Navy & Sydney Harbour A Symbiotic Relationship Commander Shane Moore, CSM, RAN Director Naval Heritage Collection
Jan 29, 2016
Navy & Sydney Harbour
A Symbiotic Relationship
Commander Shane Moore, CSM, RANDirector
Naval Heritage Collection
Overview
Themed approach
The Harbour
The Navy
Shore Facilities
Today & Tomorrow
The Harbour
Geography
Capability
Development
Two Centuries of Navy
RN Australian Squadron.
Creation of the RAN.
In Peace & War.
Changing use.
A Safe Harbour
Shore Facilities- Spectacle Island
Armaments Depot 1865.
Longest continuously serving naval base in Australia.
Armaments work ceased in 1979 on the Island.
Now the Main Repository for the Naval Heritage Collection.
Shore Facilities – Garden Island
Originally a mooring area only.
Naval base built 1800 – 1895.
On-going infrastructure additions until present day.
Now includes Fleet Base -East.
Shore Facilities – Captain Cook Graving Dock
Build by the MSB 1941 – 1945.
Still the largest of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.
Repair & Maintenance only.
A strategic asset.
Shore Facilities – Navy Establishments
HMAS Rushcutter – 1940 – 1968
HMAS Kuttabul - 1943
HMAS Penguin - 1943
HMAS Watson - 1945
HMAS Waterhen – 1962
HMAS Platypus – 1967 - 1999
Shore Facilities - Dockyards
Cockatoo Island Dockyard.
Woolwich Dockyard.
Morts Dockyard.
No large ship building dockyard remains in the Harbour.
Shore Facilities – Fuel & Moorings
Chowder Bay
Athol Bight
De-Gausing Range
A Notable Heritage
Today & Tomorrow
Navy & the Harbour today.
Losses & Gains.
Garden Island re-development.
What comes next?
Summary
Sydney Harbour is part of Navy’s DNA.
Since white settlement the harbour has been central to the maritime defence of Australia.
The harbour is no longer the great sea-port it once was.
Navy’s need for the harbour has not degraded.
The future may bring significant changes.
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