HMAS Kuttabul

HMAS Kuttabul HMAS Kuttabul, includes the Garden Island Precinct.

Home to more than half the major fleet units, it's the principal mounting, sustainment and administrative support base enabling the ex*****on of maritime lethality in defence of Australia.

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Melbourne II illuminated alongside in 1964 ⚓️HMAS Melbourne was one of 6 Majestic class ligh...
31/05/2026

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Melbourne II illuminated alongside in 1964 ⚓️

HMAS Melbourne was one of 6 Majestic class light fleet aircraft carriers. It laid down for the Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Majestic on 15 April 1943 and launched in 1945.

In 1946 the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) wanted to establish a naval Fleet Air Arm (FAA). On 3 June 1947 the Australian Government approved the purchase of 2 aircraft carriers.

On the night of 31 May 1942, 3 Japanese miniature submarines launched an attack on Sydney Harbour. At around 12.30 am on...
30/05/2026

On the night of 31 May 1942, 3 Japanese miniature submarines launched an attack on Sydney Harbour. At around 12.30 am on 1 June, the submarine M-24 fired one of its torpedos at the American heavy cruiser, USS Chicago, but missed its intended target.

It exploded on impact beneath the RAN depot ship HMAS Kuttabul. Kuttabul sank immediately, and 21 Allied naval ratings – 19 Australian and 2 British – were killed.

To this day HMAS Kuttabul, also known as Fleet Base East, holds the legacy of the lost vessel and regularly hosts Japanese visitors to honour all those lost that night.

Lest we forget 🫡

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Hobart (II) sails into HMAS Kuttabul (Fleet Base East)⚓During the Vietnam War, Hobart served...
24/05/2026

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Hobart (II) sails into HMAS Kuttabul (Fleet Base East)⚓

During the Vietnam War, Hobart served as part of the US Seventh Fleet, participating in Operation SEA DRAGON and serving on the gunline providing naval gunfire support (NGFS) and harassment and interdiction (H & I) fire.

Hobart’s legacy lives on with HMAS Hobart III ! 🫡

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Brisbane (II) sails into HMAS Kuttabul for her decommissioning ceremony ⚓HMAS Brisbane (II) ...
17/05/2026

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Brisbane (II) sails into HMAS Kuttabul for her decommissioning ceremony ⚓

HMAS Brisbane (II) was the 3rd of 3 Perth class (improved Charles F Adams class) guided missile destroyers (DDG) built in the United States (US) for the Royal Australia Navy (RAN). Ships of the same class were HMA Ships Perth (II) and Hobart (II).

HMAS Brisbane III carries on the legacy of HMAS Brisbane (II), and was the second of the 3 Hobart Class Destroyers currently in service. 🫡

🇯🇵 Visitors from abroad! 🇦🇺Earlier this month, HMAS Kuttabul welcomed JS Kumano, a Japanese Self-Defence Force Mogami-cl...
14/05/2026

🇯🇵 Visitors from abroad! 🇦🇺

Earlier this month, HMAS Kuttabul welcomed JS Kumano, a Japanese Self-Defence Force Mogami-class frigate, to Sydney Harbour.

JS Kumano and the RAN exchanged ceremonial gun salutes as the ship sailed into the Harbour! 🫡

JS Kumano was in Australia as part of ASWEX, the Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise 2026, and the Kakadu Fleet Review.

The Royal Australian Navy will be receiving a number of Upgraded Mogami-class frigates, with the first 3 frigates will be operational by 2034.

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Perth (II), a Perth (Modified Charles F Adams) Class, sitting in the Captain Cook Graving Do...
10/05/2026

Pic(k) of the week 📸 – HMAS Perth (II), a Perth (Modified Charles F Adams) Class, sitting in the Captain Cook Graving Dock in late 1979. ⚓

Following her commissioning at Boston, Massachusetts, Perth (II) spent eight months in American waters conducting trials and exercises. On 12 February 1966 she sailed for Australia arriving at Perth, WA on 4 March where she was granted Freedom of Entry to the city.

Nowadays the name HMAS Perth lives on with HMAS Perth III ! 🫡

Did you know that 15 years ago, one of the largest and most extravagant ocean liners ever built, visited HMAS Kuttabul!M...
06/05/2026

Did you know that 15 years ago, one of the largest and most extravagant ocean liners ever built, visited HMAS Kuttabul!

Members of the ADF and war veterans joined hands on the Queen Mary 2, while she was berthed alongside Kuttabul, to commemorate the role of the Queen Mary as a troop-ship in WWII. The ceremony involved 40 WWII Diggers, more than 30 sailors from Kuttabul, who marked a historic moment in time on the deck.

Pic(k) of the week 📸 - International Fleet Review 2013Flashback 13 years ago when, during the International Fleet Review...
03/05/2026

Pic(k) of the week 📸 - International Fleet Review 2013

Flashback 13 years ago when, during the International Fleet Review held between 3rd-11th October 2013, Australian and foreign warships opened up to the general public at Fleet Base East, Garden Island and Barangaroo to gain an insight into how the ships company work and live while away.

A week ago members from HMAS Kuttabul were throughout Sydney to commemorate Anzac Day 🫡Whether it was at the dawn servic...
01/05/2026

A week ago members from HMAS Kuttabul were throughout Sydney to commemorate Anzac Day 🫡

Whether it was at the dawn service, the street march or the NRL Anzac Day match between the Sydney Roosters and St George Illawarra Dragons at Allianz Stadium!

Thank you to everyone, especially the serving members, veterans, family members who came out to support the Defence Force.

Lest we forget

Welcome home HMAS Warramunga (II) great to see everyone back! BZ 🫡
01/05/2026

Welcome home HMAS Warramunga (II) great to see everyone back! BZ 🫡

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HMAS Kuttabul, 18 Wylde Street
Potts Point, NSW
2011

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