Commonwealth Naval Forces

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The Commonwealth Naval Forces were the early unified naval forces of Australia that operated before the establishment of the Royal Australian Navy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval force
allegiance British Empire
Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
associatedWith Australian Federation
early Australian defence policy
commandStructure under overall control of the Australian government
country Australia
dissolvedInto Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED
doctrineBasedOn Royal Navy practices
endTime 1911
early 1910s
equipmentSource Royal Navy NERFINISHED
establishedBy Australian federal government NERFINISHED
Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
establishedUnder Australian federal defence legislation
Defence Act 1903 NERFINISHED
followedBy Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED
garrisonCountry Australia NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance direct institutional predecessor of the Royal Australian Navy
first unified Australian naval force
influencedBy Royal Navy NERFINISHED
legalStatus permanent naval forces of the Commonwealth of Australia
militaryBranch navy
namedAfter Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
navalWarfareBranch surface fleet
operatedIn Australia NERFINISHED
operationalScope Australian coastal waters
nearby regional waters
partOf Australian military forces NERFINISHED
precededBy colonial naval forces of the Australian colonies
primaryMission defence of Australian ports
protection of Australian shipping
reorganizedAs Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED
role coastal protection
maritime defence of Australia
support of British naval operations in the region
serviceBranchOf Australian armed forces NERFINISHED
startTime 1901
early 20th century
status defunct
subordinateTo Australian Department of Defence NERFINISHED
Australian Minister for Defence NERFINISHED
timePeriod pre–World War I era
typeOfOrganization federal military service
usedLanguage English

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RAN precededBy Commonwealth Naval Forces
subject surface form: Royal Australian Navy
First Naval Member of the Board of Admiralty partOf Commonwealth Naval Forces
this entity surface form: Australian Commonwealth Naval Board