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 Swan (II) | U74 | 21 January 1937 | 20 September 1962 |
| HMAS Rockhampton | J203 | 21 January 1942 | 5 August 1946 |
| HDML 1323 | ML1323 | 21 January 1944 | 15 August 1958 |
| HMAS Sea Mist | 10 | 21 July 1941 | 9 November 1945 |
| HMAS Leilani | 11 | 21 July 1941 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Silver Cloud | 52 | 21 July 1941 | 22 July 1943 |
| HMAS Darwin | FFG 04 | 21 July 1984 | 9 December 2017 |
| HMAS Australia (I) | C6/C09/C81 | 21 June 1913 | 12 December 1921 |
| HMAS Oxley (II) | S57 | 21 March 1967 | 13 February 1992 |
| HMAS Canberra (II) | FFG 02 | 21 March 1981 | 12 November 2005 |
| HMAS Kapunda | J218 | 21 October 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Warrego (II) | U73 | 22 August 1940 | 15 August 1963 |
| HMAS Nitipa | 771 | 22 December 1942 | 25 June 1945 |
| HMAS Condamine | K698/F698 | 22 February 1946 | 2 December 1955 |
| HMAS Glenelg (II) | P96 | 22 February 2008 | 6 October 2022 |
| HMAS Iolanthe | 569 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Allambie | 570 | 22 January 1943 | 3 October 1944 |
| HMAS Gladstone (I) | J324, M324 | 22 March 1943 | 16 July 1956 |
| HMAS Deloraine | J232 | 22 November 1941 | 30 June 1948 |
| HMAS Lolita | 14 | 22 November 1941 | 13 June 1945 |
| HMAS Warreen (Stella) | 821/Y263 | 22 October 1942 | 31 March 1966 |
| HMAS Valanjen | 589 | 22 October 1943 | 18 April 1944 |
| HMAS Yandra | FY91 | 22 September 1940 | 25 March 1946 |
| HMAS Sundowner | 671 | 22 September 1942 | 6 July 1944 |
| HMAS Launceston (III) | P94 | 22 September 2007 | 1 June 2023 |
| HMAS Tobruk (II) | L50 | 23 April 1981 | 31 July 2015 |
| HMAS Success (II) | OR304 | 23 April 1986 | 29 June 2019 |
| HMAS Winbah | 16 | 23 December 1941 | 6 August 1945 |
| HMAS Karangi | A304 | 23 December 1941 | 31 May 1957 |
| HMAS Koompartoo | Z256 | 23 December 1942 | 8 June 1962 |
| HMAS Sprightly | A203 | 23 February 1944 | 31 March 1958 |
| HMAS Albatross (I) | 23 January 1929 | 26 April 1933 | |
| HMAS Mildura | J207 | 23 July 1941 | 11 September 1953 |
| HMAS Vampire (II) | D11 | 23 June 1959 | 13 August 1986 |
| HMAS Wollongong (III) | P92 | 23 June 2007 | 8 December 2022 |
| HMAS Mourilyan | 23 May 1918 | 20 December 1918 | |
| HMAS Warramunga (I) | I44 | 23 November 1942 | 7 December 1959 |
| HMAS Wollongong (I) | J172 | 23 October 1941 | 11 February 1946 |
| HMAS Aeolus | 563 | 23 October 1942 | 23 June 1944 |
| HMAS Lancelin | 734 | 23 October 1944 | |
| HMAS Warrnambool (I) | J202 | 23 September 1941 | 13 September 1947 |
| HMAS Avonita | 712 | 23 September 1942 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Marina | 718 | 23 September 1942 | |
| HMAS Pinafore | 715 | 23 September 1942 | 12 September 1945 |
| HMAS Miss Swan | 722 | 23 September 1942 | |
| HMAS Avalon | 717 | 23 September 1942 | 30 June 1945 |
| HMAS Suva | 23rd June 1919 | 12th August 1919 | |
| HMAS Australia (II) | I84/D84/C84 | 24 April 1928 | 31 August 1954 |
| HMAS Lismore | J145 | 24 January 1941 | 3 July 1946 |
| HMAS Shepparton (II) | A03 | 24 January 1990 | 16 June 2023 |
| HMAS Winter | WR | 24 July 1943 | 14 September 1945 |
