HMAS Lonsdale (naval base)

HMAS Lonsdale
Port Melbourne, Victoria in Australia
Sailors at HMAS Lonsdale celebrate VE Day, May 1945.
HMAS Lonsdale Location of the former base in Victoria
Coordinates	37°49′26″S 144°54′40″E / 37.82389°S 144.91111°E / -37.82389; 144.91111Coordinates: 37°49′26″S 144°54′40″E / 37.82389°S 144.91111°E / -37.82389; 144.91111
Type	Naval training base
Site information
Operator	Royal Australian Navy
Site history
In use	1 August 1940 (1940-08-01) – 1992 (1992)
Fate	Decommissioned; Now a luxury apartment complex

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.

Lonsdale was decommissioned in 1992, and the site now houses a luxury apartment complex known as HM@S Lonsdale, designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects.