HMAS Basilisk is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore naval base, located in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
| HMAS Basilisk | |
|---|---|
| Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea | |
.jpg) Aerial Photo of HMAS Basilisk | |
| Type | Naval base |
| Site information | |
| Operator |  Royal Australian Navy (1943-1967); Royal Australian Navy (1967-1983) |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1 January 1943 – 17 December 1945; 14 November 1974 – 1983; |
| Fate | |
History
editThe first RAN naval base in Papua New Guinea, the base was commissioned on 1 January 1943 under the command of Commander R.B.A. Hunt RAN, who was previously the Naval Officer in Charge Port Moresby.[1][2] Hunt was the hydrographic surveyor who had surveyed Port Moresby.[3]
Basilisk was paid off on 17 December 1945.
HMAS Basilisk was re-commissioned under CMDR P. Paffard, RAN on 14 November 1974 to provide administrative support for RAN personnel serving with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.[4]
The naval base was finally decommissioned in 1983.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Australia in the war of 1939-1945. Australian War Memorial. 1952. p. 268.
- ^ Walker, Allan Seymour (1961). Medical services of the R. A. N. and R. A. A. F. Australian War Memorial. p. 46.
- ^ Sinclair, James Patrick (1988). Last frontiers: the explorations of Ivan Champion of Papua: a record of geographical exploration in Australia's Territory of Papua between 1926 and 1940. Queensland: Pacific Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-87515-000-0.
- ^ Department of Defence (1976). An outline of Australian naval history. Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 77.
