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| designation1 = Commonwealth Heritage List
| designation1_offname = Rigging Shed and Chapel, Riggers La, Garden Island, NSW, Australia
| designation1_type = Historic listed place
| designation1_date = 22 June 2004
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| designation1_number = 105288
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| designation2 = Register of the National Estate
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| designation3 = New South Wales Heritage Register
| designation3_offname = Sydney Harbour Naval Precinct
| designation3_type = State heritage (landscape, built)
| designation3_date = 12 November 2004
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| designation3_number = 5055190
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The '''Garden Island Naval Chapel''' is a heritage-listed [[non-denominational]] [[Christianity|Christian]] [[chapel]] located in the heritage-listed [[Garden Island Naval Precinct]] that comprises a [[naval base]] and [[dockyard]] in the inner eastern [[Sydney]] suburb of [[Garden Island (New South Wales)|Garden Island]] in the [[City of Sydney]] local government area of [[New South Wales]], Australia. 

Housed in a building designed by [[James Barnet]] and built between 1886 and 1887, the chapel was established in 1902 after conversion from the former [[sail loft]] and is the oldest Christian chapel of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN)<ref name=nswshr-1705>{{cite NSW SHR|5055190|Sydney Harbour Naval Precinct|hr=01705|fn=H04/00051|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref> and has [[stained glass window]]s and plaques from that era to the present. The chapel was added to the [[Commonwealth Heritage List]] on 22 June 2004<ref name=AHD-105288>{{cite AHD|105288|Rigging Shed and Chapel, Riggers La, Garden Island, NSW, Australia|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite AHD|2173|Rigging Shed and Chapel, Riggers La, Garden Island, NSW, Australia|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> and the [[New South Wales State Heritage Register]] on 12 November 2004.<ref name=nswshr-1705/>

The building is the oldest on Garden Island, two-storey, built of [[stucco]]ed brick with stone sills, arches and columns. The original loft floor of timber remains, [[caulk]]ed with [[oakum]] and [[bitumen]].

==Setting==
{{main|Garden Island, New South Wales}}
Garden Island is on the southern shore of [[Port Jackson]], the proper name for the harbour at Sydney, Australia. It is second promontory east of the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]].

The [[Royal Navy]] used the island from February 1788, just a month after Australia's colonisation by the [[First Fleet]], as a garden for provisioning first {{HMS|Sirius|1786|6}} and later the fleet based in the port. During the nineteenth century, the island became the support base for the fleet and various buildings were established including houses for senior staff.

The stone and brick Rigging building was built in 1887, on the shoreside shelf at the northern end of the island, in which the chapel was later established. The building bears the dedication "VRI 1887", alluding to its construction during the reign of Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]] ("Victoria Regina Imperatrix"). The building now sits at the north-eastern end of the Captain Cook Dry Dock, which was constructed in the channel between the island and the mainland and connected the island to the mainland shore at [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]]. The building has been restored, including the wrought iron swing cranes adjacent to each major upper doorway which were formerly used to get rigging to and from the upper floor. These doorways in the chapel are now stained glass windows. The main entrance is from the northern side.

==Features==

===Entrance===
The entrance from street level leads to the winding wooden staircase to the main chapel (right) and Chapel of Remembrance (left).

At the entrance are three stained glass windows representing:
* the Royal Australian Navy fleet and [[Battle honour|battle honours]] (around the main entrance doors);
* the [[Women's Royal Australian Naval Service]] (WRANS);
* {{HMAS|Yarra|U77|6}}

On the wall opposite the entrance doors, midway on the stairs, is a map showing the places where RAN Honours have been won, with at each side the current and former [[White Ensign]]s of the RAN.

===Main Chapel===
[[Image:Naval Chapel GI view2.JPG|thumb|right|Naval Chapel at Garden Island, looking to the altar. Boat-shaped pulpit at front-left.]]
The main chapel is on the upper level of the building, accessed by a winding staircase from the main entrance. The layout was formerly with two equal lines of pews, until the modernisation when the Chapel of Remembrance was constructed. At that time the original stairs were removed and a staircase was erected from the new entrance. The Chapel of Remembrance could also be incorporated into the overall design of the space.

The pulpit is shaped like the bow of a boat.

