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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ML 819 | ML819 | 10 May 1943 | 13 December 1945 |
| HMAS Oxley (II) | S57 | 21 March 1967 | 13 February 1992 |
| HMAS Lolita | 14 | 22 November 1941 | 13 June 1945 |
| HMAS Doomba | N01 (Later J01) | 25 September 1939 | 13 March 1946 |
| HMAS Latrobe | J234, M234 | 6 November 1942 | 13 March 1953 |
| HMAS Gladstone (II) | P216 | 8 September 1984 | 13 March 2007 |
| HMAS Adelaide (I) | 5 August 1922 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Moresby (II) | AGS73 | 6 March 1964 | 13 November 1997 |
| HMAS Nokomis | 726 | 1 March 1943 | 13 September 1945 |
| HMAS Warrnambool (I) | J202 | 23 September 1941 | 13 September 1947 |
| HMAS Swan (III) | DE50 | 20 January 1970 | 13 September 1996 |
| HMAS Rushcutter | M80 | 1 November 1986 | 14 August 2001 |
| HMAS Shoalwater | M81 | 10 November 1987 | 14 August 2001 |
| HMAS Castlemaine | J244 | 17 June 1942 | 14 December 1945 |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (I) | K363 | 5 July 1944 | 14 February 1955 |
| HMAS Fantome | 27 November 1914 | 14 January 1919 | |
| HMAS Kapunda | J218 | 21 October 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Glenelg (I) | J236, M236 | 16 November 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Tambar | 7 November 1939 | 14 July 1942 | |
| HMAS Inverell | J233, M233 | 17 September 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Geraldton (I) | J178, B242 and A116 | 6 April 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Moresby (I) | 20 June 1925 | 14 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Orara | N3FI | 9 October 1939 | 14 May 1945 |
| RAFA Biloela | 5 July 1920 | 14 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Aitape | P84 | 13 November 1967 | 14 November 1974 |
| HMAS AE1 | 80 | 28 February 1914 | 14 September 1914 |
| HMAS Winter | WR | 24 July 1943 | 14 September 1945 |
| HMAS Culgoa | K408 | 1 April 1947 | 15 April 1954 |
| HDML 1323 | ML1323 | 21 January 1944 | 15 August 1958 |
| HMAS Warrego (II) | U73 | 22 August 1940 | 15 August 1963 |
| HMAS Kangaroo | A291 | 27 September 1940 | 15 December 1955 |
| HMAS Kimbla | A314 | 26 March 1956 | 15 February 1985 |
| HMAS Air Chief | ASR918, Y252 | 12 August 1944 | 15 July 1966 |
| HMAS Barbette | P97 | 16 August 1968 | 15 June 1984 |
| HMAS Jeparit | 11 December 1969 | 15 March 1972 | |
| HMAS Swan (I) | D61 | 16 August 1916 | 15 May 1928 |
| HMAS Perth (II) | D38 | 17 July 1965 | 15 October 1999 |
| HMAS Childers (HMVS) | 29 April 1912 | 15 September 1916 | |
| HMAS Quadrant | G11/F01 | 18 October 1945 | 16 August 1957 |
| HMAS Supply (I) | 0195, A195, AO195 | 15 August 1962 as HMAS Tide Austral | 16 December 1985 |
| HMAS Tonga | 533 | 5 September 1943 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Larrakia (I) | 81 | 8 December 1941 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Gladstone (I) | J324, M324 | 22 March 1943 | 16 July 1956 |
| HMAS Nestor | G02 | 3 February 1941 | 16 June 1942 |
| HMAS Whyalla (I) | J153 | 8 January 1942 | 16 May 1946 |
| HMAS Bandolier | 95 | 14 December 1968 | 16 November 1973 |
| HMAS John Hardy | 70 | 21 December 1942 | 16 October 1945 |
| HMAS Air Spray | ASR911, Y259 02-102 | 13 February 1945 | 16 September 1946 |
| HMAS Westralia (II) | AO195 | 9 October 1989 | 16 September 2006 |
| HMAS Arista | 567 | 7 November 1942 | 17 April 1944 |
