Fleet Base East

Fleet Base East
Part of  Royal Australian Navy
Near Sydney, New South Wales in Australia
Garden Island, a major part of Fleet Base East
Fleet Base East Location in Greater Sydney
Coordinates	33°51′50″S 151°13′31″E / 33.86389°S 151.22528°E / -33.86389; 151.22528
Type	Major fleet base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy (1788–1911);  Royal Australian Navy (1911–1967);  Royal Australian Navy (1967 – present)
Constituent bases and facilities	HMAS Kuttabul Garden Island dockyard HMAS Waterhen
Site history
In use	Various bases and units (1788 - 1987) Fleet Base East (1987 – present)

Fleet Base East is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) major fleet base that comprises several naval establishments and facilities clustered around Sydney Harbour, centred on HMAS Kuttabul. Fleet Base East extends beyond the borders of Kuttabul and includes the commercially-operated dockyard at Garden Island, and adjacent wharf facilities at nearby Woolloomooloo, east of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia.^[1] Fleet Base East is one of two major facilities of the RAN, the other facility being Fleet Base West. The fleet operates in the Pacific Ocean.

Confusingly, naval personnel often use the term Fleet Base East to mean the naval wharves at Garden Island where ships assigned to the Fleet Base usually berth but the official designation includes several other bases and facilities as well.