HMAS ''Lonsdale'' is a former

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(RAN) training base that was located at Beach Street, ,

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, Australia. Originally named ''Cerberus III'', the Naval Reserve Base was commissioned as HMAS ''Lonsdale'' on 1 August 1940 during the

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. ''Lonsdale'' was decommissioned in 1992, and the site now houses a luxury

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complex known as HM@S Lonsdale, designed by

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