List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy
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Since its foundation in 1913, the Royal Australian Navy has operated a large number of vessels, including various types of warships, support and supply warships.
Current ships
editAs of March 2022, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 43 commissioned vessels, plus 3 non-commissioned vessels.
Name | Pennant no. | Type | Class | Commissioned |
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HMAS Adelaide | L01 | Landing Helicopter Dock | Canberra | 2015 |
HMAS Albany | ACPB 86 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
HMAS Ararat | ACPB 89 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
HMAS Armidale | ACPB 83 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2005 |
HMAS Arunta | FFH 151 | Frigate | Anzac | 1998 |
HMAS Ballarat | FFH 155 | Frigate | Anzac | 2004 |
HMAS Bathurst | ACPB 85 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
HMAS Benalla | A 04 | Survey launch | Paluma | 1990 |
HMAS Brisbane | DDG 41 | Destroyer | Hobart | 2018 |
HMAS Broome | ACPB 90 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
HMAS Canberra | L02 | Landing helicopter dock | Canberra | 2014 |
HMAS Childers | ACPB 93 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
HMAS Choules | L100 | Landing ship dock | Bay | 2011 |
HMAS Collins | SSG 73 | Submarine | Collins | 1996 |
HMAS Dechaineux | SSG 76 | Submarine | Collins | 2001 |
HMAS Diamantina | M 86 | Minehunter | Huon | 2002 |
HMAS Farncomb | SSG 74 | Submarine | Collins | 1998 |
HMAS Gascoyne | M 85 | Minehunter | Huon | 2001 |
HMAS Glenelg | ACPB 96 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2008 |
HMAS Hobart | DDG 39 | Destroyer | Hobart | 2017 |
HMAS Larrakia | ACPB 84 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
HMAS Launceston | ACPB 94 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
HMAS Leeuwin | A 245 | Survey ship | Leeuwin | 2000 |
HMAS Maitland | ACPB 88 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
HMAS Maryborough | ACPB 95 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
HMAS Melville | A 246 | Survey ship | Leeuwin | 2000 |
HMAS Parramatta | FFH 154 | Frigate | Anzac | 2003 |
HMAS Perth | FFH 157 | Frigate | Anzac | 2006 |
HMAS Rankin | SSG 78 | Submarine | Collins | 2003 |
HMAS Sheean | SSG 77 | Submarine | Collins | 2001 |
HMAS Shepparton | A 03 | Survey launch | Paluma | 1990 |
HMAS Stalwart | A 304 | Oiler Replenishment | Supply | 2021 |
HMAS Stuart | FFH 153 | Frigate | Anzac | 2002 |
HMAS Supply | A 195 | Oiler Replenishment | Supply | 2021 |
HMAS Sydney | DDG 42 | Destroyer | Hobart | 2020 |
HMAS Toowoomba | FFH 156 | Frigate | Anzac | 2005 |
HMAS Waller | SSG 75 | Submarine | Collins | 1999 |
HMAS Warramunga | FFH 152 | Frigate | Anzac | 2001 |
HMAS Wollongong | ACPB 92 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
HMAS Yarra | M 87 | Minehunter | Huon | 2003 |
Non-commissioned ships
editName | Pennant no. | Type | Class | In service |
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ADV Cape Fourcroy | 310 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2017 |
ADV Cape Inscription | 320 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2017 |
ADV Cape Otway | 314 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
ADV Cape Peron | 315 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
ADV Cape Naturaliste | 316 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
ADV Cape Capricorn | 317 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
ADV Cape Woolamai | 318 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
ADV Cape Pillar | 319 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
ADV Cape Solander | 312 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2024 |
ADV Cape Schanck | 313 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2024 |
STS Young Endeavour | Sail training tall ship | 1988 |
Past ships
editA
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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Aase Maersk | Fleet oiler | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1945 | |
HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | Minesweeper | Jan van Amstel | 1942–1943 | Transferred from Royal Netherlands Navy in August 1942, returned in May 1943 |
HMAS Acute | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1983 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Adelaide | Light cruiser | Town | 1922–1946 | |
HMAS Adelaide | Frigate | Adelaide | 1980–2008 | Scuttled off Avoca as a dive wreck in April 2011 |
HMAS Adele | Examination vessel | 1939–1943 | Formerly HMAS Franklin 1915–1922 | |
HMAS Adroit | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1994 | |
HMAS Advance | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1988 | museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney |
HMAS AE1 | Submarine | E | 1914 | |
HMAS AE2 | Submarine | E | 1914–1915 | |
HMAS Air Bird | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949 |
HMAS Air Chief | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1966 | |
HMAS Air Clan | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
HMAS Air Cloud | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1949 | |
HMAS Air Faith | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
HMAS Air Foam | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1944 | ex-HMAS Air Wave |
HMAS Air Guide | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | ex-HMAS Air Hope (913) |
HMAS Air Hope | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
HMAS Air Host | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | renamed HMAS Air Guide |
HMAS Air Master | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1968 | |
HMAS Air Mercy | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1957 | |
