| HMAS Basilisk | |
| Location: | Port Moresby |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Type: | Naval base |
| Operator: | (1943-1967); (1967-1983) |
| Used: | ; ; |
HMAS Basilisk is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore naval base, located in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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.