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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auxiliary Aase Maersk | Not Commissioned | ||
| HDML 1321 | 1321 | 11 November 1943 | 1970 |
| HDML 1323 | ML1323 | 21 January 1944 | 15 August 1958 |
| HDML 1347 | Q1347 | 1 January 1945 | 29 April 1946 |
| HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | AJ | 26 May 1937 | 5 May 1943 |
| HMAS Acute | P81 | 26 April 1968 | 06 May 1983 |
| HMAS Adelaide (I) | 5 August 1922 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Adelaide (II) | FFG 01 | 15 November 1980 | 19 January 2008 |
| HMAS Adele (ex-HMAS Franklin) | FY89 | 24 October 1939 | 7 May 1943 |
| HMAS Adroit | P82 | 17 August 1968 | 28 March 1992 |
| HMAS AE1 | 80 | 28 February 1914 | 14 September 1914 |
| HMAS AE2 | 81 | 28 February 1914 | 30 April 1915 |
| HMAS Air Bird | ASR 915 | 28 March 1945 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air Chief | ASR 918, Y252 | 12 August 1944 | 15 July 1966 |
| HMAS Air Clan | ASR 922 | 11 December 1944 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air Cloud | ASR 924 | 20 October 1944 | 1949 |
| HMAS Air Faith | ASR 909 Y258 | 8 February 1945 | 29 August 1946 |
| HMAS Air Foam | ASR 912 | 20 September 1944 | June 1944 |
| HMAS Air Guide | ASR 913 Y260 | 20 October 1944 | 9 August 1946 |
| HMAS Air Hope | ASR 908 | 13 February 1945 | 20 July 1946 |
| HMAS Air Master | ASR 919 | 31 August 1944 | |
| HMAS Air Mercy | ASR 925 | 28 February 1945 | 1957 |
| HMAS Air Mist | ASR 917 | 20 September 1944 | 19 December 1945 |
| HMAS Air Rest | ASR 921 | 20 September 1944 | 25 May 1949 |
| HMAS Air Sailor | ASR 926 | 8 November 1944 | 31 August 1946 |
| HMAS Air Sense | ASR 914 | 1 March 1945 | 21 October 1946 |
| HMAS Air Speed | ASR 910 | 28 February 1945 | |
| HMAS Air Spray | ASR 911 Y259 02-102 | 13 February 1945 | 16 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air Sprite | Y256 | 15 June 1960 | 1977 |
| HMAS Air Trail | ASR 916 | 8 February 1945 | |
| HMAS Air View | ASR 923 | 20 November 1944 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air Watch | ASR 927 | 27 November 1944 | 24 September 1946 |
| HMAS Aitape | P84 | 13 November 1967 | 14 November 1974 |
| HMAS Albatross (I) | 23 January 1929 | 26 April 1933 | |
| HMAS Albert (HMVS) | 24 June 1884 | 20 May 1895 | |
| HMAS Allenwood | AL | 29 July 1941 | 31 October 1944 |
| HMAS Anzac (I) | G90 | 27 January 1920 | 30 July 1931 |
| 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 | 1 December 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 & B236 | 30 August 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Banks | G244 | 16 February 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| 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 Bass | GPV 902, Y267 and G247 | 15 November 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| 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, B237, A111 | 10 May 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Bendigo (II) | P211 | 28 May 1983 | 9 September 2006 |
| HMAS Bermagui | FY81 | 11 December 1939 | 23 November 1945 |
| HMAS Berrima | 17 August 1914 | 20 October 1914 | |
| HMAS Beryl (II) | F71/BL | 9 October 1939 | 13 December 1945 |
| HMAS Betano | L 133 | 8 February 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Bonthorpe | BT | 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 Brisbane (II) | D41 | 16 December 1967 | 19 October 2001 |
| HMAS Broome (I) | J191 | 29 July 1942 | April 1946 |
| HMAS Brunei | L 127 | 5 January 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Buna | L132 | 7 December 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Bunbury (I) | J241 | 3 January 1943 | 26 August 1946 |
| HMAS Bunbury (II) | P217 | 15 December 1984 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (I) | J231 | 12 September 1942 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (II) | P91 | 3 March 2007 | 18 December 2014 |
| HMAS Bungaree | 9 June 1941 | 7 August 1946 | |
| HMAS Burdekin | K376 | 27 June 1944 | 18 April 1946 |
| HMAS Burnie | J198 | 15 April 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Burra Bra | BR | 1 February 1943 | 1 June 1944 |
| HMAS Cairns (I) | J183 | 11 May 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Canberra (I) | D33 | 9 July 1928 | 9 August 1942 |
| HMAS Canberra (II) | FFG 02 | 21 March 1981 | 12 November 2005 |
| HMAS Castlemaine | J244 | 17 June 1942 | 14 December 1945 |
| HMAS Cerberus (HMVS) | April 1871 | April 1921 | |
| HMAS Cessnock (I) | J175 | 26 January 1942 | 12 July 1946 |
| HMAS Cessnock (II) | P210 | 5 March 1983 | 23 June 2005 |
| HMAS Childers (HMVS) | 15 September 1916 | ||
| HMAS Chinampa | CP | 1 March 1942 | 31 December 1945 |
| HMAS Colac | J242, M05 | 6 January 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Condamine | K698/F698 | 22 February 1946 | 2 December 1955 |
| HMAS Coolebar | J25 | 18 December 1939 | 1 June 1945 |
| HMAS Cootamundra | J316, M186 | 30 April 1943 | 8 June 1959 |
| HMAS Countess of Hopetoun (HMVS) | 25 July 1891 | ||
| HMAS Cowra | J351, M351 | 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 Darwin | FFG 04 | 21 July 1984 | 9 December 2017 |
| HMAS Deloraine | J232 | 22 November 1941 | 30 June 1948 |
| HMAS Derwent | F22/DE22/DE49 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 |
| HMAS Diamantina (I) | K377, A266 | 27 April 1945 | 29 February 1980 |
| HMAS Dubbo (I) | J251/M251 | 31 July 1942 | 7 February 1947 |
| HMAS Dubbo (II) | P214 | 10 March 1984 | 2 February 2007 |