HMAS Air Mist | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1945 | |
HMAS Air Nymph | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1949–1962 | ex-HMAS Air Save |
HMAS Air Rest | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1949 | Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950 |
HMAS Air Sailor | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
HMAS Air Save | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1949–1962 | renamed HMAS Air Nymph |
HMAS Air Sense | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
HMAS Air Spray | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
HMAS Air Sprite | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1960–1976 | sunk as target |
HMAS Air Trail | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1968 | |
HMAS Air View | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
HMAS Air Watch | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
HMAS Air Wave | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1944 | renamed HMAS Air Foam |
HMAS Aitape | Patrol boat | Attack | 1967–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
Ajax | Examination vessel | 1874-1928 | Returned to New South Wales Government | |
HMAS Alatna | Fast Supply/sea Ambulance Launch | 1944-1946 | ||
Alacrity | Patrol vessel/minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1917–1925 | |
HMAS Albatross | Seaplane tender | 1929–1933 | to Royal Navy | |
HMAS Alert | ||||
HMAS Alfie Cam | Minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940-1946 | |
HMAS Allenwood | Minesweeper | 1941-1944 | ||
Alvina | Examination vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1914-1918 | to the Launceston Company of the Australian Sea Cadet Corps |
HMAS Amohine | Auxiliary Schooner | Auxiliary vessel | 1943-1945 | Returned to owners |
HMAS Anaconda | Stores Carrier | 1944-1945 | Sold in 1946 | |
HMAS Anchorite | ||||
HMAS Anzac | Destroyer | Parker | 1920–1935 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Anzac | Destroyer | Battle | 1951–1974 | Sold for breaking in 1975 |
HMAS Anzac | Frigate | Anzac | 1996-2024 | |
Aorangi | Supply ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1915 | |
HMAS Ararat | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1961 | |
HMAS Archer | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1973 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Ardent | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1984 | |
HMAS Armidale | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1942 | |
HMAS Arrow | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1974 | wrecked by Cyclone Tracy |
HMAS Arunta | Destroyer | Tribal | 1942–1968 | |
HMAS Assail | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1985 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Attack | Patrol boat | Attack | 1967–1985 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Australia | Battlecruiser | Indefatigable | 1913–1921 | |
HMAS Australia | Heavy cruiser | County | 1928–1954 | |
HMAS Avalon | 1942-1945 | |||
HMAS Avonita | 1942-1945 | |||
HMAS Aware | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1993 | Scrapped in 2011 |
B
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Balikpapan | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1974–2012 | |
HMAS Ballarat | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | |
MSA Bandicoot | Minesweeper | Bandicoot | 1991-2010s | |
HMAS Bandolier | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1973 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Banks | General purpose vessel | Explorer | 1960–1995 | Charter vessel MV Banks |
HMAS Baralaba | Stores carrier | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1943 | Returned to owner |
HMAS Barbette | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1985 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Barcoo | Frigate | River | 1944–1963 | |
Barcoo | Coal hulk | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1924 | Scuttled off Sydney in 1924. |
HMAS Barricade | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1982 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Barwon | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
HMAS Bass | General purpose vessel | Explorer | 1960–1994 | |
HMAS Bataan | Destroyer | Tribal | 1945–1958 | |
HMAS Bathurst | Corvette | Bathurst | 1940–1948 | |
HMAS Bayonet | Patrol boat | Attack | 1969–1988 | |
HMAS Benalla | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1958 | |
HMAS Bendigo | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | |
HMAS Bendigo | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1983–2006 | |
HMAS Bermagui | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939–1946 | ||
MSA Bermagui | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1994–2000 | ||
HMAS Berrima | Armed merchant ship | 1914–1917 | ||
HMAS Beryl II | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939–1945 | ||
HMAS Betano | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1974–2012 | |
HMAS Biloela | Collier | 1920–1927 | ||
HMAS Bingera | Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1946 | Returned to owner |
HMAS Birchgrove Park | Auxiliary minesweeper | |||
Bishopdale | Fleet oiler | Dale | 1942–1945 | On loan from Royal Navy |
HMAS Black Snake | Snake | 1944–1945 | Transferred to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit in 1945 | |
HMAS Bombard | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1983 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Bombo | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1940-1946; | Returned to civilian service | |
HMAS Bonthorpe | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939–1945 | ||
HMAS Boonaroo | Cargo ship | 1967–1967 | Charter vessel MV Boonaroo | |
Boronia | Crane stores lighter | Wattle | 1972–1997 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
