Three ships and two shore installations of the

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have been named HMAS ''Penguin'' after the aquatic, flightless bird: * , a composite sloop originally commissioned by the

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, before being transferred to the RAN in 1913 as a depot ship * HMAS ''Penguin'', a second-class protected cruiser, , was renamed ''Penguin'' in 1923 when it was converted to accommodations * HMAS ''Penguin'', a submarine

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HMS ''Platypus'' built for the Royal Navy before being transferred to the RAN as in 1919 and renamed ''Penguin'' in 1929. The ship was renamed ''Platypus'' in 1941. * HMAS ''Penguin'', the Royal Australian Navy's primary naval base on the east coast of Australia, located on Garden Island in Sydney, was known as HMAS ''Penguin'' until it was renamed in January 1943. * , one of the RAN's major training establishments, is located in Balmoral, New South Wales. Three other bases were established as subordinate to the Garden Island base. These were also given the name HMAS ''Penguin'', but with a Roman numeral suffix added: * HMAS ''Penguin II'', naval base at Balmoral, New South Wales, until renamed in January 1943 * HMAS ''Penguin III'', a Naval depot in Newcastle, which was subsequently commissioned as on 1 August 1940 * HMAS ''Penguin IV'', a Naval depot in Darwin, was commissioned in September 1939, and subsequently commissioned as on 1 August 1940

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