HMAS Maitland is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) shore-based naval depot[1] located in Newcastle, New South Wales behind Horseshoe Beach and Nobbys Beach.

The depot was built alongside an army establishment known as Camp Shortland.

HMAS Maitlandwas linked to HMAS Kuttabul, the main naval base in Sydney, and was originally known as HMAS Penguin (III).

[citation needed] The base was renamed HMAS Maitland on 1 August 1940.

[2] During her operation, 56 officers and 300 sailors were trained at the facility.