The name HMAS Kuttabul has been used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for more than one ship or shore establishment. The Royal Australian Navy ( RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. It may be a reference to:
- The depot ship HMAS Kuttabul, a Sydney suburban ferry commissioned into the RAN during World War II, and sunk by a torpedo in the Japanese submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in 1942. A depot ship is a Ship which acts as a mobile or fixed base for other ships and Submarines or supports a Naval base. Sydney Ferries is a state owned corporation of the New South Wales Government providing commuter Ferry services on Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In late May and early June 1942 during World War II, Submarines belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy made a series of attacks on the cities of Sydney Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- The second Kuttabul is the name given to the RAN's facility at Garden Island in Sydney. HMAS Kuttabul is the name given to the administrative training and logistics support centre of the Royal Australian Navy 's Fleet Base East, the main naval Garden Island is an inner-city locality of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
(The Royal Australian Navy follows the Royal Navy's stone frigate custom in naming its shore establishments as if they were ships. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Stone frigate is a nickname for a naval establishment on land )
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