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 Nestor | G02 | 3 February 1941 | 16 June 1942 |
| HMAS Maitland | P88 | 29 September 2006 | 28 April 2022 |
| HMAS Nyroca | 737 | 29 September 1942 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Perth (I) | D29 | 29 June 1939 | 1 March 1942 |
| HMAS Pirie (II) | 87 | 29 July 2006 | 26 March 2021 |
| HMAS Broome (I) | J191 | 29 July 1942 | April 1946 |
| HMAS Allenwood | AL | 29 July 1941 | 31 October 1944 |
| HMAS Sydney (IV) | 03 | 29 January 1983 | 7 November 2015 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (II) | L51 | 29 August 1994 | 25 November 2011 |
| HMAS Childers (HMVS) | 29 April 1912 | 15 September 1916 | |
| HMAS Hobart (I) | D63 | 28 September 1938 | 20 December 1947 |
| HMAS Melbourne (II) | R21 | 28 October 1955 | 30 June 1982 |
| HMAS Wollongong (II) | P206 | 28 November 1981 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Napier | G97 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 |
| HMAS Bendigo (II) | P211 | 28 May 1983 | 9 September 2006 |
| HMAS Bombo | BB | 28 May 1941 | 25 February 1946 |
| HMAS Air Bird | ASR915 | 28 March 1945 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Stuart (II) | DE48 | 28 June 1963 | 26 July 1991 |
| HMAS Air Speed | ASR910 | 28 February 1945 | 30 July 1946 |
| HMAS Air Mercy | ASR925 | 28 February 1945 | 30 July 1946 |
| HMAS Goulburn | J167, B243, A117 | 28 February 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Kookaburra | A331 | 28 February 1939 | 3 December 1958 |
| HMAS AE2 | 81 | 28 February 1914 | 30 April 1915 |
| HMAS AE1 | 80 | 28 February 1914 | 14 September 1914 |
| HMAS Balikpapan | L126 | 27 September 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Kangaroo | A291 | 27 September 1940 | 15 December 1955 |
| HMAS Seafarer | 732 | 27 October 1943 | |
| HMAS Air Watch | ASR927 | 27 November 1944 | 24 September 1946 |
| HMAS Fantome | 27 November 1914 | 14 January 1919 | |
| HMAS Burdekin | K376 | 27 June 1944 | 18 April 1946 |
| HMAS Yarra (III) | DE45 | 27 July 1961 | 22 November 1985 |
| 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 Paluma (IV) | A01 | 27 February 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Gawler (II) | P212 | 27 August 1983 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Lauriana | 502 | 27 August 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Flinders | A 312, GS 312 | 27 April 1973 | 12 October 1998 |
| HMAS Diamantina (I) | K377, A266 | 27 April 1945 | 29 February 1980 |
| HMAS Benalla (I) | J323 | 27 April 1943 | 28 January 1946 |
| HMAS Gayundah | 26 September 1884 | 23 August 1918 | |
| HMAS Vendetta (II) | D08 | 26 November 1958 | 9 October 1979 |
| HMAS Kiara | 26 May 1941 | 27 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | AJ | 26 May 1937 | 5 May 1943 |
| HMAS Kimbla | A314 | 26 March 1956 | 15 February 1985 |
| HMAS Sydney (I) | 26 June 1913 | 8 May 1928 | |
| HMAS Kiama | J353, M353 | 26 January 1944 | 3 April 1946 |
| HMAS Cessnock (I) | J175 | 26 January 1942 | 12 July 1946 |
| HMAS Kuttabul | 26 February 1941 | 1 June 1942 | |
| HMAS Riawe | 772 | 26 December 1942 | 12 December 1945 |
| HMAS Norman (II) | M84 | 26 August 2000 | 20 September 2018 |
| HMAS Spinaway | 729 | 26 August 1941 | |
| HMAS Steady Hour | 12 | 26 August 1941 | |
| HMAS Acute | P81 | 26 April 1968 | 06 May 1983 |
| HMAS Doomba | N01 (Later J01) | 25 September 1939 | 13 March 1946 |
| HMAS Manoora (II) | L52 | 25 November 1994 | 27 May 2011 |
| HMAS Bataan | D9/I91/D191 | 25 May 1945 | 18 October 1954 |
| HMAS Parkes | J361 | 25 May 1944 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS J1 | J1 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS Platypus (I) | 25 March 1919 | 1 November 1956 | |
| HMAS J2 | J2 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| 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 Countess of Hopetoun (HMVS) | 25 July 1891 | ||
| HMAS Jervis Bay (I) | GT203 | 25 August 1977 | 18 April 1994 |
| HMAS Tingira | 25 April 1912 | 30 June 1927 | |
| HMAS Sydney (II) | D48 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Adele (ex-HMAS Franklin) | FY89 | 24 October 1939 | 7 May 1943 |
| HMAS Fremantle (I) | J246/M246 | 24 March 1943 | 22 June 1959 |
| HMAS Armidale (II) | P83 | 24 June 2005 | 30 March 2023 |
| HMAS Jester | 775 | 24 June 1943 | 24 August 1944 |
| HMAS Albert (HMVS) | 24 June 1884 | 20 May 1895 | |
| HMAS Winter | WR | 24 July 1943 | 14 September 1945 |
| HMAS Shepparton (II) | A03 | 24 January 1990 | 16 June 2023 |
| HMAS Lismore | J145 | 24 January 1941 | 3 July 1946 |
| HMAS Australia (II) | I84/D84/C84 | 24 April 1928 | 31 August 1954 |
| HMAS Suva | 23rd June 1919 | 12th August 1919 | |
| 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 Warrnambool (I) | J202 | 23 September 1941 | 13 September 1947 |
| HMAS Lancelin | 734 | 23 October 1944 | |
| HMAS Aeolus | 563 | 23 October 1942 | 23 June 1944 |
| HMAS Wollongong (I) | J172 | 23 October 1941 | 11 February 1946 |
| HMAS Warramunga (I) | I44 | 23 November 1942 | 7 December 1959 |
| HMAS Mourilyan | 23 May 1918 | 20 December 1918 | |
| HMAS Wollongong (III) | P92 | 23 June 2007 | 8 December 2022 |
| HMAS Vampire (II) | D11 | 23 June 1959 | 13 August 1986 |
| HMAS Mildura | J207 | 23 July 1941 | 11 September 1953 |
| HMAS Albatross (I) | 23 January 1929 | 26 April 1933 | |
| HMAS Sprightly | A203 | 23 February 1944 | 31 March 1958 |
| HMAS Koompartoo | Z256 | 23 December 1942 | 8 June 1962 |
| HMAS Winbah | 16 | 23 December 1941 | 6 August 1945 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
