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Ship Histories
Select from the list below to view ship data and historical facts of past RAN vessels.
We apologise if a ship you are particularly interested in is not on this list. Our Naval History Section continues to work on updating this list however researching each individual ship history is an involved process that entails reviewing monthly Reports of Proceedings and official logs for each year of a ship's commission.
Often this material can span a period of greater than 20 years and it takes considerable time to review it and author an accurate history suitable for publication. Your patience in this matter is appreciated.
| Name | Pennant | Commissioned | Decommissioned/Lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | 26 May 1937 | 5 May 1943 | |
| HMAS Adelaide (I) | 5 August 1922 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Adelaide (II) | FFG 01 | 15 November 1980 | 19 January 2008 |
| HMAS AE1 | 80 | 28 February 1914 | |
| HMAS AE2 | 81 | 28 February 1914 | |
| HMAS Albatross (I) | 23 January 1929 | 26 April 1933 | |
| HMAS Anzac (II) | D59 | 14 March 1951 | 4 October 1974 |
| HMAS Ararat (I) | K34/M34 | 16 June 1943 | 11 April 1947 |
| HMAS Armidale (I) | J240 | 11 June 1942 | |
| HMAS Arrow | P88 | 3 July 1968 | 7 February 1975 |
| HMAS Arunta (I) | I30/D5/D130 | 30 March 1942 | 21 December 1956 |
| HMAS Assail (I) | P89 | 12 July 1968 | 18 October 1985 |
| HMAS Australia (I) | C6/C09/C81 | 21 June 1913 | 12 December 1921 |
| HMAS Australia (II) | I84/D84/C84 | 24 April 1928 | 31 August 1954 |
| HMAS Balikpapan | L 126 | 27 September 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Ballarat (I) | J184 | 30 August 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Barbette | P97 | 16 August 1968 | 15 June 1984 |
| HMAS Barcoo | K375/F375/A245 | 17 January 1944 | 21 February 1964 |
| HMAS Barwon | K406 | 10 December 1945 | 31 March 1947 |
| HMAS Bataan | D9/I91/D191 | 25 May 1945 | 18 October 1954 |
| HMAS Bathurst (I) | J158 | 6 December 1940 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Benalla (I) | J323 | 27 April 1943 | 28 January 1946 |
| HMAS Bendigo (I) | J187 | 10 May 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Bendigo (II) | FCPB 211 | 28 May 1983 | 9 September 2006 |
| HMAS Beryl (II) | F71/BT | 9 October 1939 | 13 December 1945 |
| HMAS Betano | L 133 | 8 February 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Biloela | 5 July 1920 | 14 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Bonthorpe | 5 February 1940 | 17 February 1945 | |
| HMAS Boonaroo | 1 March 1967 | 8 May 1967 | |
| HMAS Bowen | J285/M285 | 9 November 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Brisbane (I) | 31 October 1916 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Broome (I) | J191 | 29 July 1942 | |
| HMAS Buna | L132 | 7 December 1973 | 14 November 1974 |
| HMAS Bunbury (I) | J241 | 3 January 1943 | 26 August 1946 |
| HMAS Bunbury (II) | FCPB 217 | 15 December 1984 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (I) | J231 | 12 September 1942 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Bungaree | 9 June 1941 | 7 August 1946 | |
| HMAS Burdekin | K376 | 27 June 1944 | 18 April 1946 |
| HMAS Burnie (I) | J198 | 15 April 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Cairns (I) | J183 | 11 May 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Canberra (I) | D33 | 9 July 1928 | |
| HMAS Canberra (II) | FFG 02 | 21 March 1981 | 12 November 2005 |
| HMAS Castlemaine | J244 | 17 June 1942 | 14 December 1945 |
| HMAS Cessnock (I) | J175 | 26 January 1942 | 12 July 1946 |
