HMAS Carpentaria

HMAS *Carpentaria*
HMAS Carpentaria
Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland in Australia
Site information
Type	Naval base
Operator	Royal Australian Navy
Location
	HMAS Carpentaria Location off the coast of Queensland
Coordinates	10°34′44″S142°13′12″E / 10.57889°S 142.22000°E
Site history
Fate	Decommissioned ;

Last updated August 12, 2025

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]

References

↑ "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. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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[1] "How R.A.N Establishments Grew With Fleet". The Sydney Morning Herald . 6 September 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

[2] "RMS Operations by the RAN in the Pacific – World War II". Navy History. Naval Historical Society of Australia. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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HMAS Carpentaria

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