Former Submarine Base Platypus

In this episode we welcome Commander Michael Miller to the series to discuss the decorated history of former submarine base Platypus. Host of Run Ashore, Mark Cooper and Michael explore the history of former submarine base Platypus, its importance to the Royal Australian Navy and why it's location is significant. Three key facts from this episode: Platypus was built as a dedicated submarine support base. She is named in honour of the first HMAS Platypus - which was a submarine depot ship. With six submarines situated at the base, each submarine had a crew of around 70 personnel. At its peak, it is believe the base had close to a thousand people working on it. The base was formally decommissioned in 1999 and is now open for an array of public use. "Platypus was unique in that it was built to support those particular class of submarines... So with many of our bases, when the capability which it originally supported is moved on, we will reroll and redevelop that base. Platypus, we chose not to do that and I think it now serves as a particular piece of our history and preserved as memory of the history of our submarine squadron." - Michael Miller To find out more information about Bravery Trust: https://www.braverytrust.org.au/ To donate to/ participate in this years Trek: https://braverytrek.com.au/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.