HMAS Carpentaria
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| HMAS Carpentaria | |
|---|---|
| Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland in Australia | |
HMAS Carpentaria is located in Queensland HMAS Carpentaria HMAS Carpentaria Location off the coast of Queensland | |
| Coordinates | 10°34′44′′S 142°13′12′′E / 10.57889°S 142.22000°E / -10.57889; 142.22000 |
| Type | Naval base |
| Site information | |
| Operator | Royal Australian Navy |
| Site history | |
| Fate | |
HMAS Carpentaria is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base that was located on Thursday Island, part of the Torres Strait Islands in Queensland, Australia.[1] As of May 1945, three of the twenty Australian Rendering Mines Safe (RMS) personnel were located at Carpentaria.[2]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "How R.A.N Establishments Grew With Fleet". The Sydney Morning Herald . 6 September 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "RMS Operations by the RAN in the Pacific – World War II". Navy History. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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