Photographs Of The Byford Armament Depot, And Preston Point Torpedo Depot, Western Australia.

Summary

During 1941-1942 a torpedo depot was constructed at Preston Point (near Fremantle) to provide torpedo maintenance facilities for allied submarines and gunnery training for the RAN. Later, the depot became HMAS Leeuwin, a junior recruit training school. In 1942-43 an armament depot was established at Byford that was subsequently expanded to cater for mines and gunnery equipment. The site was probably chosen because it was sufficiently far from the coast to be safe from seaborne attack, and because rail access was available.