HMAS Carpentaria | |
Location: | Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland |
Country: | Australia |
Type: | Naval base |
Pushpin Map: | Queensland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location off the coast of Queensland |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
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]