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===Fleet=== The Royal Australian Navy consists of over 50 commissioned vessels and over 16,000 personnel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.gov.au/fleet|title=The Fleet|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116163923/http://www.navy.gov.au/fleet|url-status=live}}</ref> Ships commissioned into the RAN are given the prefix HMAS ([[Her Majesty's Australian Ship|His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship]]).<ref>Frame 2004, p. 96.</ref> The RAN has two primary bases for its fleet: the first, [[Fleet Base East]], is located at {{HMAS|Kuttabul|naval base|6}}, Sydney and the second, [[Fleet Base West]], is located at {{HMAS|Stirling}}, near Perth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/fleet-base-east|title=Fleet Base East|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2014|archive-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327064042/https://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/fleet-base-east|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/fleet-base-west|title=Fleet Base West|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2014|archive-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316154724/https://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/fleet-base-west|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, three other bases are home to the majority of the RAN's minor war vessels: {{HMAS|Cairns|naval base|6}}, in Cairns, {{HMAS|Coonawarra}}, in Darwin, and {{HMAS|Waterhen|naval base|6}}, in Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/hmas-cairns|title=HMAS Cairns|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2014|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403210718/https://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/hmas-cairns|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/hmas-coonawarra|title=HMAS Coonawarra|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2014|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413115533/https://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/hmas-coonawarra|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/hmas-waterhen|title=HMAS Waterhen|publisher=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=31 August 2014|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413172054/https://www.navy.gov.au/establishments/hmas-waterhen|url-status=live}}</ref>
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