====Colours====
The chapel houses the laid up or decommissioned fleet monarch's [[Colours, standards and guidons#Australia and Canada|colours]] (standards) received by the RAN since its formation in 1911, from:
* [[George V]]
* [[Elizabeth II]] (two colours – pre-1967 and post-1967)
The current fleet colour is held at Fleet Headquarters, [[HMAS Kuttabul]], whilst the location of the colour presented during the reign of King George VI is unknown.

{|
|[[Image:RAN GvR colour.JPG|thumb|left|RAN Colour of George V]]
|[[Image:RAN EiiR colour1.JPG|thumb|left|RAN Colour (first) of Elizabeth II]] 
|[[Image:RAN EiiR colour2.JPG|thumb|left|RAN Colour (second) of Elizabeth II]]
|}

====Windows====
[[Image:Naval Chapel GI Mel-Syd.JPG|thumb|right|Memorial windows for the aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} and the first three warships named [[List of ships named HMAS Sydney|HMAS ''Sydney'']]. Between them is the commemorative plaque for [[Rear Admiral]] Sir [[David Martin (Governor)|David Martin]] [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] [[Order of Australia|AO]] RAN, Governor of New South Wales.]]
[[Image:Bathurst class corvette window.JPG|thumb|right|{{sclass|Bathurst|corvette|1}} window; Alpha and Omega symbols; names of the ships.]]
The main chapel has various stained glass windows, some naturally lit and others in cases with back-lights. This list circles the chapel to the right from the altar.

Right of altar:
* Australian Submarine Flotilla ([[World War I]]): {{HMAS|AE1}} and {{HMAS|AE2}}
Right wall:
* the aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} and the first three warships [[List of ships named HMAS Sydney|named HMAS ''Sydney'']] with adjacent [[baptism]]al font
Back wall & door:
* The {{Sclass|Bathurst|corvette}}s
** The door opens to a balcony with a [[church bell|bell]] to call worshipers
Left side:
* The World War II cruisers [[HMS Shropshire (73)|HMAS ''Shropshire'']] and {{HMAS|Canberra|1927|6}}
* Cruisers and small craft – Australia, Africa, and South Seas; World War I: {{HMAS|Pioneer||6}}, {{HMAS|Encounter|1902|6}}, {{HMAS|Psyche||6}}, {{HMAS|Fantome||6}}, {{HMAS|Protector|1884|6}}, {{HMAS|Una||6}}.
* {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|1||1910}}: {{HMAS|Melbourne|1912|6}} and {{HMAS|Brisbane|1915|6}}
* HM Australian Destroyer Flotilla 1914–1918: HMA Ships {{HMAS|Yarra|D79|2}}, {{HMAS|Parramatta|D55|2}}, {{HMAS|Warrego|D70|2}}, {{HMAS|Huon|D50|2}}, {{HMAS|Swan|D61|2}}, {{HMAS|Torrens|D67|2}}
Behind the pulpit:
* Chaplain Vivian Ward Thompson [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], died 9 January 1943
* Australian Naval Reserve, WWI : [[Royal Australian Naval Reserve|RAN Reserve]] & [[RANVR|RAN Volunteer Reserve]] – "Australia's first losses in the Great War were RANR personnel at Kaba Kaul, [[New Britain]], 11 Sep 1914"
Left of altar
* {{HMAS|Australia|1911|6}}

====Plaques====
Plaques adorn the main Chapel in great number. Several poignant plaques are:
* 1987 plaque by four sons remembering their fathers:
** Fathers: 
*** Captain [[Emile Dechaineux|Emile F.V. Dechaineux]], [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]], RAN (b. 1902, d. of wounds [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], 21 October 1944);  
*** Commander Vincent E. Kennedy, [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], RAN (b. 1901, d. 25 March 1981);
*** Commander William H. Martin, RAN (b. 1903, d. killed in action [[Battle of Sunda Strait]] 28 February 1942);
*** Commander John F. Rayment, [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]], RAN (b. 1900, d. of wounds [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], 21 October 1944) [[Mentioned in Despatches|MID]];
** Sons:
*** Commodore P.G.V Dechaineux, [[Member of the Order of Australia|AM]], RAN
*** Rear Admiral P.G.V. Kennedy, [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]], RAN
*** Rear Admiral D.J. Martin, AO, RAN
*** Commodore M.B. Rayment, AM, RAN
* Reverend Thomas H.D. Morgan BA
** First chaplain to the [[Mission to Seamen]] Australia, 1895–1908
** Chaplain (non-Naval) to the [[Royal Navy|Royal Naval]] Station Garden Island 1900–1908
* Captain Engineer J.W.N Bull, RAN 
** d. 12 December 1956 while serving as general manager, Garden Island Dockyard
* Captain R.G. Parker, [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], RAN (d. 6 July 1985)
** general manager, Garden Island Dockyard 1957–1959
** managing director, [[Cockatoo Island (New South Wales)|Cockatoo Island Dockyard]] 1962–1971
* Tablet, erected by members of the [[NSW Naval Forces]]:
** Surgeon Lieutenant J. Steel
** Able Seamen E. Rose, A.J. Bennet, J. Hamilton
** Privates T.J. Rogers, C.W. Smart
*** late of the NSW Contingent, lost their lives on active service in China 1900–1901 ([[Boxer Rebellion]])
* Captain Francis Dixson, RN
** Founded the NSW Naval Brigade in 1863, which he commanded until 1901
** Raised and commanded the Naval Forces which served in China 1900
* chief petty officerRodney K. Jackson (24 November 1950 – 3 August 1979)
** Lost overboard in [[Bass Strait]]
* William J. Danahay (24 March 1902 – 24 August 1976)
** Born on Garden Island