HMAS Bowen | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1956 | |
HMAS Brisbane | Light cruiser | Town | 1916–1929 | |
HMAS Brisbane | Destroyer | Charles F. Adams | 1967–2001 | |
Brolga | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1917–1919 | Returned to owners |
MSA Brolga | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1988–2002 | ||
HMAS Bronzewing | Tug | |||
HMAS Broome | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
HMAS Brunei | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1971–2014 | to the Philippines |
HMAS Buccaneer | Patrol boat | Attack | 1969–1985 | to Indonesia |
HMAS Buna | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–1974 | to Papua New Guinea |
HMAS Bunbury | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
HMAS Bunbury | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1984–2005 | |
HMAS Bundaberg | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
HMAS Bundaberg | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007–2014 | Scrapped due to extensive fire damage |
HMAS Bungaree | Auxiliary minelayer | 1940–1946 | ||
HMAS Burdekin | Frigate | River | 1944–1946 | |
HMAS Burnie | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Netherlands |
HMAS Burra Bra | Training ship | 1943-1947 |
C
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Cairns | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Netherlands |
Caledonian Salvor | Ocean salvage tug | 1942-1958 | ||
Cambrian Salvor | Ocean salvage tug | 1942-1958 | ||
HMAS Canberra | Heavy cruiser | County | 1928–1942 | Sunk at Battle of Savo Island |
HMAS Canberra | Frigate | Adelaide | 1981–2005 | |
HMAS Cape Leeuwin | Lighthouse tender | 1943–1945 | ||
Captain Cook | Examination vessel | |||
Captain Cook II | Examination vessel | |||
Captain Cook III | Examination vessel | |||
HMAS Carroo | Lighter | 1942–1946 | ||
MSA Carole-S | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1993–1994 | ||
HMAS Castlemaine | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1945 | museum ship at Williamstown |
HMAS Cerberus | Monitor | 1911–1921 | from colonial navy of Victoria. Hulk partially submerged Port Philip Bay | |
HMAS Cessnock | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1947 | |
HMAS Cessnock | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1983–2005 | |
HMVS Childers | Torpedo boat | 1911–1918 | from colonial navy of Victoria | |
HMAS Colac | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1983 | |
HMAS Condamine | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
HMAS Coogee | Armed patrol vessel/minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1918–1919 | |
HMAS Cook | Survey ship | 1980–1990 | ||
HMAS Coolebar | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939-1945 | ||
HMAS Coombar | Auxiliary minesweeper | |||
HMAS Cootamundra | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1962 | |
HMAS Countess of Hopetoun | Torpedo boat | 1911–1924 | from colonial navy of Victoria | |
HMAS Cowra | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1961 | |
HMAS Culgoa | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
HMAS Curlew | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1991 | ex-HMS Chediston |
D
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Darwin | Frigate | Adelaide | 1984-2017 | |
HMAS Deloraine | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
HMAS Derwent | Destroyer escort | River | 1964–1994 | |
HMAS Diamantina | Frigate | River | 1945–1981 | museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum |
HMAS Diamond Snake | 1945-1945 | |||
HMAS Doomba | Auxiliary minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel | Hunt | 1939–1946 | |
HMAS Dubbo | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1958 | |
HMAS Dubbo | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1984–2006 | |
HMAS Duchess | Destroyer | Daring | 1964–1977 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Durraween | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1940-1945 |
E
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Echuca | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1952 | to New Zealand |
HMAS Eduardo | 1945 | from Royal Navy, returned to Royal Navy | ||
HMAS Elwing | Tug | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–?? | |
HMAS Encounter | Protected cruiser | Challenger | 1912–1923 | from Royal Navy. Renamed HMAS Penguin in 1923 |
HMAS Emu | Tug | 1946-1959 | ||
Esturia | Oiler and stores ship/destroyer depot ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1917 |
F
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
HMAS Falie | Inspection/stores vessel | 1940–1946 | Interned motor ketch, demasted for service | |
Falkefjell | Fleet oiler | Auxiliary vessel | 1941–1942 | On loan from Royal Navy |
HMAS Fantome | Sloop | Cadmus | 1914–1925 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Flinders | Survey ship | 1973–1998 | ||
HMAS Flying Cloud | 1943 | |||
HMAS Forceful | Tugboat | 1942–1943 | museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum | |
HMAS Franklin | Tender | 1915–1922 | Later served as HMAS Adele 1939–1943 | |
HMAS Fremantle | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1961 | |
HMAS Fremantle | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1980–2006 |
G
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
HMAS Gascoyne | Frigate | River | 1946-1966 | |
HMAS Gawler | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
HMAS Gawler | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1983–2006 | |
HMAS Gayundah | Gunboat | 1911–1921 | from Queensland Maritime Defence Force, colonial navy of Queensland. Hulk beached at Redcliffe | |
HMAS Gayundah | Motor refrigeration lighter | MRL | 1944–1981 | Built by Johnson's Tyne Foundry in Melbourne in 1944–45, re-commissioned in 1966. |
