Sailors at HMAS Lonsdale celebrate VE Day, May 1945
HMAS Lonsdale was a Royal Australian Navy training establishment, located at Beach Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Originally named Cerberus III, the Naval Reserve Base was commissioned as HMAS Lonsdale on 1 August 1940 during the Second World War.
HMAS Lonsdale was closed down in 1992.
Further reading[]
- www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/default/CommunityGovernanceDocuments/HMAS_Lonsdale_article.pdf
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The original article can be found at HMAS Lonsdale (naval base) and the edit history here.