HMAS ''Encounter'' is a
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...
(RAN)
naval base
A naval base, navy base, or military port is a military base, where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or need to restock. Ships may also undergo repairs. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that usu ...
located in
Birkenhead, South Australia. Initially in operation between 1965 and 1994,
the base was recommissioned by Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral
Michael Noonan, on 28 May 2022.
Formerly HMAS ''Torrens''
commissioned in August 1940 before being commissioned as HMAS ''Encounter'' in 1965.
With the base closure in June 1994, a Navy Support Office South Australia, later Navy Headquarters-SA (NHQ-SA) was established in
Keswick Barracks. As a result of the growing importance of South Australian shipbuilding and the growth in RAN personnel in South Australia, HMAS ''Encounter'' was recommissioned in May 2022 with initial accommodation at Keswick Barracks and to be relocated to accommodation in
Osborne, South Australia
Osborne is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Lefevre Peninsula in the west of Adelaide about north-west of the Adelaide city centre.
Description
Osborne is bounded to the south by the suburb of Taperoo, South ...
at a later time.
See also
*
Encounter (disambiguation)
References
External links
NHQ South AustraliaHMAS Encounter (I)
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Encounter
1994 disestablishments in Australia
1939 establishments in Australia
Military units and formations established in 1939
Lefevre Peninsula