HMAS ''Lonsdale'' is a former

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(RAN)

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that was located at Beach Street, ,

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, Australia. Originally named ''Cerberus III'', the Naval Reserve Base was commissioned as HMAS ''Lonsdale'' on 1 August 1940 during

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. ''Lonsdale'' was decommissioned in 1992, and the site now houses a luxury

apartment An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), tenement (Scots English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that ...

complex known as HM@S Lonsdale, designed by

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