{{DISPLAYTITLE:HMAS ''Carpentaria''}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox military installation | name = HMAS ''Carpentaria'' | ensign = | ensign_size = | native_name = | partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site --> | location = Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland | nearest_town = <!-- used in military test site infobox --> | country = Australia | image = | alt = | caption = | image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields --> | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = Naval base | coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|10|34|44|S|142|13|12|E|display=inline,title}}}}<!-- {{Coord}} --> | gridref = | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Queensland | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location off the coast of Queensland | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = | ownership = <!-- government department such as the MoD or the United States DoD --> | operator = {{navy|Australia|1913}}<!-- where different from ownership such as the RAF or the USAF --> | controlledby = <!-- such as RAF Bomber Command or the Eighth Air Force --> | open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc --> | site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities - radar types etc --> | site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc --> | code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US --> | built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} --> | used = <!--{{End date|1946}} --> | builder = | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs --> | fate = {{unbulleted list|Decommissioned}}<!--changed from demolished parameter--> | condition = | battles = | events = | current_commander = <!-- current commander --> | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group --> | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | website = | footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code --> }}
'''HMAS ''Carpentaria''''' is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base that was located on Thursday Island, part of the Torres Strait Islands in Queensland, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27920546|title=How R.A.N Establishments Grew With Fleet|work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 September 1945 |page=2 |accessdate=9 September 2011}}</ref> As of May 1945, three of the twenty Australian Rendering Mines Safe (RMS) personnel were located at ''Carpentaria''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navyhistory.org.au/rms-operations-by-the-ran-in-the-pacific-world-war-ii/ |title=RMS Operations by the RAN in the Pacific – World War II |work=Navy History |publisher=Naval Historical Society of Australia |date= 10 June 2010|page= |accessdate=7 August 2017 }}</ref>
==See also== *List of former Royal Australian Navy bases
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpentaria}} Carpentaria Carpentaria Carpentaria Category:Buildings and structures in Far North Queensland Category:Military installations established in 1945 Category:Military installations closed in 1946