of Garden Island itself was in dispute, with NSW claiming it as its property. This was solved when the Australian government initially requisitioned the island (together with the naval base) under emergency wartime powers. The government then purchased Garden Island from NSW for £638,000 in 1945.

The Garden Island facility houses the Captain Cook Graving Dock which was, at the time of construction during World War II, the largest

From its foundation until the establishment of the Two Ocean Policy and commissioning of HMAS Stirling in 1978, Kuttabul was the RAN's main naval base. With the establishment of two main bases, Kuttabul and Garden Island took on the additional designation of Fleet Base East.

Facilities and operational units

Although Kuttabul is the main administrative part of Fleet Base East, Fleet Base East is also responsible for the Mine Counter Measures forces of the RAN stationed on the east coast. These are based at HMAS Waterhen.

Ships stationed

Gallery

• 
  HMAS Tobruk alongside at Fleet Base East in 2013
• 
  RSS Endeavour visiting Garden Island during the International Fleet Review 2013
• 
  Captain Cook Dock, Garden Island

See also

• List of Royal Australian Navy bases
• Naval Base Sydney

References

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