====Side chapels====
Two side chapels lead off the main chapel, at the right, one each for [[Protestant]] and [[Catholic]] worship. Both have access only from the main Chapel; the Catholic chapel is at the rear, the Protestant near the front. A door connects the two, and also gives access to a small robing room that is shared with the main chapel. Each chapel has seating for about 20 people with an altar and [[lectern]].

===Chapel of Remembrance===
[[Image:Chapel Remembrance GI.JPG|thumb|left|Chapel of Remembrance]]
The Chapel of Remembrance is accessed from the main entrance and then by several steps down, and occupies a portion of the area under the main chapel. It was officially opened on 25 August 1996 by Rear Admiral David Campbell, [[Order of Australia|AM]] RAN, Flag Officer Naval Support Command, and dedicated by Principal Chaplains Michael Holtz AM RANR and Gareth Clayton RAN and Chaplain J.F.B. Connelly RAN.

The front wall is faceted to allow plaques to be placed on the wooden screens. Two rough-hewn posts stand in the body of the chapel. The altar is a simple wooden block of a sandstone plinth, standing on a raised area at the front wall.

====Features====
[[Image:GI Chapel WWII Destroyers.JPG|thumb|right|Australian Destroyers, [[World War II]], including the [[Scrap Iron Flotilla]].]]
Three windows are on the left wall:
* a modern rendition of John 15:13, "The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them."
* a stylised, back-lit rendition of the naval ensigns
* Australian Destroyers, World War II:
** HMA Ships {{HMAS|Voyager|D31|2}}, {{HMAS|Vampire|D68|2}}, {{HMAS|Stuart|D00|2}}, {{HMAS|Vendetta|D69|2}}, {{HMAS|Waterhen|D22}} – the [[Scrap Iron Flotilla]]
** HMA Ships {{HMAS|Quickmatch|G92|2}}, {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|2}}, {{HMAS|Arunta|I30|2}}, {{HMAS|Warramunga|I44|2}}, {{HMAS|Bataan|I91|2}} – Q class and Tribal class
** HMA Ships {{HMAS|Nestor|G02|2}}, {{HMAS|Nizam|G38|2}}, {{HMAS|Napier|G97|2}}, {{HMAS|Norman|G49|2}}, {{HMAS|Nepal|G25|2}} – N class
*A [[bas-relief]] in bronze of the family members of naval personnel on sandstone is by the arch door.

==See also==
*[[Garden Island Naval Precinct]]
*[[:Category:Chapels in Sydney|List of chapels in Sydney]]

==References==
{{Commons category|Garden Island Naval Chapel}}
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite thesis |author=Martin, Eric J. |title=H.M.A. Naval Dockyard, Garden Island: a building conservation study of the historic buildings |type=Master of Built Environment, thesis |publisher=[[University of New South Wales]] |location=Kensington (Sydney), NSW |year=1980 }}
* {{cite book |author=Rivett, Norman |title=From church to chapel: a historical tour of the Naval Chapel, Garden Island |publication-date=2010 |publisher=Naval Historical Society of Australia |isbn= |location= }}
* {{cite book |author= |title=H.M.A. Naval Dockyard (Garden Island, NSW) – Naval Chapel |location=Sydney |year=1989 |isbn= |publisher=[[Royal Australian Navy]] }}

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