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 Rathane | 585 | 30 August 1943 | 22 April 1944 |
| HMAS Air Sense | ASR914 | 1 March 1945 | 21 October 1946 |
| HMAS Polaris | PS | 18 November 1942 | 21 November 1945 |
| HMAS Success (I) | H02 | 27 January 1920 | 21 May 1930 |
| HMAS Barcoo | K375/F375/A245 | 17 January 1944 | 21 February 1964 |
| HMAS Arunta (I) | I30/D5/D130 | 30 March 1942 | 21 December 1956 |
| HMAS Swordsman | H11 and F3A | 27 January 1920 | 21 December 1929 |
| HMAS Junee | J362, M362 | 11 April 1944 | 21 August 1957 |
| HMAS Mowong | 543 | 8 September 1943 | 21 August 1945 |
| HMAS Norman (II) | M84 | 26 August 2000 | 20 September 2018 |
| HMAS Swan (II) | U74 | 21 January 1937 | 20 September 1962 |
| HMAS Berrima | 17 August 1914 | 20 October 1914 | |
| 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 Goorangai | GR | 9 October 1939 | 20 November 1940 |
| HMAS Mallow | 4 June 1924 | 20 November 1925 | |
| HMAS Albert (HMVS) | 24 June 1884 | 20 May 1895 | |
| HMAS Matafele | MF | 1 January 1943 | 20 June 1944 |
| HMAS Air Hope | ASR908 | 13 February 1945 | 20 July 1946 |
| HMAS Air Cloud | ASR924 | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Air Master | ASR919 | 31 August 1944 | 20 February 1947 |
| HMAS Three Cheers | TC | 20 October 1944 | 20 February 1946 |
| HMAS Hobart (I) | D63 | 28 September 1938 | 20 December 1947 |
| HMAS Mourilyan | 23 May 1918 | 20 December 1918 | |
| HMAS Whyalla (II) | P208 | 3 July 1982 | 2 September 2005 |
| HMAS Ararat (II) | P89 | 10 November 2006 | 2 July 2022 |
| HMAS Nyroca | 737 | 29 September 1942 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Lorne | 571 | 2 March 1943 | 2 July 1945 |
| HMAS Dubbo (II) | P214 | 10 March 1984 | 2 February 2007 |
| HMAS Condamine | K698/F698 | 22 February 1946 | 2 December 1955 |
| HMAS Katoomba | J204 | 17 December 1941 | 2 August 1948 |
| HMAS Air Trail | ASR916 | 8 February 1945 | 2 August 1946 |
| HMAS Air Sprite | Y256 | 15 June 1960 | 1977 |
| HDML 1321 | 1321 | 11 November 1943 | 1970 |
| HMAS Paluma (I) | May 1884 | 1949 | |
| HMAS Westralia (I) | F95 | 17 January 1940 | 19 September 1946 |
| HMAS Brisbane (II) | D41 | 16 December 1967 | 19 October 2001 |
| HMAS Avonita | 712 | 23 September 1942 | 19 November 1945 |
| ML 824 | ML824 | 18 November 1943 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Leilani | 11 | 21 July 1941 | 19 November 1945 |
| HMAS Tattoo | H26 | 27 January 1920 | 19 June 1936 |
| HMAS Adelaide (II) | FFG 01 | 15 November 1980 | 19 January 2008 |
| HMAS Sleuth | 18 January 1917 | 19 February 1920 | |
| HMAS Shoalhaven | K535 | 2 May 1946 | 19 December 1955 |
| HMAS Air Mist | ASR917 | 20 September 1944 | 19 December 1945 |
| HMAS Sylph | 573 | 2 March 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Matoma | 588 | 20 September 1943 | 19 April 1944 |
| HMAS Mermaid | A02 | 4 December 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Paluma (IV) | A01 | 27 February 1989 | 18 September 2021 |
| HMAS Franklin (later HMAS Adele) | 14 September 1915 | 18 September 1922 | |
| HMAS Assail (I) | P89 | 12 July 1968 | 18 October 1985 |
