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 Para | 673 | 14 October 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Franklin (later HMAS Adele) | 14 September 1915 | 18 September 1922 | |
| HMAS Koopa | KP | 14 September 1942 | 10 January 1947 |
| HMAS Quickmatch | G92 | 14 September 1942 | 26 April 1963 |
| HMAS Burnie | J198 | 15 April 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Supply (I) | 0195, A195, AO195 | 15 August 1962 as HMAS Tide Austral | 16 December 1985 |
| HMAS Bunbury (II) | P217 | 15 December 1984 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Melbourne (III) | FFG 05 | 15 February 1992 | 26 October 2019 |
| HMAS St Giles | 15 January 1940 | 11 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Mischief II | 568 | 15 January 1943 | 7 September 1945 |
| HMAS Wallaroo | J222 | 15 July 1942 | 11 June 1943 |
| HMAS Otway (I) | 15 June 1927 | 24 August 1945 | |
| HMAS Air Sprite | Y256 | 15 June 1960 | 1977 |
| HMAS Tarakan (II) | L129 | 15 June 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Toomeree | 65 | 15 May 1942 | 4 December 1945 |
| HMAS Bass | GPV902, Y267 and G247 | 15 November 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Adelaide (II) | FFG 01 | 15 November 1980 | 19 January 2008 |
| HMAS Catherine R | 15 October 1943 | 29 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Gloria | 15 October 1943 | 27 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Norman (I) | G49 | 15 September 1941 | October 1945 |
| HMAS Emilea | 584 | 16 April 1943 | 29 March 1944 |
| HMAS Swan (I) | D61 | 16 August 1916 | 15 May 1928 |
| HMAS Barbette | P97 | 16 August 1968 | 15 June 1984 |
| HMAS Sydney (III) | R17 later A214 | 16 December 1948 | 12 November 1973 |
| HMAS Brisbane (II) | D41 | 16 December 1967 | 19 October 2001 |
| HMAS Kazembe | 540 | 16 February 1943 | 18 December 1945 |
| HMAS Banks | G244 | 16 February 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Geelong (I) | J201 | 16 January 1942 | 18 October 1944 |
| HMAS Radical | 538 | 16 January 1943 | 3 June 1946 |
| HMAS Alexander Thompson | 623 | 16 January 1943 | 22 November 1944 |
| HMAS Ararat (I) | K34/M34 | 16 June 1943 | 11 April 1947 |
| HMAS Glenelg (I) | J236, M236 | 16 November 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Sirius | O 266 | 16 September 2006 | 18 December 2021 |
| HMAS Berrima | 17 August 1914 | 20 October 1914 | |
| HMAS Adroit | P82 | 17 August 1968 | 28 March 1992 |
| HMAS Katoomba | J204 | 17 December 1941 | 2 August 1948 |
| HMAS Murchison | K442 | 17 December 1945 | 31 January 1956 |
| HMAS Westralia (I) | F95 | 17 January 1940 | 19 September 1946 |
| HMAS Barcoo | K375/F375/A245 | 17 January 1944 | 21 February 1964 |
| HMAS Perth (II) | D38 | 17 July 1965 | 15 October 1999 |
| HMAS Castlemaine | J244 | 17 June 1942 | 14 December 1945 |
| HMAS Fremantle (II) | P203 | 17 March 1980 | 11 August 2006 |
| HMAS Rondelle | 566 | 17 November 1942 | |
| HMAS Wyatt Earp | 17 November 1947 | January 1959 | |
| HMAS Inverell | J233, M233 | 17 September 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Ovens | S70 | 18 April 1969 | 1 December 1995 |
| HMAS Upolu | 18 August 1914 | 9 December 1914 | |
| HMAS Coolebar | J25 | 18 December 1939 | 1 June 1945 |
| HMAS Gunbar | GB | 18 December 1940 | 3 December 1945 |
| HMAS Wagga | J315, M183 | 18 December 1942 | 28 October 1960 |
| HMAS Hobart (II) | D39 | 18 December 1965 | 12 May 2000 |
| HMAS Melbourne (I) | 18 January 1913 | 23 April 1928 | |
| HMAS Sleuth | 18 January 1917 | 19 February 1920 | |
| HMAS Topsy A | 539 | 18 January 1943 | 9 May 1944 |
| HMAS Hawk | M1139 | 18 July 1962 | 7 January 1972 |
| HMAS Townsville (II) | P205 | 18 July 1981 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Horsham (I) | J235 | 18 November 1942 | 17 November 1945 |
| HMAS Polaris | PS | 18 November 1942 | 21 November 1945 |
| ML 824 | ML824 | 18 November 1943 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Gascoyne (I) | K354 | 18 November 1943 | 1 February 1966 |
| HMAS Quadrant | G11/F01 | 18 October 1945 | 16 August 1957 |
| HMAS Waree | W | 18 September 1942 | 17 October 1946 |
| HMAS Gippsland (I) | GP | 18 September 1942 | 26 May 1944 |
| HMAS Miramar II | 50 | 19 August 1941 | 17 July 1945 |
| HMAS Yarroma | 51 | 19 August 1941 | 25 August 1945 |
| HMAS Pedoro | 561 | 19 August 1942 | |
| HMAS Nizam | G38 | 19 December 1940 | 17 October 1945 |
| HMAS Townsville (I) | J205 | 19 December 1941 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Gull | M1185 | 19 July 1962 | 7 November 1969 |
| HMAS Protector (I) (HMCS) | 19 June 1884 | June 1924 | |
| HMAS Salamaua | L131 | 19 October 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Marynong | 591 | 19 September 1943 | |
| HMAS Alatna | 2 February 1944 | 1 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Bundarra | 621 | 2 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Geelong (II) | P215 | 2 June 1984 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Lorne | 571 | 2 March 1943 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Sylph | 573 | 2 March 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Shoalhaven | K535 | 2 May 1946 | 19 December 1955 |
| HMAS Shropshire | 73 | 20 April 1943 | 10 November 1949 |
| HMAS Woomera | 20 February 1946 | 11 October 1960 | |
| HMAS Swan (III) | DE50 | 20 January 1970 | 13 September 1996 |
| HMAS Moresby (I) | 20 June 1925 | 14 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Coogee | 20 May 1918 | 25 February 1919 | |
| HMAS Esmeralda | 15 | 20 November 1941 | 30 January 1946 |
| HMAS Starfish | 564 | 20 November 1942 | 7 September 1943 |
| HMAS Air View | ASR923 | 20 November 1944 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Three Cheers | TC | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1946 |
| HMAS Air Cloud | ASR924 | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Air Guide | ASR913, Y260 | 20 October 1944 | 9 August 1946 |
| HMAS Queenborough | G70 | 20 October 1945 | 7 April 1972 |
| HMAS Matoma | 588 | 20 September 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Air Mist | ASR917 | 20 September 1944 | 19 December 1945 |
| SAR Air Nymph (ex-HMAS Air Save) | ASR920, Y257 | 20 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Yunnan | 20 September 1944 | 31 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Air Rest | ASR921 | 20 September 1944 | 25 May 1949 |
| HMAS Air Foam | ASR912 | 20 September 1944 | June 1944 |
| HMAS John Hardy | 70 | 21 December 1942 | 16 October 1945 |
| HMAS Yarra (II) | U77 | 21 January 1936 | 4 March 1942 |
| HMAS Swan (II) | U74 | 21 January 1937 | 20 September 1962 |
| HMAS Rockhampton | J203 | 21 January 1942 | 5 August 1946 |
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Total number of ship histories: 424