| HMAS Cessnock (II) | FCPB 210 | 5 March 1983 | 23 June 2005 |
| HMAS Colac | J242 | 6 January 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Condamine (I) | K698 | 22 February 1946 | 2 December 1955 |
| HMAS Coolebar | J25 | 18 December 1939 | 1 June 1945 |
| HMAS Cootamundra | J316 | 30 April 1943 | 8 June 1959 |
| HMAS Cowra | J351 | 8 October 1943 | 26 June 1953 |
| HMAS Culgoa | K408 | 1 April 1947 | 15 April 1954 |
| HMAS Curlew | M1121 | 12 August 1962 | 30 April 1990 |
| HMAS Deloraine (I) | J232 | 22 November 1941 | 30 June 1948 |
| HMAS Derwent | F22/DE22/DE49 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 |
| HMAS Diamantina (I) | K377 | 27 April 1945 | 29 February 1980 |
| HMAS Dubbo (I) | J251/M251 | 31 July 1942 | 7 February 1947 |
| HMAS Dubbo (II) | FCPB 214 | 10 March 1984 | 2 February 2007 |
| HMAS Duchess | D154 | 8 May 1964 | 23 October 1977 |
| HMAS Echuca | J252/M252 | 7 September 1942 | 29 June 1948 |
| HMAS Encounter (I) | 1 July 1912 | 1 January 1923 | |
| HMAS Fantome | 27 November 1914 | 14 January 1919 | |
| HMAS Fremantle (I) | J246/M246 | 24 March 1943 | 22 June 1959 |
| HMAS Fremantle (II) | FCPB 203 | 17 March 1980 | 11 August 2006 |
| HMAS Gascoyne (I) | K354 | 18 November 1943 | 1 February 1966 |
| HMAS Gawler (I) | J188 | 14 August 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Gawler (II) | FCPB 212 | 27 August 1983 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Gayundah | 26 September 1984 | 23 August 1918 | |
| HMAS Geelong (I) | J201 | 16 January 1942 | |
| HMAS Geelong (II) | FCPB 215 | 2 June 1984 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Geraldton (I) | J178 | 6 April 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Geraldton (II) | FCPB 213 | 10 December 1983 | 7 October 2006 |
| HMAS Gladstone (I) | J324 | 22 March 1943 | 16 July 1956 |
| HMAS Gladstone (II) | FCPB 216 | 8 September 1984 | 13 March 2006 |
| HMAS Glenelg (I) | J236 | 16 November 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Goulburn (I) | J167 | 28 February 1941 | 27 September 1945 |
| HMAS Gull | M1185 | 19 July 1962 | 7 November 1969 |
| HMAS Gunbar (I) | 18 December 1940 | 30 June 1943 | |
| HMAS Gympie (I) | J238 | 4 November 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Hawk | M1139 | 18 July 1962 | 7 January 1972 |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (I) | K363 | 5 July 1944 | 14 February 1955 |
| HMAS HDML 1347 | Q1347 | 1 January 1945 | 29 April 1946 |
| HMAS Hobart (I) | D63 | 13 January 1936 | 20 December 1947 |
| HMAS Hobart (II) | D39 | 18 December 1965 | 12 May 2000 |
| HMAS Horsham (I) | J235 | 18 November 1942 | 17 November 1945 |
| HMAS Huon (I) | D50 | 14 December 1915 | 7 June 1928 |
| HMAS Ibis (II) | M1183 | 7 September 1962 | 4 May 1984 |
| HMAS Inverell (I) | J233 | 17 September 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Ipswich (I) | J186 | 13 June 1942 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Ipswich (II) | FCPB 209 | 13 November 1982 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS J1 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 | |
| HMAS J2 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 | |
| HMAS J3 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 | |
| HMAS J4 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 | |
| HMAS J5 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 | |
| HMAS J7 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 | |
| HMAS Jeparit (I) | 11 December 1969 | 15 March 1972 | |
| HMAS Junee (I) | J362 | 11 April 1944 | 21 August 1957 |
| HMAS Kalgoorlie (I) | J192 | 7 April 1942 | 8 May 1946 |
