ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
IN AND AROUND AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
DURING WW2
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Victoria Barracks in Melbourne became the Headquarters for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) since its formation in 1911.
Australia was divided into a number of naval zones which more or less ignored each other. The zones were:-
Cin C East Indies to the West of West Australia
NOIC Fremantle
NOIC Port Melbourne
NOIC Hobart
NOIC Sydney
NOIC Brisbane
NOIC Townsville
NOIC Darwin
NOIC New Guinea
Where NOIC stands for Naval Officer in Charge.
Directorate of Naval Communications
SHORE ESTABLISHMENTS
I'd welcome any
information or photos regarding
any of these little known RAN Shore Establishments
| Allied Naval Forces, South-West Pacific Area | Belconnen Naval Wireless Station (Transmitter) | Bonshaw Naval Wireless Station |
| Boom Defence Darwin | Boom Defence
Brisbane - RAN Station 8 (near Lytton or Pinkenba?) (Worked in association with RAN 9) |
Boom Defence Depot Pinkenba, Brisbane |
| Boom Defence Sydney | Colmslie Fairmile Base, Colmslie, Brisbane | HMAS Assault, Port Stephens |
| HMAS Cerberus, Flinders | HMAS Huon, Hobart | HMAS Harman, Canberra |
| HMAS Kuttabul, Garden Island, Sydney | HMAS Leeuwin, Fremantle | HMAS Lonsdale, Melbourne |
| HMAS
Magnetic Townsville, QLD |
HMAS Maitland Naval Depot, Newcastle |
HMAS Melville,
Darwin previously HMAS Penguin IV |
| HMAS Moreton, Naval Depot,
Brisbane (originally named Brisbane) |
HMAS Penguin IV Darwin Renamed HMAS Melville |
HMAS Penguin, Balmoral, Sydney |
| HMAS Torrens - Naval Depot and Headquarters at Port Adelaide, SA | ||
| HMAS Rushcutter Naval Depot, Edgecliff, Rushcutter's Bay, NSW | HMAS
Watson South Head, Sydney, NSW |
HMAS Coonawarra, W/T and D/F Station (Darwin) |
| Intercept Station
- HMAS Harman (Canberra) Harman Naval Wireless Station (Receiving) Built 1938-39 |
Intercept Station - HMAS Ringwood (Melbourne?) | Molonglo Naval Wireless Station |
| Port War Signal Station, Nelson Head, Port Stephens? |
RAN Naval Stores Depots Ward Motors Premises, Wickham Street, Valley |
RAN Station 1 Port War Signal Station, Caloundra, QLD |
| RAN Station 2 Controlled Mining Station Bribie Island, QLD |
RAN Station 3 Controlled Mining Station, Cowan, QLD |
RAN Station 4 Indicator Loop & Harbour Defence Asdic Station, Bribie Island, QLD |
| RAN Station 5 Combined Training Centre (Naval Wing), Toorbul, QLD |
RAN Station 6 Fairmile Advanced Operating Base, Bribie Island, QLD |
RAN Station 7 Comboyuro Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, QLD |
| RAN Station 8 Boom Defence Facility near Lytton, Brisbane, QLD |
RAN Station 9 Indicator Loop Station Pinkenba (at Myrtletown), Brisbane, QLD |
RAN Station 10 Controlled Mining Base near Pinkenba, QLD |
| RAN
Station 21 Port War Signal Station, Magnetic Island, QLD |
RAN Station 22 Port War Signal Station Townsville, QLD |
RAN Station 24 Harbour Signal Station, Townsville, QLD |
| RAN Station 42 War Signal Station, Fitzroy Island, QLD |
RAN Station 44 Controlled Mining Station Cairns, QLD | RAN Station 45 Boom Defence Depot Cairns, QLD |
| RAN Station 47 NAP Base Cairns, QLD |
RAN Station 50 Port War Signal Station Cairns, QLD |
