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 Anzac (I) | G90 | 27 January 1920 | 30 July 1931 |
| HMAS Esmeralda | 15 | 20 November 1941 | 30 January 1946 |
| HMAS Curlew | M1121 | 12 August 1962 | 30 April 1990 |
| HMAS Tamworth | J181 | 8 August 1942 | 30 April 1946 |
| HMAS AE2 | 81 | 28 February 1914 | 30 April 1915 |
| HMAS Allambie | 570 | 22 January 1943 | 3 October 1944 |
| HMAS Carinya | 572 | 6 September 1943 | 3 May 1946 |
| HMAS Tolga | TL | 30 December 1940 | 3 March 1946 |
| HMAS Radical | 538 | 16 January 1943 | 3 June 1946 |
| HMAS Martindale | 11 July 1941 | 3 June 1945 | |
| HMAS Lismore | J145 | 24 January 1941 | 3 July 1946 |
| HMAS Kookaburra | A331 | 28 February 1939 | 3 December 1958 |
| HMAS Gunbar | GB | 18 December 1940 | 3 December 1945 |
| HMAS Kiama | J353, M353 | 26 January 1944 | 3 April 1946 |
| HMAS Tobruk (I) | D37 | 8 May 1950 | 29 October 1960 |
| HMAS Catherine R | 15 October 1943 | 29 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Emilea | 584 | 16 April 1943 | 29 March 1944 |
| HMAS Success (II) | OR304 | 23 April 1986 | 29 June 2019 |
| HMAS Echuca | J252/M252 | 7 September 1942 | 29 June 1948 |
| RAFA Kurumba | 11 March 1919 | 29 July 1946 | |
| HMAS Diamantina (I) | K377, A266 | 27 April 1945 | 29 February 1980 |
| HMAS Air Faith | ASR909, Y258 | 8 February 1945 | 29 August 1946 |
| HDML 1347 | Q1347 | 1 January 1945 | 29 April 1946 |
| HMAS Larrakia (II) | P84 | 10 February 2006 | 28 September 2023 |
| HMAS Maryborough (II) | P95 | 8 December 2007 | 28 September 2023 |
| HMAS Wagga | J315, M183 | 18 December 1942 | 28 October 1960 |
| HMAS Adroit | P82 | 17 August 1968 | 28 March 1992 |
| HMAS Benalla (I) | J323 | 27 April 1943 | 28 January 1946 |
| HMAS Maitland | P88 | 29 September 2006 | 28 April 2022 |
| HMAS Bathurst (I) | J158 | 6 December 1940 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Bendigo (I) | J187, B237, A111 | 10 May 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Goulburn | J167, B243, A117 | 28 February 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Ballarat (I) | J184 and B236 | 30 August 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Kiara | 26 May 1941 | 27 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Lauriana | 502 | 27 August 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Vendetta (I) | D69 | 11 October 1933 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Colac | J242, M05 | 6 January 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Gloria | 15 October 1943 | 27 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Parramatta (II) | U44 | 8 April 1940 | 27 November 1941 |
| HMAS Manoora (II) | L52 | 25 November 1994 | 27 May 2011 |
| HMAS Stuart (I) | D00 | 11 October 1933 | 27 April 1946 |
| HMAS Melbourne (III) | FFG 05 | 15 February 1992 | 26 October 2019 |
| HMAS Salamaua | L131 | 19 October 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Buna | L132 | 7 December 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Paterson | 1 May 1941 | 26 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Gippsland (I) | GP | 18 September 1942 | 26 May 1944 |
| HMAS Pirie (II) | 87 | 29 July 2006 | 26 March 2021 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (I) | J231 | 12 September 1942 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Stawell | J348 | 7 August 1943 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Psyche | 1 July 1915 | 26 March 1918 | |
| HMAS Quiberon | G81/F03 | 6 July 1942 | 26 June 1964 |
| HMAS Cowra | J351, M351 | 8 October 1943 | 26 June 1953 |
| HMAS Stuart (II) | DE48 | 28 June 1963 | 26 July 1991 |
| HMAS Bunbury (I) | J241 | 3 January 1943 | 26 August 1946 |
| HMAS Quickmatch | G92 | 14 September 1942 | 26 April 1963 |
| HMAS Albatross (I) | 23 January 1929 | 26 April 1933 | |
| HMAS Vengeance | R71 | 13 November 1952 | 25 October 1955 |
| HMAS Napier | G97 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (II) | L51 | 29 August 1994 | 25 November 2011 |
| HMAS Air Rest | ASR921 | 20 September 1944 | 25 May 1949 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (I) | F23 | 6 October 1939 | 25 March 1949 |
| HMAS Yandra | FY91 | 22 September 1940 | 25 March 1946 |
| HMAS Nitipa | 771 | 22 December 1942 | 25 June 1945 |
| HMAS Strahan | J363 | 14 March 1944 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Quality | G62 | 7 September 1942 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Terka | TR | 31 January 1941 | 25 January 1943 |
| HMAS Bombo | BB | 28 May 1941 | 25 February 1946 |
| HMAS Coogee | 20 May 1918 | 25 February 1919 | |
| HMAS Yarroma | 51 | 19 August 1941 | 25 August 1945 |
| HMAS Air Watch | ASR927 | 27 November 1944 | 24 September 1946 |
| HMAS Brisbane (I) | 31 October 1916 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HDML 1340 | ML1340 | 12 May 1944 | 24 October 1945 |
| HMAS Uki | FY80 | 11 December 1939 | 24 December 1942 |
| HMAS Otway (I) | 15 June 1927 | 24 August 1945 | |
| HMAS Jester | 775 | 24 June 1943 | 24 August 1944 |
| HMAS Voyager (I) | D31 | 11 October 1933 | 23 September 1942 |
| HMAS Duchess | D154 | 8 May 1964 | 23 October 1977 |
| HMAS Bermagui | FY81 | 11 December 1939 | 23 November 1945 |
| HMAS Kybra | 30 September 1940 | 23 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Gympie | J238, M238 | 4 November 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Para | 673 | 14 October 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Launceston (I) | J179 | 9 April 1942 | 23 March 1946 |
| HMAS Cessnock (II) | P210 | 5 March 1983 | 23 June 2005 |
| HMAS Aeolus | 563 | 23 October 1942 | 23 June 1944 |
| HMAS Marguerite | T51 | 31 January 1920 | 23 July 1929 |
| HMAS Tangalooma | 9 October 1942 | 23 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Gayundah | 26 September 1884 | 23 August 1918 | |
| HMAS Melbourne (I) | 18 January 1913 | 23 April 1928 | |
| HMAS Nepal | G25 | 11 May 1942 | 22 October 1945 |
| HMAS Kuru | 83 | 8 December 1941 | 22 October 1943 |
| HMAS Yarra (III) | DE45 | 27 July 1961 | 22 November 1985 |
| HMAS Alexander Thompson | 623 | 16 January 1943 | 22 November 1944 |
| HMAS Pedare | 675 | 13 March 1943 | 22 May 1944 |
| HMAS Fremantle (I) | J246/M246 | 24 March 1943 | 22 June 1959 |
| HMAS Silver Cloud | 52 | 21 July 1941 | 22 July 1943 |
| HMAS Warrego (I) | D70 | 1 June 1912 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Parramatta (I) | D55 | 10 September 1910 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Patricia Cam | 3 March 1942 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Narani | 11 June 1941 | 22 August 1944 | |
| HMAS Whang Pu | 1 October 1943 | 22 April 1946 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
