HMAS Platypus

HMAS Platypus

Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS "Platypus":
*"Platypus" was a submarine depot ship built for the Royal Navy as "Penguin" in 1917, transferred to the RAN in 1919 and scrapped in 1958.
*"Platypus" was a submarine shore base on Sydney Harbour between 1967 and 1999.


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