HMAS ''Maitland'' is a former
Royal Australian Navy
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(RAN)
shore-based naval depot located in the
Hunter area, behind Horseshoe Beach and Nobby's Beach, in ,
New South Wales
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, Australia.
Facilities
The depot was built alongside an army establishment known as
Camp Shortland. HMAS ''Maitland''was linked to
HMAS ''Kuttabul'', the main naval base in Sydney, and was originally known as HMAS ''Penguin'' (III). The base was renamed HMAS ''Maitland'' on 1 August 1940.
''Maitland'' had three components:
* the
Australian Navy Cadets
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group, Training Ship ''Tobruk'';
*
Newcastle Customs House
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; and
* the military establishment on Shepherd's Hill.
The following ships were associated with ''Maitland'':
* The Group 77 Minesweepers:
HMAS ''Bermagui'',
HMAS ''Uki'', and
HMAS ''Narani''; and
* The examination vessel
HMAS ''Adele''.
''Maitland'' was
decommissioned on 21 September 1946.
[ During her operation, 56 officers and 300 sailors were trained at the facility.
]
See also
* List of former Royal Australian Navy bases
References
External links
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Maitland
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Military establishments in the Hunter Region
Military installations established in 1940
Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
1940 establishments in Australia
1946 disestablishments in Australia
Former military installations in New South Wales