Henderson Naval Base

Henderson Naval Base
Jervoise Bay, south of Woodman Point, Western Australia in Australia
Jervoise Bay Boat Harbour in 2019, proposed location of the Henderson Naval Base
Map
Approximate location of the Henderson Naval Base Camp
Coordinates32°08′36″S 115°45′30″E / 32.143258°S 115.758450°E / -32.143258; 115.758450 (Jervoise Bay)
Site information
OwnerMinister for Defence
OperatorRoyal Australian Navy
Site history
Built1913 (1913)−1920 (1920)
In useNever completed

Henderson Naval Base was a proposed and partially built naval base of the Royal Australian Navy south of Fremantle, Western Australia in what is now the suburbs of Naval Base and Henderson. Planned in 1911, construction of the base commenced in 1913 but was abandoned during World War I and cancelled in 1920.

Temporary naval facilities subsequently existed in the state during World War II but a permanent facility was not established until 1978, when HMAS Stirling was commissioned.