HMAS Basilisk
Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea
Aerial Photo of HMAS Basilisk
TypeNaval base
Site information
Operator Royal Australian Navy (1943-1967); Royal Australian Navy (1967-1983)
Site history
In use1 January 1943 (1943-01-01) – 17 December 1945 (1945-12-17);
14 November 1974 (1974-11-14) – 1983 (1983);
Fate

HMAS Basilisk is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore naval base, located in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

History

The 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

References

  1. ↑ Australia in the war of 1939-1945. Australian War Memorial. 1952. p. 268.
  2. ↑ Walker, Allan Seymour (1961). Medical services of the R. A. N. and R. A. A. F. Australian War Memorial. p. 46.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Department of Defence (1976). An outline of Australian naval history. Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 77.
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