| HMAS Bataan | D9/I91/D191 | 25 May 1945 | 18 October 1954 |
| HMAS Geelong (I) | J201 | 16 January 1942 | 18 October 1944 |
| HMAS Sirius | O 266 | 16 September 2006 | 18 December 2021 |
| HMAS Bundaberg (II) | P91 | 3 March 2007 | 18 December 2014 |
| HMAS Kazembe | 540 | 16 February 1943 | 18 December 1945 |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (I) | GT203 | 25 August 1977 | 18 April 1994 |
| HMAS Koala | A315 | 7 February 1940 | 18 April 1957 |
| HMAS Burdekin | K376 | 27 June 1944 | 18 April 1946 |
| HMAS Valanjen | 589 | 22 October 1943 | 18 April 1944 |
| HMAS Waree | W | 18 September 1942 | 17 October 1946 |
| HMAS Nizam | G38 | 19 December 1940 | 17 October 1945 |
| HMAS Horsham (I) | J235 | 18 November 1942 | 17 November 1945 |
| HMAS Macquarie | K532 | 7 December 1945 | 17 March 1954 |
| HMAS Kweena | 583 | 6 July 1943 | 17 March 1944 |
| HMAS Snipe | M1102 | 11 September 1962 | 17 June 1983 |
| HMAS Miramar II | 50 | 19 August 1941 | 17 July 1945 |
| HMAS Bowen | J285, M285 | 9 November 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Cairns (I) | J183 | 11 May 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Bonthorpe | BT | 5 February 1940 | 17 February 1945 |
| HMAS Banks | G244 | 16 February 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Bass | GPV902, Y267 and G247 | 15 November 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Emu | DT931 | 30 July 1946 | 17 December 1959 |
| HMAS Parkes | J361 | 25 May 1944 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Hiawatha | 727 | 3 July 1941 | 17 December 1945 |
| HMAS Arista | 567 | 7 November 1942 | 17 April 1944 |
| HMAS Westralia (II) | AO195 | 9 October 1989 | 16 September 2006 |
| HMAS Air Spray | ASR911, Y259 02-102 | 13 February 1945 | 16 September 1946 |
| HMAS John Hardy | 70 | 21 December 1942 | 16 October 1945 |
| HMAS Bandolier | 95 | 14 December 1968 | 16 November 1973 |
| HMAS Whyalla (I) | J153 | 8 January 1942 | 16 May 1946 |
| HMAS Benalla (II) | A04 | 20 March 1990 | 16 June 2023 |
| HMAS Shepparton (II) | A03 | 24 January 1990 | 16 June 2023 |
| HMAS Nestor | G02 | 3 February 1941 | 16 June 1942 |
| HMAS Gladstone (I) | J324, M324 | 22 March 1943 | 16 July 1956 |
| HMAS Larrakia (I) | 81 | 8 December 1941 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Tonga | 533 | 5 September 1943 | 16 February 1944 |
| HMAS Supply (I) | 0195, A195, AO195 | 15 August 1962 as HMAS Tide Austral | 16 December 1985 |
| HMAS Quadrant | G11/F01 | 18 October 1945 | 16 August 1957 |
| HMAS Childers (HMVS) | 29 April 1912 | 15 September 1916 | |
| HMAS Perth (II) | D38 | 17 July 1965 | 15 October 1999 |
| HMAS Swan (I) | D61 | 16 August 1916 | 15 May 1928 |
| HMAS Jeparit | 11 December 1969 | 15 March 1972 | |
| HMAS Barbette | P97 | 16 August 1968 | 15 June 1984 |
| HMAS Air Chief | ASR918, Y252 | 12 August 1944 | 15 July 1966 |
| HMAS Kimbla | A314 | 26 March 1956 | 15 February 1985 |
| HMAS Kangaroo | A291 | 27 September 1940 | 15 December 1955 |
| HMAS Warrego (II) | U73 | 22 August 1940 | 15 August 1963 |
| HDML 1323 | ML1323 | 21 January 1944 | 15 August 1958 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
