HMAS Waterhen (naval Base)

HMAS Waterhen (naval Base)

Coordinates: 33°50′28″S 151°11′40″E / 33.84111°S 151.19444°E / -33.84111; 151.19444 HMAS Waterhen is a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), located in Waverton, Sydney. 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.