HMAS Platypus (naval base)

HMAS Platypus
North Sydney and Neutral Bay, Sydney,
New South Wales in Australia
HMAS Platypus is located in Sydney
HMAS Platypus
HMAS Platypus
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates33°50′35″S 151°13′02″E / 33.842966°S 151.217182°E / -33.842966; 151.217182
TypeSubmarine base
Site information
Owner
Operator Royal Australian Navy (1967– 1999)
Open to
the public
Since May 2018
Site history
In use18 August 1967 (1967-08-18)– 14 May 1999 (1999-05-14)
Fate
  • Decommissioned;
  • After remediation and refurbishment, open to the public since May 2018
Garrison information
GarrisonRoyal Australian Navy Submarine Service
Occupants
  • Australian Fourth Submarine Squadron
  • RAN Torpedo Maintenance Establishment

HMAS Platypus is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) submarine base, located at 118 High Street, North Sydney with moorings in Neutral Bay, a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It was located upon the site of the Royal Australian Navy Torpedo Maintenance Establishment (RANTME), it built on the site of the former North Sydney Gas Works that operated on the site from 1877 and resumed by the Commonwealth in 1942.[1] The Fleet Intermediate Maintenance Activity (FIMA) Workshops building on the site was originally used for torpedo assembly and storage during World War 2. It was later modified for submarine maintenance and repair, with a steel tower added to the northern end of the building for testing, cleaning and maintenance of periscopes.

  1. ^ "State Heritage Inventory". 22 October 2019.