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 Air Watch | ASR927 | 27 November 1944 | 24 September 1946 |
| HMAS Seafarer | 732 | 27 October 1943 | |
| HMAS Kangaroo | A291 | 27 September 1940 | 15 December 1955 |
| HMAS Balikpapan | L126 | 27 September 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS AE1 | 80 | 28 February 1914 | 14 September 1914 |
| HMAS AE2 | 81 | 28 February 1914 | 30 April 1915 |
| HMAS Kookaburra | A331 | 28 February 1939 | 3 December 1958 |
| HMAS Goulburn | J167, B243, A117 | 28 February 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air Speed | ASR910 | 28 February 1945 | 30 July 1946 |
| HMAS Air Mercy | ASR925 | 28 February 1945 | 30 July 1946 |
| HMAS Stuart (II) | DE48 | 28 June 1963 | 26 July 1991 |
| HMAS Air Bird | ASR915 | 28 March 1945 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Bombo | BB | 28 May 1941 | 25 February 1946 |
| HMAS Bendigo (II) | P211 | 28 May 1983 | 9 September 2006 |
| HMAS Napier | G97 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 |
| HMAS Wollongong (II) | P206 | 28 November 1981 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Melbourne (II) | R21 | 28 October 1955 | 30 June 1982 |
| HMAS Hobart (I) | D63 | 28 September 1938 | 20 December 1947 |
| HMAS Childers (HMVS) | 29 April 1912 | 15 September 1916 | |
| HMAS Kanimbla (II) | L51 | 29 August 1994 | 25 November 2011 |
| HMAS Sydney (IV) | 03 | 29 January 1983 | 7 November 2015 |
| HMAS Allenwood | AL | 29 July 1941 | 31 October 1944 |
| HMAS Broome (I) | J191 | 29 July 1942 | April 1946 |
| HMAS Pirie (II) | 87 | 29 July 2006 | 26 March 2021 |
| HMAS Perth (I) | D29 | 29 June 1939 | 1 March 1942 |
| HMAS Nyroca | 737 | 29 September 1942 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Maitland | P88 | 29 September 2006 | 28 April 2022 |
| HMAS Nestor | G02 | 3 February 1941 | 16 June 1942 |
| HMAS Bunbury (I) | J241 | 3 January 1943 | 26 August 1946 |
| HMAS Torrens (I) | D67 | 3 July 1916 | 12 May 1926 |
| HMAS Winnilya | 728 | 3 July 1941 | |
| HMAS Hiawatha | 727 | 3 July 1941 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Arrow | P88 | 3 July 1968 | 7 February 1975 |
| HMAS Whyalla (II) | P208 | 3 July 1982 | 2 September 2005 |
| HMAS Patricia Cam | 3 March 1942 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Bundaberg (II) | P91 | 3 March 2007 | 18 December 2014 |
| HMAS Cootamundra | J316, M186 | 30 April 1943 | 8 June 1959 |
| HMAS Derwent | F22/DE22/DE49 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 |
| HMAS Ballarat (I) | J184 and B236 | 30 August 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Rathane | 585 | 30 August 1943 | 22 April 1944 |
| HMAS Teal | M1152 | 30 August 1962 | 31 May 1973 |
| HMAS Tolga | TL | 30 December 1940 | 3 March 1946 |
| HMAS Nereus | 19 | 30 December 1941 | |
| HMAS Marlean | 20 | 30 December 1941 | 12 November 1944 |
| HMAS Lady Madge | 625 | 30 January 1943 | July 1944 |
| HMAS Emu | DT931 | 30 July 1946 | 17 December 1959 |
| HMAS Arunta (I) | I30/D5/D130 | 30 March 1942 | 21 December 1956 |
| HMAS Kybra | 30 September 1940 | 23 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Air Master | ASR919 | 31 August 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Marguerite | T51 | 31 January 1920 | 23 July 1929 |
| HMAS Terka | TR | 31 January 1941 | 25 January 1943 |
| HMAS Dubbo (I) | J251/M251 | 31 July 1942 | 7 February 1947 |
| HMAS Brisbane (I) | 31 October 1916 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Mermaid | A02 | 4 December 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Tarakan (I) | L3017 | 4 July 1946 | 12 March 1954 |
| HMAS Parramatta (III) | DE46 | 4 July 1961 | 11 January 1991 |
| HMAS Gympie | J238, M238 | 4 November 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Moruya | 4 October 1941 | November 1944 | |
| HMAS Pioneer (II) | 676 | 5 April 1943 | 6 June 1944 |
| HMAS Koorine | 582 | 5 April 1943 | 4 September 1945 |
| HMAS Adelaide (I) | 5 August 1922 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Hoona | 535 | 5 December 1942 | 11 July 1944 |
| HMAS Bonthorpe | BT | 5 February 1940 | 17 February 1945 |
| HMAS Brunei | L127 | 5 January 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| RAFA Biloela | 5 July 1920 | 14 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (I) | K363 | 5 July 1944 | 14 February 1955 |
| HMAS Hermione | 774 | 5 March 1943 | |
| HMAS Cessnock (II) | P210 | 5 March 1983 | 23 June 2005 |
| HMAS Samuel Benbow | 5 September 1940 | 1 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Tonga | 533 | 5 September 1943 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Geraldton (I) | J178, B242 and A116 | 6 April 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Bathurst (I) | J158 | 6 December 1940 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Colac | J242, M05 | 6 January 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Quiberon | G81/F03 | 6 July 1942 | 26 June 1964 |
| HMAS Kweena | 583 | 6 July 1943 | 17 March 1944 |
| HMAS Moresby (II) | AGS73 | 6 March 1964 | 13 November 1997 |
| HMAS Poyang | PY | 6 May 1943 | 6 March 1946 |
| HMAS Latrobe | J234, M234 | 6 November 1942 | 13 March 1953 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (I) | F23 | 6 October 1939 | 25 March 1949 |
| HMAS Carinya | 572 | 6 September 1943 | 3 May 1946 |
| HMAS Kalgoorlie | J192, B245, A119 | 7 April 1942 | 8 May 1946 |
| HMAS Stawell | J348 | 7 August 1943 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Macquarie | K532 | 7 December 1945 | 17 March 1954 |
| HMAS Buna | L132 | 7 December 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Koala | A315 | 7 February 1940 | 18 April 1957 |
| HMAS Tambar | 7 November 1939 | 14 July 1942 | |
| HMAS Arista | 567 | 7 November 1942 | 17 April 1944 |
| HMAS Echuca | J252/M252 | 7 September 1942 | 29 June 1948 |
| HMAS Quality | G62 | 7 September 1942 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Ibis (II) | M1183 | 7 September 1962 | 4 May 1984 |
| HMAS Parramatta (II) | U44 | 8 April 1940 | 27 November 1941 |
| HMAS Tamworth | J181 | 8 August 1942 | 30 April 1946 |
| HMAS Kuru | 83 | 8 December 1941 | 22 October 1943 |
| HMAS Larrakia (I) | 81 | 8 December 1941 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Maryborough (II) | P95 | 8 December 2007 | 28 September 2023 |
| HMAS Air Trail | ASR916 | 8 February 1945 | 2 August 1946 |
| HMAS Air Faith | ASR909, Y258 | 8 February 1945 | 29 August 1946 |
| HMAS Betano | L133 | 8 February 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Whyalla (I) | J153 | 8 January 1942 | 16 May 1946 |
| HMAS Viking | 716 | 8 July 1942 | 9 January 1945 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