| HMAS Kangaroo (I) | A291 | 27 September 1940 | 15 December 1955 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (I) | F23 | 6 October 1939 | 25 March 1949 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (II) | L51 | 29 August 1994 | 25 November 2011 |
| HMAS Kapunda (I) | J218 | 21 October 1942 | 14 January 1961 |
| HMAS Kara Kara (I) | Y276 | 23 December 1941 | 8 December 1945 |
| HMAS Karangi (I) | A304 | 23 December 1941 | 31 May 1957 |
| HMAS Katoomba (I) | J204 | 17 December 1941 | 2 August 1948 |
| HMAS Kiama (I) | J353 | 26 January 1944 | 3 April 1946 |
| HMAS Koala (I) | A315 | 7 February 1940 | 18 April 1957 |
| HMAS Kookaburra (I) | A331 | 28 February 1939 | 3 December 1958 |
| HMAS Koompartoo | Z256 | 23 December 1942 | 8 June 1962 |
| HMAS Koopa | KP | 14 September 1942 | 10 January 1947 |
| HMAS Kuru | 8 December 1941 | 22 October 1943 | |
| HMAS Kurumba | 11 March 1919 | 29 July 1946 | |
| HMAS Lachlan | K364 | 14 February 1945 | 05 October 1949 |
| HMAS Larrakia (I) | 8 December 1941 | 16 February 1944 | |
| HMAS Latrobe | J234 | 6 November 1942 | 13 March 1953 |
| HMAS Launceston (I) | J179 | 9 April 1942 | 23 March 1946 |
| HMAS Launceston (II) | FCPB 207 | 1 March 1982 | 8 September 2006 |
| HMAS Lismore | J145 | 24 January 1941 | 3 July 1946 |
| HMAS Lithgow | J206 | 14 June 1941 | 8 June 1948 |
| HMAS Macquarie | K532 | 7 December 1945 | 17 March 1954 |
| HMAS Manoora (I) | F48 | 12 December 1939 | 6 December 1947 |
| HMAS Manoora (II) | L52 | 25 November 1994 | 27 May 2011 |
| HMAS Marguerite | T51 | 8 June 1919 | 23 July 1929 |
| HMAS Maryborough (I) | J195 | 12 June 1941 | |
| HMAS Matafele | 1 January 1943 | ||
| HMAS Melbourne (I) | 18 January 1913 | 23 April 1928 | |
| HMAS Melbourne (II) | R21 | 28 October 1955 | 30 June 1982 |
| HMAS Mildura (I) | J207 | 23 July 1941 | 11 September 1953 |
| HMAS ML 814 | ML 814 | 1 January 1943 | 12 October 1945 |
| HMAS Moresby (I) | 20 June 1925 | 14 March 1946 | |
| HMAS MSA Brolga | 1102 | ||
| HMAS Mulcra | S-141 | 11 June 1945 | 10 January 1946 |
| HMAS Murchison | K442 | 17 December 1945 | 31 January 1956 |
| HMAS Napier | G97 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 |
| HMAS Nepal | G25 | 11 May 1942 | 22 October 1945 |
| HMAS Nestor | G02 | 3 February 1941 | |
| HMAS Nizam | G38 | 19 December 1940 | 17 October 1945 |
| HMAS Norman (I) | G49 | 15 September 1941 | |
| HMAS Otway (I) | 9 September 1927 | 24 August 1945 | |
| HMAS Ovens | S70 | 18 April 1969 | 1 December 1995 |
| HMAS Oxley (I) | 1 April 1927 | ||
| HMAS Oxley (II) | 21 March 1967 | 13 February 1992 | |
| HMAS Paluma (I) | |||
| HMAS Parkes (I) | J361 | 25 May 1944 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Parramatta (I) | D55 | 10 September 1910 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Parramatta (II) | U44 | 8 April 1940 | |
| HMAS Parramatta (III) | DE 46 | 4 July 1961 | 11 January 1991 |
| HMAS Patricia Cam | 3 March 1942 | ||
| HMAS Penguin (I) | 1 July 1913 | ||
| HMAS Perth (I) | D29 | 15 June 1936 | |
| HMAS Perth (II) | D 38 | 17 July 1965 | 15 October 1999 |
| HMAS Pioneer | 1 March 1913 | 7 November 1916 | |
| HMAS Pirie (I) | J189 | 10 October 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Platypus (I) | 25 March 1919 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Poyang | 6 May 1943 | 6 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Protector (I) | 19 June 1884 | ||
| HMAS Psyche | 1 July 1915 | 26 March 1918 | |
| HMAS Quadrant | G11 | 26 November 1942 | 16 August 1957 |
| HMAS Quality | G62 | 7 September 1942 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Queenborough | G70 | 29 October 1945 | 1 April 1972 |
| HMAS Quiberon | G81 | 6 July 1942 | 26 June 1964 |