HMAS Geelong | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1944 | |
HMAS Geelong | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1984–2006 | |
HMAS Geraldton | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
HMAS Geraldton | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1983–2006 | |
HMAS Geranium | Corvette | Arabis | 1919–1927 | ex HMS Geranium from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 16 April 1935. |
HMAS Gladstone | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1956 | |
HMAS Gladstone | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1984–2007 | |
HMAS Glenelg | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1957 | |
HMAS Goolgwai | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939-1945 | ||
HMAS Goonambee | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1940-1944 | ||
HMAS Goorangai | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939–1940 | Sunk following collision with HMAT Duntroon | |
HMAS Gordon | Torpedo boat | 1911–1914 | ex-HMVS Gordon from colonial navy of Victoria | |
HMAS Goulburn | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | |
HMAS Grantala | Hospital ship | 1914-1915 | ||
HMAS Gull | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1976 | ex-HMS Swanston |
HMAS Gumleaf | Auxiliary vessel | 1943 | ||
HMAS Gunbar | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1940–1946 | ||
Gunundaal | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1917–1919 | Returned to owner |
MSA Gunundaal | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1989-1992 | |
HMAS Gympie | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 |
H
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Hankow | Coal hulk | 1913–1932 | sunk as target by HMAS Albatross. | |
HMAS Hawk | Auxiliary patrol boat | 1940–1945 | Ex-HMAS Sleuth. | |
HMAS Hawk | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1976 | ex-HMS Somerleyton |
HMAS Hawkesbury | Frigate | River | 1944–1955 | |
HMAS Hawkesbury | Minehunter Coastal | Huon | 2000-2018 | |
HMAS HDML 1074 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1942–1948 | ex Royal Navy | |
HMAS HDML 1125 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943-1944 | ||
HMAS HDML 1129 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1942–1947 | ex Royal Navy | |
HMAS HDML 1161 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943–1947 | ex Royal Navy | |
HMAS HDML 1321 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943-1971 | served with Allied Intelligence Bureau | |
HMAS HDML 1322 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1952 | Wrecked on North Head, Sydney | |
HMAS HDML 1323 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1950 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1324 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1982 | ||
HMAS HDML 1325 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943 1988 | ||
HMAS HDML 1326 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1950 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1327 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1958 | served with Allied Intelligence Bureau | |
HMAS HDML 1328 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945-2950 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1329 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945–1946 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1343 | Harbour defence motor launch | served with Far East Liaison Officer | ||
HMAS HDML 1344 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945-1945 | Placed in reserve after construction | |
HMAS HDML 1345 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945-1945 | Placed in reserve after construction | |
HMAS HDML 1347 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945–1946 | ||
HMAS HDML 1359 | Harbour defence motor launch | served with Far East Liaison Officer | ||
HMAS Heros | Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel and tugboat | Rescue/Saint | 1940–1942, 1943–1947 | |
HMAS Hobart | Light cruiser | Leander | 1938–1947 | ex-HMS Apollo |
HMAS Hobart | Destroyer | Charles F. Adams | 1965–2000 | Sunk as dive wreck |
HMAS Horsham | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
HMAS Huon | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1915–1928 | |
HMAS Huon | Minehunter | Huon | 1999-2024 |
I
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Ibis | Requisitioned during World War II | |||
HMAS Ibis | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1984 | ex-HMS Singleton |
HMAS Inverell | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1952 | to New Zealand |
HMAS Ipswich | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Royal Netherlands Navy |
HMAS Ipswich | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1982–2007 |
J
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS J1 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS J2 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS J3 | Submarine | J | 1919–1926 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS J4 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS J5 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS J7 | Submarine | J | 1919–1929 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Jeparit | Bulk carrier | 1969–1971 | from and returned to Australian National Line | |
HMAS Jervis Bay | Training ship | 1977–1996 | ||
HMAS Jervis Bay | Troop transport | 1999–2001 | ||
HMAS John Oxley | Examination vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1943–194? | Returned to owners |
HMAS Junee | Corvette | Bathurst | 1944–1958 |
K
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS K9 | Submarine | K VIII | 1943–1944 | From the Netherlands |
HMAS Kalgoorlie | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | |
