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 Culgoa | K408 | 1 April 1947 | 15 April 1954 |
| HMAS Winter | WR | 24 July 1943 | 14 September 1945 |
| HMAS AE1 | 80 | 28 February 1914 | 14 September 1914 |
| HMAS Aitape | P84 | 13 November 1967 | 14 November 1974 |
| RAFA Biloela | 5 July 1920 | 14 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Orara | N3FI | 9 October 1939 | 14 May 1945 |
| HMAS Moresby (I) | 20 June 1925 | 14 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Geraldton (I) | J178, B242 and A116 | 6 April 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Inverell | J233, M233 | 17 September 1942 | 14 June 1946 |
| HMAS Tambar | 7 November 1939 | 14 July 1942 | |
| HMAS Kapunda | J218 | 21 October 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Glenelg (I) | J236, M236 | 16 November 1942 | 14 January 1946 |
| HMAS Fantome | 27 November 1914 | 14 January 1919 | |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (I) | K363 | 5 July 1944 | 14 February 1955 |
| HMAS Castlemaine | J244 | 17 June 1942 | 14 December 1945 |
| HMAS Rushcutter | M80 | 1 November 1986 | 14 August 2001 |
| HMAS Shoalwater | M81 | 10 November 1987 | 14 August 2001 |
| HMAS Swan (III) | DE50 | 20 January 1970 | 13 September 1996 |
| HMAS Warrnambool (I) | J202 | 23 September 1941 | 13 September 1947 |
| HMAS Nokomis | 726 | 1 March 1943 | 13 September 1945 |
| HMAS Moresby (II) | AGS73 | 6 March 1964 | 13 November 1997 |
| HMAS Adelaide (I) | 5 August 1922 | 13 May 1946 | |
| HMAS Gladstone (II) | P216 | 8 September 1984 | 13 March 2007 |
| HMAS Latrobe | J234, M234 | 6 November 1942 | 13 March 1953 |
| HMAS Doomba | N01 (Later J01) | 25 September 1939 | 13 March 1946 |
| HMAS Lolita | 14 | 22 November 1941 | 13 June 1945 |
| HMAS Oxley (II) | S57 | 21 March 1967 | 13 February 1992 |
| HMAS Beryl (II) | F71/BL | 9 October 1939 | 13 December 1945 |
| ML 819 | ML819 | 10 May 1943 | 13 December 1945 |
| HMAS Vampire (II) | D11 | 23 June 1959 | 13 August 1986 |
| HMAS Suva | 23rd June 1919 | 12th August 1919 | |
| HMAS Pinafore | 715 | 23 September 1942 | 12 September 1945 |
| HMAS Flinders | A 312, GS 312 | 27 April 1973 | 12 October 1998 |
| ML 814 | ML814 | 1 January 1943 | 12 October 1945 |
| HMAS Canberra (II) | FFG 02 | 21 March 1981 | 12 November 2005 |
| HMAS Sydney (III) | R17 later A214 | 16 December 1948 | 12 November 1973 |
| HMAS Wato | 11 May 1941 | 12 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Marlean | 20 | 30 December 1941 | 12 November 1944 |
| HMAS Hobart (II) | D39 | 18 December 1965 | 12 May 2000 |
| HMAS Torrens (I) | D67 | 3 July 1916 | 12 May 1926 |
| HMAS Tarakan (I) | L3017 | 4 July 1946 | 12 March 1954 |
| HMAS Stella Maris | 544 | 8 July 1943 | 12 March 1944 |
| HMAS Cessnock (I) | J175 | 26 January 1942 | 12 July 1946 |
| HMAS J1 | J1 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J2 | J2 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J3 | J3 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J4 | J4 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J5 | J5 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS J7 | J7 | 25 March 1919 | 12 July 1922 |
| HMAS Balikpapan | L126 | 27 September 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Betano | L133 | 8 February 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Riawe | 772 | 26 December 1942 | 12 December 1945 |
| HMAS Australia (I) | C6/C09/C81 | 21 June 1913 | 12 December 1921 |
| HMAS Mildura | J207 | 23 July 1941 | 11 September 1953 |
| HMAS Woomera | 20 February 1946 | 11 October 1960 | |
| HMAS Townsville (II) | P205 | 18 July 1981 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Ipswich (II) | P209 | 13 November 1982 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (II) | 45 | 10 June 1999 | 11 May 2001 |
| HMAS St Giles | 15 January 1940 | 11 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Wallaroo | J222 | 15 July 1942 | 11 June 1943 |
| HMAS Hoona | 535 | 5 December 1942 | 11 July 1944 |
| HMAS Parramatta (III) | DE46 | 4 July 1961 | 11 January 1991 |
| HMAS Bunbury (II) | P217 | 15 December 1984 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Wollongong (II) | P206 | 28 November 1981 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Wollongong (I) | J172 | 23 October 1941 | 11 February 1946 |
| HMAS Wewak | L130 | 10 August 1973 | 11 December 2012 |
| HMAS Fremantle (II) | P203 | 17 March 1980 | 11 August 2006 |
| HMAS Ararat (I) | K34/M34 | 16 June 1943 | 11 April 1947 |
| HMAS Oxley (I) | 1 April 1927 | 10 September 1939 | |
| HMAS Shropshire | 73 | 20 April 1943 | 10 November 1949 |
| HMAS Geranium | 14 February 1920 | 10 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Shepparton (I) | J248 | 1 February 1943 | 10 May 1946 |
| HMAS Koopa | KP | 14 September 1942 | 10 January 1947 |
| HMAS Mulcra | S-141 | 11 June 1945 | 10 January 1946 |
| HMAS Voyager (II) | D04 | 12 February 1957 | 10 February 1964 |
| HMAS Platypus (I) | 25 March 1919 | 1 November 1956 | |
| HMAS Amohine | 541 | 8 July 1943 | 1 November 1945 |
| HMAS Samuel Benbow | 5 September 1940 | 1 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Perth (I) | D29 | 29 June 1939 | 1 March 1942 |
| HMAS Launceston (III) | P94 | 22 September 2007 | 1 June 2023 |
| HMAS Coolebar | J25 | 18 December 1939 | 1 June 1945 |
| HMAS Burra Bra | BR | 1 February 1943 | 1 June 1944 |
| HMAS Kuttabul | 26 February 1941 | 1 June 1942 | |
| HMAS Alatna | 2 February 1944 | 1 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Encounter (I) | 1 July 1912 | 1 January 1923 | |
| HMAS Penguin (I) | 1 July 1913 | 1 January 1923 | |
| HMAS Gascoyne (I) | K354 | 18 November 1943 | 1 February 1966 |
| HMAS Ovens | S70 | 18 April 1969 | 1 December 1995 |
| HMAS Armidale (I) | J240 | 11 June 1942 | 1 December 1942 |
| HMAS Tasmania | H25 | 27 January 1920 | 09 January 1928 |
| HMAS Acute | P81 | 26 April 1968 | 06 May 1983 |
| HMAS Stalwart (I) | H14 | 27 January 1920 | 01 December 1925 |
| HMAS Victoria (HMVS) | |||
| HMAS Pedoro | 561 | 19 August 1942 | |
| VSIS Merkur | |||
| HMAS Marina | 718 | 23 September 1942 | |
| HMAS Nereus | 19 | 30 December 1941 | |
| HMAS Peter Pan | 720 | 10 August 1942 | |
| HMAS Iolanthe | 569 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Vampire (I) | D68 | 11 October 1933 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