| HMAS Albert (HMVS) | 24 June 1884 | 20 May 1895 | |
| HMAS Jester | 775 | 24 June 1943 | 24 August 1944 |
| HMAS Armidale (II) | P83 | 24 June 2005 | 30 March 2023 |
| HMAS Fremantle (I) | J246/M246 | 24 March 1943 | 22 June 1959 |
| HMAS Adele (ex-HMAS Franklin) | FY89 | 24 October 1939 | 7 May 1943 |
| HMAS Sydney (II) | D48 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Tingira | 25 April 1912 | 30 June 1927 | |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (I) | GT203 | 25 August 1977 | 18 April 1994 |
| HMAS Countess of Hopetoun (HMVS) | 25 July 1891 | ||
| HMAS J1 | J1 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J2 | J2 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS Platypus (I) | 25 March 1919 | 1 November 1956 | |
| HMAS J3 | J3 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J4 | J4 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J5 | J5 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J7 | J7 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS Parkes | J361 | 25 May 1944 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Bataan | D9/I91/D191 | 25 May 1945 | 18 October 1954 |
| HMAS Manoora (II) | L52 | 25 November 1994 | 27 May 2011 |
| HMAS Doomba | N01 (Later J01) | 25 September 1939 | 13 March 1946 |
| HMAS Acute | P81 | 26 April 1968 | 06 May 1983 |
| HMAS Spinaway | 729 | 26 August 1941 | |
| HMAS Steady Hour | 12 | 26 August 1941 | |
| HMAS Norman (II) | M84 | 26 August 2000 | 20 September 2018 |
| HMAS Riawe | 772 | 26 December 1942 | 12 December 1945 |
| HMAS Kuttabul | 26 February 1941 | 1 June 1942 | |
| HMAS Cessnock (I) | J175 | 26 January 1942 | 12 July 1946 |
| HMAS Kiama | J353, M353 | 26 January 1944 | 3 April 1946 |
| HMAS Sydney (I) | 26 June 1913 | 8 May 1928 | |
| HMAS Kimbla | A314 | 26 March 1956 | 15 February 1985 |
| HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | AJ | 26 May 1937 | 5 May 1943 |
| HMAS Kiara | 26 May 1941 | 27 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Vendetta (II) | D08 | 26 November 1958 | 9 October 1979 |
| HMAS Gayundah | 26 September 1884 | 23 August 1918 | |
| HMAS Benalla (I) | J323 | 27 April 1943 | 28 January 1946 |
| HMAS Diamantina (I) | K377, A266 | 27 April 1945 | 29 February 1980 |
| HMAS Flinders | A 312, GS 312 | 27 April 1973 | 12 October 1998 |
| HMAS Lauriana | 502 | 27 August 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Gawler (II) | P212 | 27 August 1983 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Paluma (IV) | A01 | 27 February 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Anzac (I) | G90 | 27 January 1920 | 30 July 1931 |
| HMAS Tasmania | H25 | 27 January 1920 | 09 January 1928 |
| HMAS Tattoo | H26 | 27 January 1920 | 19 June 1936 |
| HMAS Stalwart (I) | H14 | 27 January 1920 | 01 December 1925 |
| HMAS Success (I) | H02 | 27 January 1920 | 21 May 1930 |
| HMAS Swordsman | H11 and F3A | 27 January 1920 | 21 December 1929 |
| HMAS Yarra (III) | DE45 | 27 July 1961 | 22 November 1985 |
| HMAS Burdekin | K376 | 27 June 1944 | 18 April 1946 |
| HMAS Fantome | 27 November 1914 | 14 January 1919 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