| HMAS Quickmatch | G92 | 14 September 1942 | 26 April 1963 |
| HMAS Riawe | 772 | 26 December 1942 | 12 December 1945 |
| HMAS Rockhampton | J203 | 21 January 1942 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS SDB 1323 | 21 January 1944 | 15 August 1958 | |
| HMAS Shepparton (I) | J248 | 1 February 1943 | 10 May 1946 |
| HMAS Shoalhaven (I) | K535 | 2 May 1946 | 19 December 1955 |
| HMAS Shropshire (I) | 73 | 24 September 1929 | 10 November 1949 |
| HMAS Snipe | M1102 | 11 September 1962 | 17 June 1983 |
| HMAS Sprightly | 23 February 1944 | 31 March 1958 | |
| HMAS Stalwart (II) | D215 | 9 February 1968 | 9 March 1990 |
| HMAS Stawell (I) | J348 | 7 August 1943 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Strahan | J363 | 14 March 1944 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Stuart (I) | D00 | 11 October 1933 (RAN) | 27 April 1946 |
| HMAS Swan (I) | D61 | 16 August 1916 | 15 May 1928 |
| HMAS Swan (II) | U74 | 21 January 1937 | 20 September 1962 |
| HMAS Swan (III) | DE 50 | 20 January 1970 | 13 September 1996 |
| HMAS Sydney (I) | 26 June 1913 | 8 May 1928 | |
| HMAS Sydney (II) | D48 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Sydney (III) | R17 | 16 October 1948 | 12 November 1973 |
| HMAS Tamworth | J191 | 8 August 1942 | 30 April 1946 |
| HMAS Tarakan (I) | L3017 | 4 July 1946 | 12 March 1954 |
| HMAS Teal | M1152 | 30 August 1962 | 31 May 1973 |
| HMAS Terka | TR | 31 January 1941 | |
| HMAS Three Cheers | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1946 | |
| HMAS Tingira | 25 April 1912 | 30 June 1927 | |
| HMAS Tobruk (I) | D37 | 8 May 1950 | 29 October 1960 |
| HMAS Toowoomba (I) | J157 | 9 October 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Torrens (I) | D67 | 3 July 1916 | 12 May 1926 |
| HMAS Townsville (I) | J205 | 19 December 1941 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Townsville (II) | FCPB 205 | 18 July 1981 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Vampire (I) | D68 | 11 October 1933 | |
| HMAS Vampire (II) | D11 | 23 June 1959 | 13 August 1986 |
| HMAS Vendetta (I) | D69 | 11 October 1933 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Vendetta (II) | D08 | 26 November 1958 | 9 October 1979 |
| HMAS Vengeance | R71 | 13 November 1952 | 25 October 1955 |
| HMAS Voyager (I) | D31 | 11 October 1933 | |
| HMAS Voyager (II) | D04 | 12 February 1957 | |
| HMAS Wagga | J315 | 18 December 1942 | 28 October 1960 |
| HMAS Wallaroo (I) | J222 | 15 July 1942 | |
| HMAS Waree | 18 September 1942 | ||
| HMAS Warramunga (I) | I44 | 23 November 1942 | 7 December 1959 |
| HMAS Warreen | 22 October 1942 | 31 March 1966 | |
| HMAS Warrego (I) | D70 | 1 June 1912 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Warrego (II) | U73 | 22 August 1940 | 15 August 1963 |
| HMAS Warrnambool (I) | J202 | 23 September 1941 | |
| HMAS Waterhen (I) | D22 | 11 October 1933 | |
| HMAS Wato | 11 May 1941 | 12 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Westralia (II) | AO 195 | 9 October 1989 | 16 September 2006 |
| HMAS Westralia (I) | F95 | 17 January 1940 | 19 December 1961 |
| HMAS Wewak | L 130 | 10 August 1973 | 11 December 2012 |
| HMAS Whyalla (I) | J153 | 8 January 1942 | 16 May 1946 |
| HMAS Wollongong (I) | J172 | 23 October 1941 | 11 February 1946 |
| HMAS Wollongong (II) | FCPB 211 | 28 November 1981 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Wyatt Earp | 17 November 1947 | ||
| HMAS Yandra | FY91 | 22 September 1940 | 25 March 1946 |
| HMAS Yarra (I) | D79 | 10 September 1910 | 30 September 1929 |
| HMAS Yarra (II) | U77 | 21 January 1936 | |
| HMAS Yarra (III) | DE 45 | 27 July 1961 | 22 November 1985 |
