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 Benalla (I) | J323 | 27 April 1943 | 28 January 1946 |
| HMAS Adroit | P82 | 17 August 1968 | 28 March 1992 |
| HMAS Wagga | J315, M183 | 18 December 1942 | 28 October 1960 |
| HMAS Larrakia (II) | P84 | 10 February 2006 | 28 September 2023 |
| HMAS Maryborough (II) | P95 | 8 December 2007 | 28 September 2023 |
| HDML 1347 | Q1347 | 1 January 1945 | 29 April 1946 |
| HMAS Air Faith | ASR909, Y258 | 8 February 1945 | 29 August 1946 |
| HMAS Diamantina (I) | K377, A266 | 27 April 1945 | 29 February 1980 |
| RAFA Kurumba | 11 March 1919 | 29 July 1946 | |
| HMAS Echuca | J252/M252 | 7 September 1942 | 29 June 1948 |
| HMAS Success (II) | OR304 | 23 April 1986 | 29 June 2019 |
| HMAS Emilea | 584 | 16 April 1943 | 29 March 1944 |
| HMAS Catherine R | 15 October 1943 | 29 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Tobruk (I) | D37 | 8 May 1950 | 29 October 1960 |
| HMAS Kiama | J353, M353 | 26 January 1944 | 3 April 1946 |
| HMAS Gunbar | GB | 18 December 1940 | 3 December 1945 |
| HMAS Kookaburra | A331 | 28 February 1939 | 3 December 1958 |
| HMAS Lismore | J145 | 24 January 1941 | 3 July 1946 |
| HMAS Martindale | 11 July 1941 | 3 June 1945 | |
| HMAS Radical | 538 | 16 January 1943 | 3 June 1946 |
| HMAS Tolga | TL | 30 December 1940 | 3 March 1946 |
| HMAS Carinya | 572 | 6 September 1943 | 3 May 1946 |
| HMAS Allambie | 570 | 22 January 1943 | 3 October 1944 |
| HMAS AE2 | 81 | 28 February 1914 | 30 April 1915 |
| HMAS Tamworth | J181 | 8 August 1942 | 30 April 1946 |
| HMAS Curlew | M1121 | 12 August 1962 | 30 April 1990 |
| HMAS Esmeralda | 15 | 20 November 1941 | 30 January 1946 |
| HMAS Anzac (I) | G90 | 27 January 1920 | 30 July 1931 |
| HMAS Air Speed | ASR910 | 28 February 1945 | 30 July 1946 |
| HMAS Air Mercy | ASR925 | 28 February 1945 | 30 July 1946 |
| HMAS Tingira | 25 April 1912 | 30 June 1927 | |
| HMAS Waterhen (I) | D22 | 11 October 1933 | 30 June 1941 |
| HMAS Avalon | 717 | 23 September 1942 | 30 June 1945 |
| HMAS Deloraine | J232 | 22 November 1941 | 30 June 1948 |
| HMAS Melbourne (II) | R21 | 28 October 1955 | 30 June 1982 |
| HMAS Newcastle | FFG 06 | 11 December 1993 | 30 June 2019 |
| HMAS Armidale (II) | P83 | 24 June 2005 | 30 March 2023 |
| HMAS Stingray | 542 | 8 September 1943 | 30 October 1945 |
| HMAS Yarra (I) | D79 | 10 September 1910 | 30 September 1929 |
| HMAS Air Bird | ASR915 | 28 March 1945 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air Clan | ASR922 | 11 December 1944 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air View | ASR923 | 20 November 1944 | 30 September 1946 |
| HMAS Air Sailor | ASR926 | 8 November 1944 | 31 August 1946 |
| HMAS Australia (II) | I84/D84/C84 | 24 April 1928 | 31 August 1954 |
| HMAS Chinampa | CP | 1 March 1942 | 31 December 1945 |
| HMAS Yunnan | 20 September 1944 | 31 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Murchison | K442 | 17 December 1945 | 31 January 1956 |
| HMAS Tobruk (II) | L50 | 23 April 1981 | 31 July 2015 |
| HMAS Barwon | K406 | 10 December 1945 | 31 March 1947 |
| HMAS Sprightly | A203 | 23 February 1944 | 31 March 1958 |
| HMAS Warreen (Stella) | 821/Y263 | 22 October 1942 | 31 March 1966 |
