HMAS_Encounter_(naval_base)

HMAS <i>Encounter</i> (naval base)

HMAS Encounter (naval base)

Naval depot of the Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Encounter is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) naval base located in Birkenhead, South Australia. Initially in operation between 1965 and 1994,[1] the base was recomissioned by Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, on 28 May 2022.

For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Encounter and HMAS Torrens.

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Formerly HMAS Torrens commissioned in August 1940 before being commissioned as HMAS Encounter in 1965.

With the base closure in June 1994, a Navy Support Office South Australia, later Navy Headquarters-SA (NHQ-SA) was established in Keswick Barracks. As a result of the growing importance of South Australian shipbuilding and the growth in RAN personnel in South Australia, HMAS Encounter was recommissioned in May 2022 with initial accommodation at Keswick Barracks and to be relocated to accommodation in Osborne, South Australia at a later time.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "HMAS Encounter – Decommissioning at Port Adelaide". Naval Historical Review. Naval Historical Society of Australia. June 1994. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. [2]
    Macdonald, Anna (31 May 2022). "Navy establishment recommissioned in South Australia". The Mandarin.
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