The ship will be open every day from 11am to 4pm, Monday 28
Dec 2020 to Sunday 17 Jan 2021, then will resume normal weekend and public holiday hours.
We have a COVIDSafe plan in place and ask all our visitors to wear masks and practice social distancing. We would also prefer to receive payments by card if possible.
WELCOME TO HMAS CASTLEMAINE
WWII veteran and the last Bathurst Class corvette still afloat
Visit us and and see how crews lived and worked during wartime, witness the original engines turning over, and experience Australian maritime history in our Museum. HMAS Castlemaine is owned, preserved and operated by the Maritime Trust of Australia, a totally volunteer run organisation, and has been restored and maintained by those volunteers since 1974. The ship is afloat at Gem Pier, Williamstown, close to cafes, playgrounds, galleries and Seaworks Maritime Precinct.
Opening Hours
HMAS Castlemaine is open from 11am to 4pm on weekends and public holidays, apart from days of extreme heat (over 36°C).Entry Fees
Adults $8, Children 4-16 yrs $4, Families (two adults & two children) $20. Children under 4 yrs free. All profits go towards the ship.New Book on Corvettes
A beautiful new book, The ABC of Royal Australian Navy Corvettes by Able
Seaman Libby Pearce, is now available for sale on the ship for $15.00.
Hardback pictorial history of all the Bathurst class corvettes, 142 pages and
22x30cm size.
