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Waverton, Australia
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Waterhen Dr, Waverton NSW 2060, Australia
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S33° 50' 28" E151° 11' 40"
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HMAS Waterhen is a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), located in Waverton, Sydney. Constructed on the site of a quarry used to expand Garden Island in the 1930s, the location was used during World War II as a boom net maintenance and storage area. In 1962, the area was commissioned as a base of the RAN, and became home to the RAN's mine warfare forces. Waterhen was the first small-ship base established by the RAN, and from 1969 to 1979 was also responsible for the RAN's patrol boat forces.