HMAS Platypus

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HMAS Platypus was a submarine depot ship and base ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1919 and 1946. Ordered prior to World War I to support the Australian submarines AE1 and AE2, Platypus was not completed until after both submarines had been lost, and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy from 1917 to 1919.

1914-10-14T00:00:00Z
1914-10-14T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1946-05-13T00:00:00Z
1946-05-13T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1956-11-01T00:00:00Z
1956-11-01T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1917-03-21T00:00:00Z
1917-03-21T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1919-03-25T00:00:00Z
1919-03-25T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1916-10-28T00:00:00Z
1916-10-28T00:00:00Z
ship launching
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Platypus (AWM P00444 060)Platypus (AWM P00444 060)
StateLibQld 1 163947 View of the `Platypus` and the `Sydney` at the wharves in Brisbane, Queensland, ca.1924StateLibQld 1 163947 View of the 'Platypus' and the 'Sydney' at the wharves in Brisbane, Queensland, ca.1924
Aerial photograph of HMAS Platypus Jan 1945 AWM 301182Aerial photograph of HMAS Platypus Jan 1945 AWM 301182
HMAS Platypus by Allan Green SLV H91.108 1393HMAS Platypus by Allan Green SLV H91.108 1393