HMAS Penguin

HMAS Penguin

Three ships and three shore installations of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS "Penguin" after the aquatic, flightless bird:

* HMS "Penguin" (1877) - A composite sloop originally commissioned by the Royal Navy, before being transferred to the RAN in 1913 as a depot ship.
* HMAS "Encounter" - A second-class protected cruiser that was renamed "Penguin" in 1923 when it was converted to accommodations.
* HMAS "Platypus" (1917) - A submarine depot ship built for the Royal Navy before transferring to the RAN as HMAS "Platypus" in 1919 and renamed "Penguin" in 1929. The ship was renamed "Platypus" in 1941.
* HMAS "Melville" (naval base) - Name given to the Naval depot in Darwin at the outbreak of World War II, which was subsequently formally commissioned as HMAS "Melville" on August 1, 1940.
* HMAS "Kuttabul" (naval base) - Name given to the RAN's main naval base in Sydney, until it was renamed "Kuttabal" in 1943.
* HMAS "Penguin" (naval base) - One of the RAN's major training establishments, located in Balmoral, New South Wales.


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