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 Banks | G244 | 16 February 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Kazembe | 540 | 16 February 1943 | 18 December 1945 |
| HMAS Brisbane (II) | D41 | 16 December 1967 | 19 October 2001 |
| HMAS Sydney (III) | R17 later A214 | 16 December 1948 | 12 November 1973 |
| HMAS Barbette | P97 | 16 August 1968 | 15 June 1984 |
| HMAS Swan (I) | D61 | 16 August 1916 | 15 May 1928 |
| HMAS Emilea | 584 | 16 April 1943 | 29 March 1944 |
| HMAS Norman (I) | G49 | 15 September 1941 | October 1945 |
| HMAS Catherine R | 15 October 1943 | 29 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Gloria | 15 October 1943 | 27 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Adelaide (II) | FFG 01 | 15 November 1980 | 19 January 2008 |
| HMAS Bass | GPV902, Y267 and G247 | 15 November 1960 | 17 December 1982 |
| HMAS Toomeree | 65 | 15 May 1942 | 4 December 1945 |
| HMAS Tarakan (II) | L129 | 15 June 1973 | 20 November 2014 |
| HMAS Air Sprite | Y256 | 15 June 1960 | 1977 |
| HMAS Otway (I) | 15 June 1927 | 24 August 1945 | |
| HMAS Wallaroo | J222 | 15 July 1942 | 11 June 1943 |
| HMAS Mischief II | 568 | 15 January 1943 | 7 September 1945 |
| HMAS St Giles | 15 January 1940 | 11 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Melbourne (III) | FFG 05 | 15 February 1992 | 26 October 2019 |
| HMAS Bunbury (II) | P217 | 15 December 1984 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Supply (I) | 0195, A195, AO195 | 15 August 1962 as HMAS Tide Austral | 16 December 1985 |
| HMAS Burnie | J198 | 15 April 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Koopa | KP | 14 September 1942 | 10 January 1947 |
| HMAS Quickmatch | G92 | 14 September 1942 | 26 April 1963 |
| HMAS Franklin (later HMAS Adele) | 14 September 1915 | 18 September 1922 | |
| HMAS Para | 673 | 14 October 1942 | 23 May 1946 |
| HMAS Kara Kara | Y276 | 14 October 1941 | 8 December 1945 |
| HMAS Anzac (II) | D59 | 14 March 1951 | 4 October 1974 |
| HMAS Strahan | J363 | 14 March 1944 | 25 January 1946 |
| HMAS Lithgow | J206 | 14 June 1941 | 8 June 1948 |
| HMAS Margaret II | 714 | 14 July 1942 | 7 July 1945 |
| HMAS Lachlan | K364 | 14 February 1945 | 5 October 1949 |
| HMAS Geranium | 14 February 1920 | 10 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Bandolier | 95 | 14 December 1968 | 16 November 1973 |
| HMAS Huon (I) | D50 | 14 December 1915 | 7 June 1928 |
| HMAS Gawler (I) | J188 | 14 August 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Ipswich (II) | P209 | 13 November 1982 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Aitape | P84 | 13 November 1967 | 14 November 1974 |
| HMAS Vengeance | R71 | 13 November 1952 | 25 October 1955 |
| HMAS Pedare | 675 | 13 March 1943 | 22 May 1944 |
| HMAS Ipswich (I) | J186 | 13 June 1942 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Air Hope | ASR908 | 13 February 1945 | 20 July 1946 |
| HMAS Air Spray | ASR911, Y259 02-102 | 13 February 1945 | 16 September 1946 |
| HMAS Borough Belle | 13 December 1943 | 4 December 1945 | |
| HMAS Bundaberg (I) | J231 | 12 September 1942 | 26 March 1946 |
| HDML 1340 | ML1340 | 12 May 1944 | 24 October 1945 |
| HMAS Maryborough (I) | J195 | 12 June 1941 | December 1945 |
