HMAS Lonsdale was located at the suburb southwest of what part of Melbourne?
HMAS Lonsdale (naval base) HMAS "Lonsdale" is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) training base that was located at Beach Street, Port Melbourne , Victoria, Australia. Originally named "Cerberus III", the Naval Reserve Base was commissioned as HMAS "Lonsdale" on 1 August 1940 during the Second World War.
Port Phillip Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay), is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne. Geographically, the bay covers 1930 km2 and the shore stretches roughly 264 km . Although it is extremely shallow for its size, most of the bay is navigable. The deepest portion is only 24 m , and half the region is shallower than 8 m . The volume of the water in the bay is around 25 km3 .