HMAS Waterhen | |
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Part of Fleet Base East | |
Waverton, Sydney, New South Wales in Australia | |
![]() HMAS Waterhen | |
Location in Greater Sydney | |
Coordinates | 33°50′28″S 151°11′40″E / 33.84111°S 151.19444°E |
Type | Naval base |
Site information | |
Owner | Department of Defence |
Operator | ![]() ![]() |
Site history | |
In use | 1943 – present |
Garrison information | |
Current commander | Commander Fiona Eggins, RAN |
Past commanders | Commander David Jones, RAN |
HMAS Waterhen is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base located in Waverton on Sydney's lower north shore, within Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. Constructed on the site of a quarry used to expand Garden Island in the 1930s, the location was used during World War II as a boom net maintenance and storage area. In 1962, the area was commissioned as a base of the RAN, and became home to the RAN's mine warfare forces. Waterhen was the first small-ship base established by the RAN, and from 1969 to 1979 was also responsible for the RAN's patrol boat forces.