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 Karangi | A304 | 23 December 1941 | 31 May 1957 |
| HMAS Success (II) | OR304 | 23 April 1986 | 29 June 2019 |
| HMAS Tobruk (II) | L50 | 23 April 1981 | 31 July 2015 |
| HMAS Launceston (III) | P94 | 22 September 2007 | 1 June 2023 |
| HMAS Sundowner | 671 | 22 September 1942 | 6 July 1944 |
| HMAS Yandra | FY91 | 22 September 1940 | 25 March 1946 |
| HMAS Valanjen | 589 | 22 October 1943 | 18 April 1944 |
| HMAS Warreen (Stella) | 821/Y263 | 22 October 1942 | 31 March 1966 |
| HMAS Lolita | 14 | 22 November 1941 | 13 June 1945 |
| HMAS Deloraine | J232 | 22 November 1941 | 30 June 1948 |
| HMAS Gladstone (I) | J324, M324 | 22 March 1943 | 16 July 1956 |
| HMAS Iolanthe | 569 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Allambie | 570 | 22 January 1943 | 3 October 1944 |
| HMAS Glenelg (II) | P96 | 22 February 2008 | 6 October 2022 |
| HMAS Condamine | K698/F698 | 22 February 1946 | 2 December 1955 |
| HMAS Nitipa | 771 | 22 December 1942 | 25 June 1945 |
| HMAS Warrego (II) | U73 | 22 August 1940 | 15 August 1963 |
| HMAS Kapunda | J218 | 21 October 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Canberra (II) | FFG 02 | 21 March 1981 | 12 November 2005 |
| HMAS Oxley (II) | S57 | 21 March 1967 | 13 February 1992 |
| HMAS Australia (I) | C6/C09/C81 | 21 June 1913 | 12 December 1921 |
| HMAS Darwin | FFG 04 | 21 July 1984 | 9 December 2017 |
| HMAS Silver Cloud | 52 | 21 July 1941 | 22 July 1943 |
| HMAS Sea Mist | 10 | 21 July 1941 | 9 November 1945 |
| HMAS Leilani | 11 | 21 July 1941 | 19 November 1945 |
| HDML 1323 | ML1323 | 21 January 1944 | 15 August 1958 |
| HMAS Rockhampton | J203 | 21 January 1942 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Swan (II) | U74 | 21 January 1937 | 20 September 1962 |
| HMAS Yarra (II) | U77 | 21 January 1936 | 4 March 1942 |
| HMAS John Hardy | 70 | 21 December 1942 | 16 October 1945 |
| HMAS Air Mist | ASR917 | 20 September 1944 | 19 December 1945 |
| HMAS Yunnan | 20 September 1944 | 31 January 1946 | |
| SAR Air Nymph (ex-HMAS Air Save) | ASR920, Y257 | 20 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Air Rest | ASR921 | 20 September 1944 | 25 May 1949 |
| HMAS Air Foam | ASR912 | 20 September 1944 | June 1944 |
| HMAS Matoma | 588 | 20 September 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Queenborough | G70 | 20 October 1945 | 7 April 1972 |
| HMAS Air Cloud | ASR924 | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Three Cheers | TC | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1946 |
| HMAS Air Guide | ASR913, Y260 | 20 October 1944 | 9 August 1946 |
| HMAS Air View | ASR923 | 20 November 1944 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Starfish | 564 | 20 November 1942 | 7 September 1943 |
| HMAS Esmeralda | 15 | 20 November 1941 | 30 January 1946 |
| HMAS Coogee | 20 May 1918 | 25 February 1919 | |
| HMAS Benalla (II) | A04 | 20 March 1990 | 16 June 2023 |
| HMAS Moresby (I) | 20 June 1925 | 14 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Swan (III) | DE50 | 20 January 1970 | 13 September 1996 |
| HMAS Woomera | 20 February 1946 | 11 October 1960 | |
| HMAS Shropshire | 73 | 20 April 1943 | 10 November 1949 |
| HMAS Shoalhaven | K535 | 2 May 1946 | 19 December 1955 |
