Surface Combatant

Surface combatants are ships which are designed primarily to engage enemy forces on the high seas. The primary surface combatants are frigates, cruisers and destroyers.

Ships

Vessel	Pennant	Classification	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned
HMAS Adelaide (II)	FFG 01	Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)	Adelaide Class	2444558.515 November 1980	2454484.519 January 2008
HMAS Canberra (II)	FFG 02	Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)	Adelaide Class	2444684.521 March 1981	2453686.512 November 2005
HMAS Sydney	FFG 03	Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)	Adelaide Class	2445363.529 January 1983
HMAS Darwin	FFG 04	Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)	Adelaide Class	2445902.521 July 1984
HMAS Melbourne	FFG 05	Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)	Adelaide Class	2448667.515 February 1992
HMAS Newcastle	FFG 06	Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)	Adelaide Class	2449332.511 December 1993
HMAS Anzac	FFH 150	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2450221.518 May 1996
HMAS Arunta	FFH 151	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2451159.512 December 1998
HMAS Warramunga	FFH 152	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2451999.531 March 2001
HMAS Stuart	FFH 153	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2452503.517 August 2002
HMAS Parramatta	FFH 154	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2452916.54 October 2003
HMAS Ballarat	FFH 155	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2453182.526 June 2004
HMAS Toowoomba	FFH 156	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2453651.58 October 2005
HMAS Perth	FFH 157	Frigate Helicopter (FFH)	Anzac Class	2453973.526 August 2006
HMAS Hobart (III)	39	Air Warfare Destroyer	Hobart Class
HMAS Brisbane (III)	41	Air Warfare Destroyer	Hobart Class
HMAS Sydney (V)	42	Air Warfare Destroyer	Hobart Class