HMAS Kangaroo | Boom defence vessel | Bar | 1940–1955 | |
HMAS Kanimbla | Landing ship | 1943–1949 | from and to Royal Navy | |
HMAS Kanimbla | Landing ship | Kanimbla | 1994–2011 | from US Navy, ex-USS Saginaw |
HMAS Kapunda | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
HMAS Kara Kara | Auxiliary boom defense vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1941–1972 | Sold for scrap in 1972, hulk sunk as target off Jervis Bay in 1973 |
HMAS Karangi | Boom defense vessel | Bar | 1941-1957 | |
HMAS Katoomba | Corvette | Bathurst | 1940–1957 | |
Kelat | Coal hulk | Auxiliary vessel | 1941–1942 | Sunk after air raid in Darwin |
HMAS Kianga | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1941-1946 | ||
HMAS Kiama | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1952 | to New Zealand |
HMAS Kimbla | Trials ship | 1956–1985 | ||
HMAS Kinchela | Net layer | 1942-1946 | ||
HMAS King Bay | Examination vessel | 1940–1946 | ||
HMAS Koala | Boom defense vessel | Bar | 1940-1969 | |
HMAS Kookaburra | Boom defence vessel | Net | 1939–1958 | |
HMAS Koolonga | Collier and supply ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1915 | |
HMAS Koompartoo | Auxiliary boom defence vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1942-1962 | |
HMAS Koopa | Training depot ship and Fairmile Motor Launch depot ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1947 | returned to owners in 1947 |
HMAS Kooronga | Tug/Training ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1924–1948 | sold to private owners and converted into a schooner |
HMAS Korowa | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939-1945 | ||
Koraaga | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1917–1918 | Returned to owner |
MSA Koraaga | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1989–2000 | ||
HMAS Kuramia | Auxiliary netlayer | 1942-1945 | ||
HMAS Kuru | Patrol boat | 1941–1943 | From Northern Territory Patrol Service | |
HMAS Kurumba | Oiler | 1919–1947 | from Royal Navy | |
HMAS Kuttabul | Accommodation ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1942 | sunk on 31 May 1942 in Sydney Harbour |
HMAS Kweena | 1943 | |||
HMAS Kybra | Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1940-1945 |
L
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Labuan | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1955 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Labuan | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–2014 | |
HMAS Lachlan | Frigate | River | 1945–1949 | to New Zealand |
HMAS Ladava | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
HMAS Lae | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1955 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Lae | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
HMAS Latrobe | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1956 | |
HMAS Launceston | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
HMAS Launceston | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1982–2006 | |
HMAS Leilani | Channel patrol boat/Pilot vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1941-1945 | |
HMAS Limicola | Anti-submarine indicator loop repair ship | |||
HMAS Lismore | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Netherlands |
HMAS Lithgow | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
HMAS Lolita | Channel patrol boat | 1941–1945 | ||
HMAS Lonsdale | Torpedo boat | 1901–1912 | from colonial navy of Victoria | |
HMAS LST 3008 | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1950 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS LST 3014 | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1950 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS LST 3022 | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1950 | from Royal Navy |
M
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Macquarie | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
HMAS Madang | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
HMAS Mallina | Store carrier and collier | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1915 | |
HMAS Mallow | Corvette | Acacia | 1919–1925 | from Royal Navy |
Mamutu | Auxiliary vessel | 1941-1941 | ||
HMAS Manoora | Armed merchant ship | 1939–1947 | ||
HMAS Manoora | Landing ship | Kanimbla | 1994–2011 | From US Navy, ex-USS Fairfax County |
HMAS Marguerite | Sloop | Arabis | 1919–1929 | ex-HMS Marguerite from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 1 August 1935. |
HMAS Marlean | Channel patrol boats | Converted civilian pleasure boat | 1941-1944 | |
HMAS Maroubra | Cutter | Converted civilian cutter | 1942–1943 | Sunk in a Japanese air raid on Milingimbi, NT |
HMAS Marrawah | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1941-1943 | ||
HMAS Maryborough | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | |
HMAS Mary Cam | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939-1945 | ||
HMAS Matafele | Stores carrier | Auxiliary vessel | 1943–1944 | ex-Burns Philp & Company cargo and passenger vessel, lost without trace with all hands in June 1944. |
HMAS Mavie | Patrol boat | Converted lugger | 1941–1942 | Sunk Darwin, 1942. |
HMAS Medea | Minesweeper | 1942–1945 | ex-HMS Circe, scuttled off Sydney on 20 January 1948. | |
HMAS Melbourne | Light cruiser | Town | 1913–1928 | |
HMAS Melbourne | Aircraft carrier | Majestic | 1955–1982 | ex-HMS Majestic |
HMAS Melbourne | Frigate | Adelaide | 1992-2019 | |
HMAS Mercedes | Minesweeper | 1942–1945 | ex-HMS Medusa, scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948. | |
Merkur | Victualling Store Issue Supply Ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1949 | returned to her owners Burns Philp & Company. |
HMAS Mermaid | Survey launch | Paluma | 1989-2021 | |
HMAS Midge | Torpedo boat | 1911–1912 | from Queensland Maritime Defence Force | |