| HMAS Assail (I) | P89 | 12 July 1968 | 18 October 1985 |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (II) | M83 | 12 February 2000 | 31 October 2018 |
| HMAS Voyager (II) | D04 | 12 February 1957 | 10 February 1964 |
| HMAS Wongalere | 12 February 1943 | 31 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Manoora (I) | F48 | 12 December 1939 | 6 December 1947 |
| HMAS Curlew | M1121 | 12 August 1962 | 30 April 1990 |
| HMAS Air Chief | ASR918, Y252 | 12 August 1944 | 15 July 1966 |
| HMAS Reverie | 721 | 12 August 1942 | |
| HMAS Snipe | M1102 | 11 September 1962 | 17 June 1983 |
| HMAS Stuart (I) | D00 | 11 October 1933 | 27 April 1946 |
| HMAS Vampire (I) | D68 | 11 October 1933 | |
| HMAS Waterhen (I) | D22 | 11 October 1933 | 30 June 1941 |
| HMAS Vendetta (I) | D69 | 11 October 1933 | 27 November 1945 |
| HMAS Voyager (I) | D31 | 11 October 1933 | 23 September 1942 |
| HDML 1321 | 1321 | 11 November 1943 | 1970 |
| HMAS Cairns (I) | J183 | 11 May 1942 | 17 January 1946 |
| HMAS Nepal | G25 | 11 May 1942 | 22 October 1945 |
| HMAS Wato | 11 May 1941 | 12 November 1945 | |
| RAFA Kurumba | 11 March 1919 | 29 July 1946 | |
| HMAS Mulcra | S-141 | 11 June 1945 | 10 January 1946 |
| HMAS Armidale (I) | J240 | 11 June 1942 | 1 December 1942 |
| HMAS Narani | 11 June 1941 | 22 August 1944 | |
| HMAS Martindale | 11 July 1941 | 3 June 1945 | |
| HMAS Zanana | 537 | 11 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Newcastle | FFG 06 | 11 December 1993 | 30 June 2019 |
| HMAS Jeparit | 11 December 1969 | 15 March 1972 | |
| HMAS Air Clan | ASR922 | 11 December 1944 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Uki | FY80 | 11 December 1939 | 24 December 1942 |
| HMAS Bermagui | FY81 | 11 December 1939 | 23 November 1945 |
| HMAS Junee | J362, M362 | 11 April 1944 | 21 August 1957 |
| HMAS Yarra (I) | D79 | 10 September 1910 | 30 September 1929 |
| HMAS Parramatta (I) | D55 | 10 September 1910 | 22 July 1919 |
| HMAS Pirie (I) | J189 | 10 October 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Ararat (II) | P89 | 10 November 2006 | 2 July 2022 |
| HMAS Shoalwater | M81 | 10 November 1987 | 14 August 2001 |
| ML 819 | ML819 | 10 May 1943 | 13 December 1945 |
| HMAS Bendigo (I) | J187, B237, A111 | 10 May 1941 | 27 September 1946 |
| HMAS Dubbo (II) | P214 | 10 March 1984 | 2 February 2007 |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (II) | 45 | 10 June 1999 | 11 May 2001 |
| HMAS Vlaming | 719 | 10 July 1942 | 9 January 1945 |
| HMAS Larrakia (II) | P84 | 10 February 2006 | 28 September 2023 |
| HMAS Geraldton (II) | P213 | 10 December 1983 | 7 October 2006 |
| HMAS Barwon | K406 | 10 December 1945 | 31 March 1947 |
| HMAS Wewak | L130 | 10 August 1973 | 11 December 2012 |
| HMAS Peter Pan | 720 | 10 August 1942 | |
| HMAS Whang Pu | 1 October 1943 | 22 April 1946 | |
| HMAS Rushcutter | M80 | 1 November 1986 | 14 August 2001 |
| HMAS Paterson | 1 May 1941 | 26 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Launceston (II) | P207 | 1 March 1982 | 8 September 2006 |
| HMAS Boonaroo | 1 March 1967 | 8 May 1967 | |
| HMAS Air Sense | ASR914 | 1 March 1945 | 21 October 1946 |
| HMAS Nokomis | 726 | 1 March 1943 | 13 September 1945 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
