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 Lorne | 571 | 2 March 1943 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Ararat (II) | P89 | 10 November 2006 | 2 July 2022 |
| HMAS Whyalla (II) | P208 | 3 July 1982 | 2 September 2005 |
| HMAS Mourilyan | 23 May 1918 | 20 December 1918 | |
| HMAS Hobart (I) | D63 | 28 September 1938 | 20 December 1947 |
| HMAS Three Cheers | TC | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1946 |
| HMAS Air Cloud | ASR924 | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Air Master | ASR919 | 31 August 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Air Hope | ASR908 | 13 February 1945 | 20 July 1946 |
| HMAS Matafele | MF | 1 January 1943 | 20 June 1944 |
| HMAS Albert (HMVS) | 24 June 1884 | 20 May 1895 | |
| HMAS Mallow | 4 June 1924 | 20 November 1925 | |
| HMAS Goorangai | GR | 9 October 1939 | 20 November 1940 |
| HMAS Brunei | L127 | 5 January 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Tarakan (II) | L129 | 15 June 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Labuan (II) | L128 | 9 March 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Berrima | 17 August 1914 | 20 October 1914 | |
| HMAS Swan (II) | U74 | 21 January 1937 | 20 September 1962 |
| HMAS Norman (II) | M84 | 26 August 2000 | 20 September 2018 |
| HMAS Mowong | 543 | 8 September 1943 | 21 August 1945 |
| HMAS Junee | J362, M362 | 11 April 1944 | 21 August 1957 |
| HMAS Swordsman | H11 and F3A | 27 January 1920 | 21 December 1929 |
| HMAS Arunta (I) | I30/D5/D130 | 30 March 1942 | 21 December 1956 |
| HMAS Barcoo | K375/F375/A245 | 17 January 1944 | 21 February 1964 |
| HMAS Success (I) | H02 | 27 January 1920 | 21 May 1930 |
| HMAS Polaris | PS | 18 November 1942 | 21 November 1945 |
| HMAS Air Sense | ASR914 | 1 March 1945 | 21 October 1946 |
| HMAS Rathane | 585 | 30 August 1943 | 22 April 1944 |
| HMAS Whang Pu | 1 October 1943 | 22 April 1946 | |
| HMAS Narani | 11 June 1941 | 22 August 1944 | |
| HMAS Patricia Cam | 3 March 1942 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Parramatta (I) | D55 | 10 September 1910 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Warrego (I) | D70 | 1 June 1912 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Silver Cloud | 52 | 21 July 1941 | 22 July 1943 |
| HMAS Fremantle (I) | J246/M246 | 24 March 1943 | 22 June 1959 |
| HMAS Pedare | 675 | 13 March 1943 | 22 May 1944 |
| HMAS Alexander Thompson | 623 | 16 January 1943 | 22 November 1944 |
| HMAS Yarra (III) | DE45 | 27 July 1961 | 22 November 1985 |
| HMAS Kuru | 83 | 8 December 1941 | 22 October 1943 |
| HMAS Nepal | G25 | 11 May 1942 | 22 October 1945 |
| HMAS Melbourne (I) | 18 January 1913 | 23 April 1928 | |
| HMAS Gayundah | 26 September 1884 | 23 August 1918 | |
| HMAS Tangalooma | 9 October 1942 | 23 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Marguerite | T51 | 31 January 1920 | 23 July 1929 |
| HMAS Aeolus | 563 | 23 October 1942 | 23 June 1944 |
| HMAS Cessnock (II) | P210 | 5 March 1983 | 23 June 2005 |
| HMAS Launceston (I) | J179 | 9 April 1942 | 23 March 1946 |
| HMAS Gympie | J238, M238 | 4 November 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Para | 673 | 14 October 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Kybra | 30 September 1940 | 23 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Bermagui | FY81 | 11 December 1939 | 23 November 1945 |
| HMAS Duchess | D154 | 8 May 1964 | 23 October 1977 |
| HMAS Voyager (I) | D31 | 11 October 1933 | 23 September 1942 |
| HMAS Jester | 775 | 24 June 1943 | 24 August 1944 |
| HMAS Otway (I) | 15 June 1927 | 24 August 1945 | |
| HMAS Uki | FY80 | 11 December 1939 | 24 December 1942 |
| HDML 1340 | ML1340 | 12 May 1944 | 24 October 1945 |
| HMAS Brisbane (I) | 31 October 1916 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Air Watch | ASR927 | 27 November 1944 | 24 September 1946 |
| HMAS Yarroma | 51 | 19 August 1941 | 25 August 1945 |
| HMAS Coogee | 20 May 1918 | 25 February 1919 | |
| HMAS Bombo | BB | 28 May 1941 | 25 February 1946 |
| HMAS Terka | TR | 31 January 1941 | 25 January 1943 |
| HMAS Strahan | J363 | 14 March 1944 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Quality | G62 | 7 September 1942 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Nitipa | 771 | 22 December 1942 | 25 June 1945 |
| HMAS Yandra | FY91 | 22 September 1940 | 25 March 1946 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (I) | F23 | 6 October 1939 | 25 March 1949 |
| HMAS Air Rest | ASR921 | 20 September 1944 | 25 May 1949 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (II) | L51 | 29 August 1994 | 25 November 2011 |
| HMAS Napier | G97 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 |
| HMAS Vengeance | R71 | 13 November 1952 | 25 October 1955 |
| HMAS Albatross (I) | 23 January 1929 | 26 April 1933 | |
| HMAS Quickmatch | G92 | 14 September 1942 | 26 April 1963 |
| HMAS Bunbury (I) | J241 | 3 January 1943 | 26 August 1946 |
| HMAS Stuart (II) | DE48 | 28 June 1963 | 26 July 1991 |
| HMAS Cowra | J351, M351 | 8 October 1943 | 26 June 1953 |
| HMAS Quiberon | G81/F03 | 6 July 1942 | 26 June 1964 |
| HMAS Psyche | 1 July 1915 | 26 March 1918 | |
| HMAS Stawell | J348 | 7 August 1943 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (I) | J231 | 12 September 1942 | 26 March 1946 |
| HMAS Pirie (II) | 87 | 29 July 2006 | 26 March 2021 |
| HMAS Gippsland (I) | GP | 18 September 1942 | 26 May 1944 |
| HMAS Paterson | 1 May 1941 | 26 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Salamaua | L131 | 19 October 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Buna | L132 | 7 December 1973 | 26 November 1974 |
| HMAS Melbourne (III) | FFG 05 | 15 February 1992 | 26 October 2019 |
| HMAS Stuart (I) | D00 | 11 October 1933 | 27 April 1946 |
| HMAS Manoora (II) | L52 | 25 November 1994 | 27 May 2011 |
| HMAS Parramatta (II) | U44 | 8 April 1940 | 27 November 1941 |
| HMAS Colac | J242, M05 | 6 January 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Gloria | 15 October 1943 | 27 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Vendetta (I) | D69 | 11 October 1933 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Lauriana | 502 | 27 August 1942 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Kiara | 26 May 1941 | 27 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Ballarat (I) | J184 and B236 | 30 August 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| 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 Maitland | P88 | 29 September 2006 | 28 April 2022 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