| HMAS Karangi | A304 | 23 December 1941 | 31 May 1957 |
| HMAS Teal | M1152 | 30 August 1962 | 31 May 1973 |
| HMAS Allenwood | AL | 29 July 1941 | 31 October 1944 |
| HMAS Wongalere | 12 February 1943 | 31 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (II) | M83 | 12 February 2000 | 31 October 2018 |
| HMAS Toomeree | 65 | 15 May 1942 | 4 December 1945 |
| HMAS Borough Belle | 13 December 1943 | 4 December 1945 | |
| HMAS Yarra (II) | U77 | 21 January 1936 | 4 March 1942 |
| HMAS Ibis (II) | M1183 | 7 September 1962 | 4 May 1984 |
| HMAS Goonambee | 9 August 1940 | 4 October 1944 | |
| HMAS Anzac (II) | D59 | 14 March 1951 | 4 October 1974 |
| HMAS Koorine | 582 | 5 April 1943 | 4 September 1945 |
| HMAS Gawler (I) | J188 | 14 August 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Pirie (I) | J189 | 10 October 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Rockhampton | J203 | 21 January 1942 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Townsville (I) | J205 | 19 December 1941 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Toowoomba (I) | J157 | 9 October 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Burnie | J198 | 15 April 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Ipswich (I) | J186 | 13 June 1942 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | AJ | 26 May 1937 | 5 May 1943 |
| HDML 1161 | 9 January 1943 | 5 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Lachlan | K364 | 14 February 1945 | 5 October 1949 |
| HMAS Winbah | 16 | 23 December 1941 | 6 August 1945 |
| HMAS Manoora (I) | F48 | 12 December 1939 | 6 December 1947 |
| HMAS Sundowner | 671 | 22 September 1942 | 6 July 1944 |
| HMAS Pioneer (II) | 676 | 5 April 1943 | 6 June 1944 |
| HMAS Poyang | PY | 6 May 1943 | 6 March 1946 |
| HMAS Glenelg (II) | P96 | 22 February 2008 | 6 October 2022 |
| HMAS Queenborough | G70 | 20 October 1945 | 7 April 1972 |
| HMAS Bungaree | 9 June 1941 | 7 August 1946 | |
| HMAS Warramunga (I) | I44 | 23 November 1942 | 7 December 1959 |
| HMAS Dubbo (I) | J251/M251 | 31 July 1942 | 7 February 1947 |
| HMAS Arrow | P88 | 3 July 1968 | 7 February 1975 |
| HMAS Hawk | M1139 | 18 July 1962 | 7 January 1972 |
| HMAS Margaret II | 714 | 14 July 1942 | 7 July 1945 |
| HMAS Huon (I) | D50 | 14 December 1915 | 7 June 1928 |
| HMAS Adele (ex-HMAS Franklin) | FY89 | 24 October 1939 | 7 May 1943 |
| HMAS Pioneer | 1 March 1913 | 7 November 1916 | |
| HMAS Gull | M1185 | 19 July 1962 | 7 November 1969 |
| HMAS Sydney (IV) | 03 | 29 January 1983 | 7 November 2015 |
| HMAS Geraldton (II) | P213 | 10 December 1983 | 7 October 2006 |
| HMAS Starfish | 564 | 20 November 1942 | 7 September 1943 |
| HMAS Mischief II | 568 | 15 January 1943 | 7 September 1945 |
| HMAS Derwent | F22/DE22/DE49 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 |
| HMAS Kara Kara | Y276 | 14 October 1941 | 8 December 1945 |
| HMAS Wollongong (III) | P92 | 23 June 2007 | 8 December 2022 |
| HMAS Gawler (II) | P212 | 27 August 1983 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Geelong (II) | P215 | 2 June 1984 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Lithgow | J206 | 14 June 1941 | 8 June 1948 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