HMAS Mildura | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
HMAS ML 827 | Fairmile B motor launch | 1943–1944 | Capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain. | |
HMAS Mollymawk | Tug | 1946-1957 | ||
HMAS Mombah | Stores ship | 1923–1930 1940–1948 |
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HMAS Moresby | Survey ship/Sloop | 24 | 1925–1946 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Moresby | Survey ship | Moresby | 1964–1997 | |
HMAS Mother Snake | 1945-1945 | |||
HMAS Murchison | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
Murex | Oiler | Auxiliary vessel | 1914-1916 |
N
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Nambucca | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1943 | transferred to United States Navy |
HMAS Napier | Destroyer | N | 1940–1945 | returned to the Royal Navy |
HMAS Narani | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1941–1946 | returned to her owners |
HMAS Nereus | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | 1941-1942 | destroyed by fire on 2 July 1942 |
HMAS Nepal | Destroyer | N | 1942–1945 | returned to the Royal Navy |
HMAS Nepean | Torpedo boat | Second-class torpedo boat | 1901–1912 | scuttled off Swan Island, Port Phillip in 1912 |
HMAS Nestor | Destroyer | N | 1941–1942 | scuttled off Crete on 16 June 1942, following damage from bombing |
HMAS Newcastle | Frigate | Adelaide | 1993–2019 | Decommissioned on 30 June 2019 |
HMAS Nizam | Destroyer | N | 1941–1945 | returned to the Royal Navy |
HMAS Norman | Destroyer | N | 1941–1945 | returned to the Royal Navy |
HMAS Norman | Minehuner | Huon | 2000-2018 |
O
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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ADV Ocean Shield | Humanitarian and disaster relief vessel | 2012-2014 | Transferred to Customs | |
OFL No. 1 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1916-1942 | |
OFL No. 2 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1916-?? | |
OFL No. 3 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1915-?? | |
OFL No. 4 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1915-?? | |
OFL 1201 (Rocklea) | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | ||
OFL 1202 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | ||
OFL 1203 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | ||
OFL 1204 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | ||
OFL 1205 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | ||
OFL 1206 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1945-1964 | |
OFL 1207 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | ||
OFL 1208 (Karpoint) | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | ||
HMAS Olive Cam | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939-1945 | ||
HMAS Onslow | Submarine | Oberon | 1969–1999 | museum ship Australian National Maritime Museum |
HMAS Orara | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939-1945 | ||
HMAS Orion | Submarine | Oberon | 1977–1997 | |
HMAS Otama | Submarine | Oberon | 1978–1999 | museum ship at Western Port, VIC |
Otter | Examination vessel | Auxiliary vessel | (1914–1918) & (1939–1940) | returned to owner |
HMAS Otway | Submarine | Odin | 1927–1937 | to Royal Navy |
HMAS Otway | Submarine | Oberon | 1968–1994 | |
HMAS Ovens | Submarine | Oberon | 1969–1995 | |
HMAS Oxley | Submarine | Odin | 1927–1937 | to Royal Navy |
HMAS Oxley | Submarine | Oberon | 1967–1992 |
P
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Paluma | Gunboat | 1911–1916 | from Queensland Maritime Defence Force | |
HMAS Paluma | Auxiliary patrol vessel | 1941–1945 | Motor Boat | |
HMAS Paluma | Survey vessel | Unnamed class of 18 MSLs | 1946–1973 | Converted from Motor Store Lighter No 252 (MSL 252) |
HMAS Paluma | Survey launch | Paluma | 1989-2021 | |
HMAS Parkes | Corvette | Bathurst | 1944–1957 | |
HMAS Parramatta | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1910–1928 | |
HMAS Parramatta | Sloop | Grimsby | 1940–1941 | |
HMAS Parramatta | Destroyer escort | River | 1961–1991 | |
HMAS Patricia Cam | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1942–1943 | Converted from a commercial trawler | |
HMAS Paterson | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1941-1945 | ||
HMAS Penguin | Depot ship | Osprey | 1913–1923 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Penguin | Depot ship | Challenger | 1923–1929 | ex-HMAS Encounter, scuttled off Sydney on 14 September 1932. |
HMAS Penguin | Depot ship | 1929–1941 | ex-HMAS Platypus (1917) | |
HMAS Perth | Light cruiser | Leander | 1939–1942 | ex-HMS Amphion |
HMAS Perth | Destroyer | Charles F. Adams | 1965–1999 | diving wreck |
HMAS Peter Pan | Tender | 1942–1945 | Attached to the Naval Auxiliary Patrol.[1] | |
HMAS Phillip | Depot tender | 1916–1921 | ex-HMAS Togo, sold to commercial interests. | |
HMAS Pioneer | Light cruiser | Pelorus | 1915–1916 | ex HMS Pioneer from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 18 February 1931. |
HMAS Ping Wo | Repair ship/Stores ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1946 | Returned to owners in 1946 |
HMAS Pirie | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
HMAS Pirie | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006-2021 | |
HMAS Platypus | Submarine tender | 1917–1958 | ||
HMAS Polaris | Surveying tender | 1942–1945 | returned to owners | |
HMAS Porpoise | Diving tender | Modified Ham | 1973–1989 | ex-HMS Neasham |
HMAS Potrero | Auxiliary vessel | |||
HMAS Poyang | Stores ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1946 | Returned to owners in 1946 |
HMAS Protector | Light cruiser | 1911–1924 | from colonial navy of South Australia | |
HMAS Protector | Trials ship | 1990–1998 | ||
HMAS Psyche | Light cruiser | Pelorus | 1915–1918 | from Royal Navy |
Q