RAN Station 101 Port War Signal Station Port Darwin, NT |
| RAN Station 102 Extended Defence Officer, Port Darwin, NT |
RAN Station 141 Port War Signal Station Rottnest Island, WA |
RAN Station 142 Indicator Loop Control Station, Swanbourne, WA |
| RAN Station 143 Port Radar Base, Fremantle, WA |
RAN Station 144 D/F Station, Jandakot, WA |
RAN Station 145 initially Mine Depot, then RAN Armament Depot, Byford, WA |
| RAN Station 161 Boom Defence Section, Albany, WA |
RAN Station 181 Port War Signal Station, Outer Harbour, Adelaide, SA |
RAN Station 182 War Signal Station, Neptune Island, SA |
| RAN Station 221 Port War Signal Station, South Arm, Hobart, TAS |
RAN Station 222 Tasmanian Coast Watching Organisation |
RAN Station 223 Coast Watching Organisation, Bruny Island, Tas |
| RAN Station 241 Extended Defence Officer, Queenscliff, VIC |
RAN Station 242 Port War Signal Station, Point Lonsdale, VIC |
RAN Station 243 Examination Service Organisation, Queenscliff, VIC |
| RAN Station 244 Harbour Patrol Boat Base, Queenscliff, VIC |
RAN Station 245 Indicator Loop Control Hut, Port Franklin, VIC |
RAN Station 261 NOIC Port Kembla, NSW |
| RAN Station 262 Examination Service Organisation, Port Kembla, NSW |
RAN Station 263 Boom Defence Organisation, Port Kembla, NSW |
RAN Station 264 NAP Organisation, Port Kembla, NSW |
| RAN Station 281 Port War Signal Station & RDF School, South Head, Sydney, NSW |
RAN Station 282 Controlled Mining Section, Botany Bay, NSW |
RAN Station 283 Controlled Minefield & Indicator Loop Facility, Juno Head, Hawkesbury River, NSW |
| RAN Station 284 RDF School, South Head, Sydney, NSW |
RAN Station 285 Indicator Loop & Controlled Mining Station, Hungry Beach, Hawkesbury River, NSW |
RAN Station 301 Port War Signal Station, Newcastle, NSW |
| RAN Station 302 Indicator Loop & Controlled Mining Station, Newcastle, NSW |
RAN Station 307 Naval Recognition Personnel and Tubes Crew, Fort Tomaree, Nelson Bay, NSW |
RAN
Wireless Station Stanton Hill, Townsville, QLD |
| Royal Edward Victualling Yard Store, Pyrmont, Sydney |
SHIPS THAT SERVED IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
| HMAS Adele | HMAS Bermagui | HMAS Diamantina |
| HMAS Doomba | HMAS Forceful | HMAS Geelong |
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HMAS Gladstone |
HMAS Goulburn |
HMAS Gunbar |
| HMAS Kangaroo | HMAS Kara Kara |
HMAS Kurumba Fleet Tanker |
| HMAS Lithgow | HMAS Mavie | |
| HMAS Narani | HMAS Nizam | HMAS Orara |
| HMAS Paluma | HMAS Patricia Cam | HMAS Swan |
| HMAS Sydney | HMAS Warrnambool | |
| HMAS Vendetta |
more to come!!
Air-Sea Rescue Boats (63 Foot)
Navy Oil Tanks
Edge Hill, Cairns
Defence
of Bathurst and Melville Island
35 Tiwi from Melville Island were
armed and equipped
by the RAN to defend
the islands during WW2
REFERENCE BOOKS
Bleakley, Jack, "The Eavesdroppers - The best kept secret of World War 2"
Gillett, Ross, "Australian & New Zealand Warships 1914 - 1945"
Straczek, J.H., "Royal Australian Navy, A - Z , Ships, Aircraft and Shore Establishments", Navy Public Affairs, Sydney, 1996
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Rex Turner for his assistance with this web page.
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This page first produced 25 April 2001
This page last updated 02 November 2008