HMAS Carpentaria explained

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
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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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: How R.A.N Establishments Grew With Fleet. . 6 September 1945 . 2 . 9 September 2011.
  2. Web site: RMS Operations by the RAN in the Pacific – World War II . Navy History . Naval Historical Society of Australia . 7 August 2017 .