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Quadrant | Destroyer | Q | 1945–1963 | ex-HMS Quadrant from Royal Navy, sold in 1963 for breaking up |
HMAS Quality | Destroyer | Q | 1945–1958 | ex-HMS Quality from Royal Navy, sold in 1958 for breaking up |
HMAS Queenborough | Destroyer | Q | 1945–1975 | ex-HMS Queenborough from Royal Navy, sold in 1975 for breaking up |
HMAS Quiberon | Destroyer | Q | 1942–1972 | from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up |
HMAS Quickmatch | Destroyer | Q | 1942–1972 | from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up |
DT Quokka | Tugboat | 1984–1998 | sold to Defence Maritime Services in 1998 |
R
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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ASRV Remora | Submarine rescue vehicle | Remora | 1995–2006 | inactive since an accident in 2006 |
HMAS Reserve | Tugboat | Salvage tug | 1943–1961 | ex-USS BAT-11, sold in 1961 |
HMAS River Snake | Junk | Snake | 1945-1945 | transferred in 1945 to the British Civil Administration Unit, Borneo |
HMAS Rockhampton | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | sold in 1961 for breaking up |
Rona | Coal hulk | Auxiliary vessel | 1943–1946 | returned to owners |
HMAS Rushcutter | Minehunter | Bay | 1986–2001 | sold in 2002 |
S
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Salamaua | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–1974 | to Papua New Guinea |
HMAS Samarai | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
HMAS Samuel Benbow | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1946 | returned to owners |
HMAS Sea Mist | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | 1942–c1945 | returned to owners |
HMAS Sea Snake | Snake | 1945-1945 | transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit | |
HMAS Seal | Diving tender | Modified Ham | 1968–1988 | ex-HMS Wintringham |
HMAS Shepparton | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1958 | |
HMAS Shoalhaven | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
HMAS Shoalwater | Minehunter | Bay | 1987–2001 | |
HMAS Shropshire | Heavy cruiser | County | 1943–1949 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Siesta | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | ?-1942 | destroyed in explosion in 1942 |
HMAS Silver Cloud | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | ?-1943 | burnt to the waterline in 1943 |
HMAS Sirius | Supply ship | Modified commercial tanker | 2006-2021 | |
HMAS Sirocco | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | ?-1942 | burnt to the waterline in 1942 |
HMAS Sleuth | Patrol vessel | 1917–1920, 1990 | ||
HMAS Sleuth | Auxiliary patrol boat | 1940–1945 | ex-HMAS Vigilant, renamed HMAS Hawk in 1945. | |
HMAS Snipe | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1983 | ex-HMS Alcaston |
HMAS Southern Cross | Examination vesses | 1941–?? | ||
HMAS Sprightly | Tug | 1944-1958 | ex USS BAT-12 | |
HMAS Stalwart | Destroyer | S | 1920–1925 | scuttled off Sydney on 21 July 1939. |
HMAS Stalwart | Destroyer tender | 1966–1989 | ||
HMAS Stawell | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1952 | New Zealand |
HMAS Steady Hour | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | 1941–1945 | burnt to the waterline in 1945 |
HMAS Stella | Survey vessel | Requisitioned civilian vessel | 1942–1945 | recommissioned in 1952 as HMAS Warreen |
HMAS Strahan | Corvette | Bathurst | 1944–1961 | |
HMAS Stuart | Destroyer | Scott | 1933–1946 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Stuart | Destroyer escort | River | 1963–1991 | |
HMAS St Giles | Auxiliary patrol vessel/tug boat | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1942, 1945–1946 | returned to owners in 1947 |
HMAS Success | Destroyer | S | 1920–1930 | |
HMAS Success | Supply ship | Durance | 1986-2019 | |
HMAS Supply | Oiler | Tide | 1962–1985 | |
HMAS Suva | Special service vessel | 1919-1919 | ex HMS Suva. | |
HMAS Swan | Destroyer | River-class torpedo-boat destroyer | 1916–1928 | |
HMAS Swan | Sloop | Grimsby | 1937–1964 | |
HMAS Swan | Destroyer escort | River-class destroyer escort | 1970–1996 | diving wreck |
HMAS Swordsman | Destroyer | S | 1920–1929 | |
HMAS Sydney | Light cruiser | Town | 1913–1928 | |
HMAS Sydney | Light cruiser | Leander | 1935–1941 | ex-HMS Phaeton |
HMAS Sydney | Aircraft carrier/troopship | Majestic | 1948–1973 | ex-HMS Terrible |
HMAS Sydney | Frigate | Adelaide | 1983-2015 |
T
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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TRV Tailor | Torpedo recovery vessel | 1971–1988 | sold to Defence Maritime Services | |
HMAS Taipan | 1945-1947 | transferred to Council for Scientific and Industrial Research | ||
HMAS Tambar | Minesweeper | 1942-1946 | ||
DT Tammar | Coastal tug | 1984–1998 | sold to Defence Maritime Services | |
HMAS Tamworth | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Royal Netherlands Navy |
HMAS Tarakan | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1954 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Tarakan | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–2014 | to the Philippines |
HMAS Tasmania | Destroyer | S | 1920–1928 | |
HMAS Tattoo | Destroyer | S | 1920–1933 | |
TB 191 | Torpedo boat | 1911–1918 | from colonial navy of South Australia | |
HMAS Teal | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1979 | ex-HMS Jackton |
Telopea | Crane stores lighter | Wattle | 1972–1997 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
HMAS Terka | Minesweeper | 1940–1945 | ||
HMAS Tiger Snake | Snake | 1944–1945 | transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit | |
HMAS Tingira | Training ship | 1911–1927 | ||
HMAS Tobruk | Destroyer | Battle | 1950–1972 | |
HMAS Tobruk | Landing ship | Modified Round Table | 1981–2015 | |
HMAS Tolga | Minesweeper | 1940-1946 | ||