| HMAS Hiawatha | 727 | 3 July 1941 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Parkes | J361 | 25 May 1944 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Emu | DT931 | 30 July 1946 | 17 December 1959 |
| HMAS Bass | GPV902, Y267 and G247 | 15 November 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Banks | G244 | 16 February 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Bonthorpe | BT | 5 February 1940 | 17 February 1945 |
| HMAS Cairns (I) | J183 | 11 May 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Bowen | J285, M285 | 9 November 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Miramar II | 50 | 19 August 1941 | 17 July 1945 |
| HMAS Snipe | M1102 | 11 September 1962 | 17 June 1983 |
| HMAS Kweena | 583 | 6 July 1943 | 17 March 1944 |
| HMAS Macquarie | K532 | 7 December 1945 | 17 March 1954 |
| HMAS Horsham (I) | J235 | 18 November 1942 | 17 November 1945 |
| HMAS Nizam | G38 | 19 December 1940 | 17 October 1945 |
| HMAS Waree | W | 18 September 1942 | 17 October 1946 |
| HMAS Valanjen | 589 | 22 October 1943 | 18 April 1944 |
| HMAS Burdekin | K376 | 27 June 1944 | 18 April 1946 |
| HMAS Koala | A315 | 7 February 1940 | 18 April 1957 |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (I) | GT203 | 25 August 1977 | 18 April 1994 |
| HMAS Kazembe | 540 | 16 February 1943 | 18 December 1945 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (II) | P91 | 3 March 2007 | 18 December 2014 |
| HMAS Sirius | O 266 | 16 September 2006 | 18 December 2021 |
| HMAS Geelong (I) | J201 | 16 January 1942 | 18 October 1944 |
| HMAS Bataan | D9/I91/D191 | 25 May 1945 | 18 October 1954 |
| HMAS Assail (I) | P89 | 12 July 1968 | 18 October 1985 |
| HMAS Franklin (later HMAS Adele) | 14 September 1915 | 18 September 1922 | |
| HMAS Mermaid | A02 | 4 December 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Paluma (IV) | A01 | 27 February 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Sylph | 573 | 2 March 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Matoma | 588 | 20 September 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Air Mist | ASR917 | 20 September 1944 | 19 December 1945 |
| HMAS Shoalhaven | K535 | 2 May 1946 | 19 December 1955 |
| HMAS Sleuth | 18 January 1917 | 19 February 1920 | |
| HMAS Adelaide (II) | FFG 01 | 15 November 1980 | 19 January 2008 |
| HMAS Tattoo | H26 | 27 January 1920 | 19 June 1936 |
| ML 824 | ML824 | 18 November 1943 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Avonita | 712 | 23 September 1942 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Leilani | 11 | 21 July 1941 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Brisbane (II) | D41 | 16 December 1967 | 19 October 2001 |
| HMAS Westralia (I) | F95 | 17 January 1940 | 19 September 1946 |
| HMAS Paluma (I) | May 1884 | 1949 | |
| HDML 1321 | 1321 | 11 November 1943 | 1970 |
| HMAS Air Sprite | Y256 | 15 June 1960 | 1977 |
| HMAS Air Trail | ASR916 | 8 February 1945 | 2 August 1946 |
| HMAS Katoomba | J204 | 17 December 1941 | 2 August 1948 |
| HMAS Condamine | K698/F698 | 22 February 1946 | 2 December 1955 |
| HMAS Dubbo (II) | P214 | 10 March 1984 | 2 February 2007 |
| HMAS Lorne | 571 | 2 March 1943 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Nyroca | 737 | 29 September 1942 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Ararat (II) | P89 | 10 November 2006 | 2 July 2022 |
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Total number of ship histories: 424
