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 Paluma (I) | May 1884 | 1949 | |
| HMAS Sydney (I) | 26 June 1913 | 8 May 1928 | |
| HMAS Mallow | 4 June 1924 | 20 November 1925 | |
| HMAS Franklin (later HMAS Adele) | 14 September 1915 | 18 September 1922 | |
| HMAS Wongalere | 12 February 1943 | 31 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Wyatt Earp | 17 November 1947 | January 1959 | |
| RAFA Kurumba | 11 March 1919 | 29 July 1946 | |
| HMAS Geranium | 14 February 1920 | 10 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Kybra | 30 September 1940 | 23 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Kuttabul | 26 February 1941 | 1 June 1942 | |
| HMAS Alatna | 2 February 1944 | 1 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Narani | 11 June 1941 | 22 August 1944 | |
| HMAS Kiara | 26 May 1941 | 27 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Gloria | 15 October 1943 | 27 November 1945 | |
| Coal Hulk Hankow | |||
| HMAS Patricia Cam | 3 March 1942 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Paterson | 1 May 1941 | 26 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Cerberus (HMVS) | April 1871 | April 1921 | |
| HMAS Upolu | 18 August 1914 | 9 December 1914 | |
| HMAS Penguin (I) | 1 July 1913 | 1 January 1923 | |
| HMAS Samuel Benbow | 5 September 1940 | 1 November 1945 | |
| Avernus (NSW Colony) | November 1902 | ||
| HMAS Childers (HMVS) | 29 April 1912 | 15 September 1916 | |
| Hospital Ship Grantala | |||
| Acheron (NSW Colony) | November 1902 | ||
| HMAS Tingira | 25 April 1912 | 30 June 1927 | |
| HMAS Albert (HMVS) | 24 June 1884 | 20 May 1895 | |
| HMVS Gordon | |||
| HMAS Countess of Hopetoun (HMVS) | 25 July 1891 | ||
| HMAS St Giles | 15 January 1940 | 11 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Pioneer | 1 March 1913 | 7 November 1916 | |
| HMAS Coogee | 20 May 1918 | 25 February 1919 | |
| HMAS Lonsdale (HMVS) | |||
| HMAS Woomera | 20 February 1946 | 11 October 1960 | |
| HMAS Nepean (HMVS) | |||
| HMAS Platypus (I) | 25 March 1919 | 1 November 1956 | |
| HMAS Tambar | 7 November 1939 | 14 July 1942 | |
| HMAS Victoria (HMVS) | |||
| HMAS Moruya | 4 October 1941 | November 1944 | |
| HMAS Protector (I) (HMCS) | 19 June 1884 | June 1924 | |
| RAFA Bishopdale | |||
| HMAS Bungaree | 9 June 1941 | 7 August 1946 | |
| HMAS Psyche | 1 July 1915 | 26 March 1918 | |
| RAFA Biloela | 5 July 1920 | 14 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Encounter (I) | 1 July 1912 | 1 January 1923 | |
| HMAS Nusa | |||
| HMAS Boonaroo | 1 March 1967 | 8 May 1967 | |
| HMAS Fantome | 27 November 1914 | 14 January 1919 | |
| HMAS Adelaide (I) | 5 August 1922 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Whang Pu | 1 October 1943 | 22 April 1946 | |
| HMAS Melbourne (I) | 18 January 1913 | 23 April 1928 | |
| HMAS Goonambee | 9 August 1940 | 4 October 1944 | |
| HMAS Albatross (I) | 23 January 1929 | 26 April 1933 | |
| HMAS Jeparit | 11 December 1969 | 15 March 1972 | |
| HMAS Yunnan | 20 September 1944 | 31 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Moresby (I) | 20 June 1925 | 14 March 1946 | |
| VSIS Merkur | |||
| HMAS Brisbane (I) | 31 October 1916 | 24 September 1935 | |
| Aase Maersk | Not Commissioned | ||
| HMAS Borough Belle | 13 December 1943 | 4 December 1945 | |
| HMAS Gayundah | 26 September 1884 | 23 August 1918 | |
| HDML 1161 | 9 January 1943 | 5 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Tangalooma | 9 October 1942 | 23 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Suva | 23rd June 1919 | 12th August 1919 | |
| HMAS Catherine R | 15 October 1943 | 29 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Mourilyan | 23 May 1918 | 20 December 1918 | |
| HMAS Martindale | 11 July 1941 | 3 June 1945 | |
| HMAS Sleuth | 18 January 1917 | 19 February 1920 | |
| HMAS Otway (I) | 15 June 1927 | 24 August 1945 | |
| HMAS Wato | 11 May 1941 | 12 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Berrima | 17 August 1914 | 20 October 1914 | |
| HMAS Oxley (I) | 1 April 1927 | 10 September 1939 | |
| HMAS Supply (I) | 0195, A195, AO195 | 15 August 1962 as HMAS Tide Austral | 16 December 1985 |
| HMAS Sydney (IV) | 03 | 29 January 1983 | 7 November 2015 |
| HMAS Sea Mist | 10 | 21 July 1941 | 9 November 1945 |
| HMAS Leilani | 11 | 21 July 1941 | 19 November 1945 |
| MSA Brolga | 1102 | ||
| HMAS Steady Hour | 12 | 26 August 1941 | |
| HDML 1321 | 1321 | 11 November 1943 | 1970 |
| HMAS Lolita | 14 | 22 November 1941 | 13 June 1945 |
| HMAS Esmeralda | 15 | 20 November 1941 | 30 January 1946 |
| HMAS Winbah | 16 | 23 December 1941 | 6 August 1945 |
| HMAS Nereus | 19 | 30 December 1941 | |
| HMAS Marlean | 20 | 30 December 1941 | 12 November 1944 |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (II) | 45 | 10 June 1999 | 11 May 2001 |
| HMAS Miramar II | 50 | 19 August 1941 | 17 July 1945 |
| HMAS Lauriana | 502 | 27 August 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Oenone | 504 | 8 March 1944 | |
| HMAS Yarroma | 51 | 19 August 1941 | 25 August 1945 |
| HMAS Miss Gladys | 511 | 8 March 1944 | |
| HMAS Silver Cloud | 52 | 21 July 1941 | 22 July 1943 |
| HMAS Sea Bird | 521 | 1 April 1944 | |
| HMAS Tonga | 533 | 5 September 1943 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Hoona | 535 | 5 December 1942 | 11 July 1944 |
| HMAS Zanana | 537 | 11 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Radical | 538 | 16 January 1943 | 3 June 1946 |
| HMAS Topsy A | 539 | 18 January 1943 | 9 May 1944 |
| HMAS Kazembe | 540 | 16 February 1943 | 18 December 1945 |
| HMAS Amohine | 541 | 8 July 1943 | 1 November 1945 |
| HMAS Stingray | 542 | 8 September 1943 | 30 October 1945 |
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Total number of ship histories: 417
