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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aase Maersk | Not Commissioned | ||
| HMAS Paluma (I) | May 1884 | 1949 | |
| HMAS Cerberus (HMVS) | April 1871 | April 1921 | |
| HMAS Westralia (II) | AO195 | 9 October 1989 | 16 September 2006 |
| HMAS Tangalooma | 9 October 1942 | 23 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Toowoomba (I) | J157 | 9 October 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Beryl (II) | F71/BL | 9 October 1939 | 13 December 1945 |
| HMAS Goorangai | GR | 9 October 1939 | 20 November 1940 |
| HMAS Orara | N3FI | 9 October 1939 | 14 May 1945 |
| HMAS Bowen | J285, M285 | 9 November 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Labuan (II) | L128 | 9 March 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Bungaree | 9 June 1941 | 7 August 1946 | |
| HMAS Canberra (I) | D33 | 9 July 1928 | 9 August 1942 |
| HDML 1161 | 9 January 1943 | 5 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Stalwart (II) | D215 | 9 February 1968 | 9 March 1990 |
| HMAS Goonambee | 9 August 1940 | 4 October 1944 | |
| HMAS Launceston (I) | J179 | 9 April 1942 | 23 March 1946 |
| HMAS Gladstone (II) | P216 | 8 September 1984 | 13 March 2007 |
| HMAS Mowong | 543 | 8 September 1943 | 21 August 1945 |
| HMAS Stingray | 542 | 8 September 1943 | 30 October 1945 |
| HMAS Cowra | J351, M351 | 8 October 1943 | 26 June 1953 |
| HMAS Air Sailor | ASR926 | 8 November 1944 | 31 August 1946 |
| HMAS Duchess | D154 | 8 May 1964 | 23 October 1977 |
| HMAS Tobruk (I) | D37 | 8 May 1950 | 29 October 1960 |
| HMAS Miss Gladys | 511 | 8 March 1944 | |
| HMAS Oenone | 504 | 8 March 1944 | |
| HMAS Amohine | 541 | 8 July 1943 | 1 November 1945 |
| HMAS Stella Maris | 544 | 8 July 1943 | 12 March 1944 |
| HMAS Viking | 716 | 8 July 1942 | 9 January 1945 |
| HMAS Whyalla (I) | J153 | 8 January 1942 | 16 May 1946 |
| HMAS Betano | L133 | 8 February 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Air Trail | ASR916 | 8 February 1945 | 2 August 1946 |
| HMAS Air Faith | ASR909, Y258 | 8 February 1945 | 29 August 1946 |
| HMAS Maryborough (II) | P95 | 8 December 2007 | 28 September 2023 |
| HMAS Kuru | 83 | 8 December 1941 | 22 October 1943 |
| HMAS Larrakia (I) | 81 | 8 December 1941 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Tamworth | J181 | 8 August 1942 | 30 April 1946 |
| HMAS Parramatta (II) | U44 | 8 April 1940 | 27 November 1941 |
| HMAS Ibis (II) | M1183 | 7 September 1962 | 4 May 1984 |
| HMAS Echuca | J252/M252 | 7 September 1942 | 29 June 1948 |
| HMAS Quality | G62 | 7 September 1942 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Arista | 567 | 7 November 1942 | 17 April 1944 |
| HMAS Tambar | 7 November 1939 | 14 July 1942 | |
| HMAS Koala | A315 | 7 February 1940 | 18 April 1957 |
| HMAS Buna | L132 | 7 December 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Macquarie | K532 | 7 December 1945 | 17 March 1954 |
| HMAS Stawell | J348 | 7 August 1943 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Kalgoorlie | J192, B245, A119 | 7 April 1942 | 8 May 1946 |
| HMAS Carinya | 572 | 6 September 1943 | 3 May 1946 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (I) | F23 | 6 October 1939 | 25 March 1949 |
| HMAS Latrobe | J234, M234 | 6 November 1942 | 13 March 1953 |
| HMAS Poyang | PY | 6 May 1943 | 6 March 1946 |
| HMAS Moresby (II) | AGS73 | 6 March 1964 | 13 November 1997 |
| HMAS Kweena | 583 | 6 July 1943 | 17 March 1944 |
| HMAS Quiberon | G81/F03 | 6 July 1942 | 26 June 1964 |
| HMAS Colac | J242, M05 | 6 January 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Bathurst (I) | J158 | 6 December 1940 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Geraldton (I) | J178, B242 and A116 | 6 April 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Tonga | 533 | 5 September 1943 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Samuel Benbow | 5 September 1940 | 1 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Cessnock (II) | P210 | 5 March 1983 | 23 June 2005 |
| HMAS Hermione | 774 | 5 March 1943 | |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (I) | K363 | 5 July 1944 | 14 February 1955 |
| RAFA Biloela | 5 July 1920 | 14 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Brunei | L127 | 5 January 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Bonthorpe | BT | 5 February 1940 | 17 February 1945 |
| HMAS Hoona | 535 | 5 December 1942 | 11 July 1944 |
| HMAS Adelaide (I) | 5 August 1922 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Pioneer (II) | 676 | 5 April 1943 | 6 June 1944 |
| HMAS Koorine | 582 | 5 April 1943 | 4 September 1945 |
| HMAS Moruya | 4 October 1941 | November 1944 | |
| HMAS Gympie | J238, M238 | 4 November 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Parramatta (III) | DE46 | 4 July 1961 | 11 January 1991 |
| HMAS Tarakan (I) | L3017 | 4 July 1946 | 12 March 1954 |
| HMAS Mermaid | A02 | 4 December 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Brisbane (I) | 31 October 1916 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Dubbo (I) | J251/M251 | 31 July 1942 | 7 February 1947 |
| HMAS Terka | TR | 31 January 1941 | 25 January 1943 |
| HMAS Marguerite | T51 | 31 January 1920 | 23 July 1929 |
| HMAS Air Master | ASR919 | 31 August 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Kybra | 30 September 1940 | 23 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Arunta (I) | I30/D5/D130 | 30 March 1942 | 21 December 1956 |
| HMAS Emu | DT931 | 30 July 1946 | 17 December 1959 |
| HMAS Lady Madge | 625 | 30 January 1943 | July 1944 |
| HMAS Nereus | 19 | 30 December 1941 | |
| HMAS Marlean | 20 | 30 December 1941 | 12 November 1944 |
| HMAS Tolga | TL | 30 December 1940 | 3 March 1946 |
| HMAS Teal | M1152 | 30 August 1962 | 31 May 1973 |
| HMAS Rathane | 585 | 30 August 1943 | 22 April 1944 |
| HMAS Ballarat (I) | J184 and B236 | 30 August 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Derwent | F22/DE22/DE49 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 |
| HMAS Cootamundra | J316, M186 | 30 April 1943 | 8 June 1959 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (II) | P91 | 3 March 2007 | 18 December 2014 |
| HMAS Patricia Cam | 3 March 1942 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Whyalla (II) | P208 | 3 July 1982 | 2 September 2005 |
| HMAS Arrow | P88 | 3 July 1968 | 7 February 1975 |
| HMAS Winnilya | 728 | 3 July 1941 | |
| HMAS Hiawatha | 727 | 3 July 1941 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Torrens (I) | D67 | 3 July 1916 | 12 May 1926 |
| HMAS Bunbury (I) | J241 | 3 January 1943 | 26 August 1946 |
Pages
Total number of ship histories: 428
