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 Voyager (II) | D04 | 12 February 1957 | 10 February 1964 |
| HMAS Vendetta (II) | D08 | 26 November 1958 | 9 October 1979 |
| HMAS Vampire (II) | D11 | 23 June 1959 | 13 August 1986 |
| HMAS Duchess | D154 | 8 May 1964 | 23 October 1977 |
| HMAS Stalwart (II) | D215 | 9 February 1968 | 9 March 1990 |
| HMAS Waterhen (I) | D22 | 11 October 1933 | 30 June 1941 |
| HMAS Perth (I) | D29 | 29 June 1939 | 1 March 1942 |
| HMAS Voyager (I) | D31 | 11 October 1933 | 23 September 1942 |
| HMAS Canberra (I) | D33 | 9 July 1928 | 9 August 1942 |
| HMAS Tobruk (I) | D37 | 8 May 1950 | 29 October 1960 |
| HMAS Perth (II) | D38 | 17 July 1965 | 15 October 1999 |
| HMAS Hobart (II) | D39 | 18 December 1965 | 12 May 2000 |
| HMAS Brisbane (II) | D41 | 16 December 1967 | 19 October 2001 |
| HMAS Sydney (II) | D48 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Huon (I) | D50 | 14 December 1915 | 7 June 1928 |
| HMAS Parramatta (I) | D55 | 10 September 1910 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Anzac (II) | D59 | 14 March 1951 | 4 October 1974 |
| HMAS Swan (I) | D61 | 16 August 1916 | 15 May 1928 |
| HMAS Hobart (I) | D63 | 28 September 1938 | 20 December 1947 |
| HMAS Torrens (I) | D67 | 3 July 1916 | 12 May 1926 |
| HMAS Vampire (I) | D68 | 11 October 1933 | |
| HMAS Vendetta (I) | D69 | 11 October 1933 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Warrego (I) | D70 | 1 June 1912 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Yarra (I) | D79 | 10 September 1910 | 30 September 1929 |
| HMAS Bataan | D9/I91/D191 | 25 May 1945 | 18 October 1954 |
| HMAS Yarra (III) | DE45 | 27 July 1961 | 22 November 1985 |
| HMAS Parramatta (III) | DE46 | 4 July 1961 | 11 January 1991 |
| HMAS Stuart (II) | DE48 | 28 June 1963 | 26 July 1991 |
| HMAS Swan (III) | DE50 | 20 January 1970 | 13 September 1996 |
| HMAS Emu | DT931 | 30 July 1946 | 17 December 1959 |
| HMAS Derwent | F22/DE22/DE49 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 |
| HMAS Kanimbla (I) | F23 | 6 October 1939 | 25 March 1949 |
| HMAS Manoora (I) | F48 | 12 December 1939 | 6 December 1947 |
| HMAS Beryl (II) | F71/BL | 9 October 1939 | 13 December 1945 |
| HMAS Westralia (I) | F95 | 17 January 1940 | 19 September 1946 |
| HMAS Adelaide (II) | FFG 01 | 15 November 1980 | 19 January 2008 |
| HMAS Canberra (II) | FFG 02 | 21 March 1981 | 12 November 2005 |
| HMAS Darwin | FFG 04 | 21 July 1984 | 9 December 2017 |
| HMAS Melbourne (III) | FFG 05 | 15 February 1992 | 26 October 2019 |
| HMAS Newcastle | FFG 06 | 11 December 1993 | 30 June 2019 |
| HMAS Uki | FY80 | 11 December 1939 | 24 December 1942 |
| HMAS Bermagui | FY81 | 11 December 1939 | 23 November 1945 |
| HMAS Adele (ex-HMAS Franklin) | FY89 | 24 October 1939 | 7 May 1943 |
| HMAS Yandra | FY91 | 22 September 1940 | 25 March 1946 |
| HMAS Nestor | G02 | 3 February 1941 | 16 June 1942 |
| HMAS Quadrant | G11/F01 | 18 October 1945 | 16 August 1957 |
| HMAS Banks | G244 | 16 February 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Nepal | G25 | 11 May 1942 | 22 October 1945 |
| HMAS Nizam | G38 | 19 December 1940 | 17 October 1945 |
| HMAS Norman (I) | G49 | 15 September 1941 | October 1945 |
| HMAS Quality | G62 | 7 September 1942 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Queenborough | G70 | 20 October 1945 | 7 April 1972 |
| HMAS Quiberon | G81/F03 | 6 July 1942 | 26 June 1964 |
