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| | HMAS Stirling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | HMAS Stirling (32°13′33″S, 115°41′24″E) is the name given to the administrative centre of the Royal Australian Navy's main naval base on the west coast (Fleet Base West), located on Garden Island just off the Western Australian coast near the city of Perth. |
 | | The name HMAS Stirling was selected to honour Captain James Stirling, Royal Navy, the naval officer who landed on Garden Island in 1827 and returned in June, 1829 to found the first European settlement in Western Australia. |
 | | The first major unit to call Fleet Base West home was HMAS Stuart (F 21/DE 48), having first been assigned to Stirling in 1984 for several years and, after refitting in the east, again in 1988 until decommisioning in 1991. |
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