| HMAS Sylph | 573 | 2 March 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Lorne | 571 | 2 March 1943 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Geelong (II) | P215 | 2 June 1984 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Bundarra | 621 | 2 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Alatna | 2 February 1944 | 1 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Marynong | 591 | 19 September 1943 | |
| HMAS Salamaua | L131 | 19 October 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Protector (I) (HMCS) | 19 June 1884 | June 1924 | |
| HMAS Gull | M1185 | 19 July 1962 | 7 November 1969 |
| HMAS Townsville (I) | J205 | 19 December 1941 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Nizam | G38 | 19 December 1940 | 17 October 1945 |
| HMAS Pedoro | 561 | 19 August 1942 | |
| HMAS Miramar II | 50 | 19 August 1941 | 17 July 1945 |
| HMAS Yarroma | 51 | 19 August 1941 | 25 August 1945 |
| HMAS Gippsland (I) | GP | 18 September 1942 | 26 May 1944 |
| HMAS Waree | W | 18 September 1942 | 17 October 1946 |
| HMAS Quadrant | G11/F01 | 18 October 1945 | 16 August 1957 |
| HMAS Gascoyne (I) | K354 | 18 November 1943 | 1 February 1966 |
| ML 824 | ML824 | 18 November 1943 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Horsham (I) | J235 | 18 November 1942 | 17 November 1945 |
| HMAS Polaris | PS | 18 November 1942 | 21 November 1945 |
| HMAS Townsville (II) | P205 | 18 July 1981 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Hawk | M1139 | 18 July 1962 | 7 January 1972 |
| HMAS Topsy A | 539 | 18 January 1943 | 9 May 1944 |
| HMAS Sleuth | 18 January 1917 | 19 February 1920 | |
| HMAS Melbourne (I) | 18 January 1913 | 23 April 1928 | |
| HMAS Hobart (II) | D39 | 18 December 1965 | 12 May 2000 |
| HMAS Wagga | J315, M183 | 18 December 1942 | 28 October 1960 |
| HMAS Gunbar | GB | 18 December 1940 | 3 December 1945 |
| HMAS Coolebar | J25 | 18 December 1939 | 1 June 1945 |
| HMAS Upolu | 18 August 1914 | 9 December 1914 | |
| HMAS Ovens | S70 | 18 April 1969 | 1 December 1995 |
| HMAS Inverell | J233, M233 | 17 September 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Wyatt Earp | 17 November 1947 | January 1959 | |
| HMAS Rondelle | 566 | 17 November 1942 | |
| HMAS Fremantle (II) | P203 | 17 March 1980 | 11 August 2006 |
| HMAS Castlemaine | J244 | 17 June 1942 | 14 December 1945 |
| HMAS Perth (II) | D38 | 17 July 1965 | 15 October 1999 |
| HMAS Barcoo | K375/F375/A245 | 17 January 1944 | 21 February 1964 |
| HMAS Westralia (I) | F95 | 17 January 1940 | 19 September 1946 |
| HMAS Murchison | K442 | 17 December 1945 | 31 January 1956 |
| HMAS Katoomba | J204 | 17 December 1941 | 2 August 1948 |
| HMAS Adroit | P82 | 17 August 1968 | 28 March 1992 |
| HMAS Berrima | 17 August 1914 | 20 October 1914 | |
| HMAS Sirius | O 266 | 16 September 2006 | 18 December 2021 |
| HMAS Glenelg (I) | J236, M236 | 16 November 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Ararat (I) | K34/M34 | 16 June 1943 | 11 April 1947 |
| HMAS Radical | 538 | 16 January 1943 | 3 June 1946 |
| HMAS Alexander Thompson | 623 | 16 January 1943 | 22 November 1944 |
| HMAS Geelong (I) | J201 | 16 January 1942 | 18 October 1944 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