HMAS Togo | Depot tender | 1916–1921 | renamed HMAS Phillip | |
HMAS Tongkol | Minesweeper | 1939-1944 | ||
HMAS Toorie | Minesweeper | 1941-1943 | ||
HMAS Toowoomba | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Netherlands |
HMAS Toomaree | Channel patrol boat | 1942–1946 | ||
HMAS Torrens | Destroyer | River-class torpedo-boat destroyer | 1916–1926 | |
HMAS Torrens | Destroyer escort | River | 1971–1998 | |
HMAS Townsville | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
HMAS Townsville | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1981–2007 | Museum ship at Maritime Museum of Townsville |
TRV Trevally | Torpedo recovery vessel | 197?–1988 | sold to Defence Maritime Services | |
TRV Tuna | Torpedo recovery vessel | 197?–1988 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
U
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Una | Sloop | 1914–1925 | captured German yacht Komet | |
HMAS Uki | Auxiliary mine sweeper | 1939–1943 | ||
HMAS Uralba | Auxiliary minefield tender, boom defence vessel and armament stores carrier | 1942–1945 | ||
HMAS Upolu | Submarine depot ship | 1914-1914 |
V
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Vampire | Destroyer | V | 1933–1942 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Vampire | Destroyer | Daring | 1959–1985 | museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum |
HMAS Vendetta | Destroyer | V | 1933–1945 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Vendetta | Destroyer | Daring | 1958–1979 | |
HMAS Vengeance | Aircraft carrier | Colossus | 1952–1955 | loaned from Royal Navy; returned to Royal Navy. |
HMAS Vigilant | Auxiliary patrol boat | 1940–1945 | Renamed HMAS Sleuth in 1944. | |
HMAS Voyager | Destroyer | V | 1933–1942 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Voyager | Destroyer | Daring | 1957–1964 | Sunk in the Melbourne-Voyager incident |
W
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Wagga | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1962 | |
Wallaby | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1983–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |
HMAS Wallaroo | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1943 | |
MSA Wallaroo | Minesweeper | Bandicoot | 1991-2010s | |
HMAS Waree | Tugboat | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1946 | Sank on 17 October 1946 |
HMAS Warramunga | Destroyer | Tribal | 1942–1963 | |
HMAS Warrawee | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1941-1946 | ||
HMAS Warrego | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1912–1928 | |
HMAS Warrego | Sloop | Grimsby | 1940–1963 | |
Warrigal | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1984–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |
HMAS Warrnambool | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | Sank after collision with mine |
HMAS Warrnambool | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1981–2005 | |
HMAS Wato | Tug | 1941–1945 | ||
Wattle | Tug | 1934–1971 | ||
Wattle | Crane stores lighter | Wattle | 1972–1997 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
HMAS Waterhen | Destroyer | V | 1933–1941 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Westralia | Armed merchant ship | 1939–1949 | ||
HMAS Westralia | Underway replenishment ship | Leaf | 1989–2006 | from Royal Navy; ex-RFA Appleleaf |
HMAS Wewak | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–2012 | |
Whangape | Oiler/supply ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914 | |
HMAS Whang Pu | Mobile repair ship/Stores ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1944–1946 | |
HMAS Whyalla | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1947 | Museum ship in Whyalla, South Australia |
HMAS Whyalla | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1982–2005 | |
HMAS Wilcannia | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1947 | ||
HMAS Wollongong | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Royal Netherlands Navy |
HMAS Wollongong | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1981–2005 | |
Wombat | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1983–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |
HMAS Wongala | Armoured auxiliary/Guard ship | 1939–1944 | recommissioned in 1947 as HMAS Wyatt Earp | |
HMAS Woomera | Armament store carrier | 1946–1960 | Sank following an accidental explosion | |
HMAS Wyatt Earp | Converted trawler | 1947–1951 | Returned to commercial service | |
HMAS Wyrallah | Auxiliary patrol vessel | 1940–1947 | Renamed to HMAS Wilcannia | |
Wyulda | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1984–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |
Y
editName | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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Yampi Lass | Stores lighter | Auxiliary vessel | 194?–1943 | Sunk during a storm at Darwin on 11 April 1943 |
HMAS Yandra | Patrol craft/minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1946 | Returned to owners |
HMAS Yarra | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1910–1919 | Sunk as a target off Sydney Heads in 1931 |
HMAS Yarra | Sloop | Grimsby | 1936–1942 | Sunk on 4 March 1942 |
HMAS Yarra | Destroyer escort | River | 1961–1985 | Sold and broken up |
HMAS Yarroma | Channel patrol boat | 1941-1945 | ||
STS Young Endeavour I | Sail training ship | Tall ship | 1988–present | Bicentenary gift to Australia by the British government in 1988 |
HMAS Yunnan | Ammunition stores issuing ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1944–1946 | Returned to her owners |
See also
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References
edit- Royal Australian Navy website
- Current Ships (ships active in service)
- Ship Histories (decommissioned ships)
- ^ "HMAS Peter Pan". Sea Power Centre. Retrieved 23 December 2024.