| HMAS Anzac (I) | G90 | 27 January 1920 | 30 July 1931 |
| HMAS Quickmatch | G92 | 14 September 1942 | 26 April 1963 |
| HMAS Napier | G97 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 |
| HMAS Gunbar | GB | 18 December 1940 | 3 December 1945 |
| HMAS Gippsland (I) | GP | 18 September 1942 | 26 May 1944 |
| HMAS Bass | GPV902, Y267 and G247 | 15 November 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Goorangai | GR | 9 October 1939 | 20 November 1940 |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (I) | GT203 | 25 August 1977 | 18 April 1994 |
| HMAS Success (I) | H02 | 27 January 1920 | 21 May 1930 |
| HMAS Swordsman | H11 and F3A | 27 January 1920 | 21 December 1929 |
| HMAS Stalwart (I) | H14 | 27 January 1920 | 01 December 1925 |
| HMAS Tasmania | H25 | 27 January 1920 | 09 January 1928 |
| HMAS Tattoo | H26 | 27 January 1920 | 19 June 1936 |
| HMAS Arunta (I) | I30/D5/D130 | 30 March 1942 | 21 December 1956 |
| HMAS Warramunga (I) | I44 | 23 November 1942 | 7 December 1959 |
| HMAS Australia (II) | I84/D84/C84 | 24 April 1928 | 31 August 1954 |
| HMAS J1 | J1 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS Lismore | J145 | 24 January 1941 | 3 July 1946 |
| HMAS Whyalla (I) | J153 | 8 January 1942 | 16 May 1946 |
| HMAS Toowoomba (I) | J157 | 9 October 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Bathurst (I) | J158 | 6 December 1940 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Goulburn | J167, B243, A117 | 28 February 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Wollongong (I) | J172 | 23 October 1941 | 11 February 1946 |
| HMAS Cessnock (I) | J175 | 26 January 1942 | 12 July 1946 |
| HMAS Geraldton (I) | J178, B242 and A116 | 6 April 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Launceston (I) | J179 | 9 April 1942 | 23 March 1946 |
| HMAS Tamworth | J181 | 8 August 1942 | 30 April 1946 |
| HMAS Cairns (I) | J183 | 11 May 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Ballarat (I) | J184 and B236 | 30 August 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Ipswich (I) | J186 | 13 June 1942 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Bendigo (I) | J187, B237, A111 | 10 May 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Gawler (I) | J188 | 14 August 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Pirie (I) | J189 | 10 October 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Broome (I) | J191 | 29 July 1942 | April 1946 |
| HMAS Kalgoorlie | J192, B245, A119 | 7 April 1942 | 8 May 1946 |
| HMAS Maryborough (I) | J195 | 12 June 1941 | December 1945 |
| HMAS Burnie | J198 | 15 April 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS J2 | J2 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS Geelong (I) | J201 | 16 January 1942 | 18 October 1944 |
| HMAS Warrnambool (I) | J202 | 23 September 1941 | 13 September 1947 |
| HMAS Rockhampton | J203 | 21 January 1942 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Katoomba | J204 | 17 December 1941 | 2 August 1948 |
| HMAS Townsville (I) | J205 | 19 December 1941 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Lithgow | J206 | 14 June 1941 | 8 June 1948 |
| HMAS Mildura | J207 | 23 July 1941 | 11 September 1953 |
| HMAS Kapunda | J218 | 21 October 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Wallaroo | J222 | 15 July 1942 | 11 June 1943 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
