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 Oenone | 504 | 8 March 1944 | |
| HMAS Countess of Hopetoun (HMVS) | 25 July 1891 | ||
| HMAS Steady Hour | 12 | 26 August 1941 | |
| HMAS Lonsdale (HMVS) | |||
| HMAS Hermione | 774 | 5 March 1943 | |
| HMAS Birchgrove Park | BP | 22 August 1941 | |
| HMAS Nepean (HMVS) | |||
| HMAS Zanana | 537 | 11 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Pedoro | 561 | 19 August 1942 | |
| HMAS Victoria (HMVS) | |||
| HMAS Nereus | 19 | 30 December 1941 | |
| HMAS Peter Pan | 720 | 10 August 1942 | |
| VSIS Merkur | |||
| HMAS Marina | 718 | 23 September 1942 | |
| HMAS Iolanthe | 569 | 22 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Sydney (II) | D48 | 24 September 1935 | |
| HMAS Marynong | 591 | 19 September 1943 | |
| HMAS Reverie | 721 | 12 August 1942 | |
| Aase Maersk | Not Commissioned | ||
| HMAS Rondelle | 566 | 17 November 1942 | |
| SAR Air Nymph (ex-HMAS Air Save) | ASR920, Y257 | 20 September 1944 | |
| HMAS Miss Swan | 722 | 23 September 1942 | |
| MSA Brolga | 1102 | ||
| HMAS Vampire (I) | D68 | 11 October 1933 | |
| HMAS Miss Gladys | 511 | 8 March 1944 | |
| RAFA Bishopdale | |||
| HMAS Sea Bird | 521 | 1 April 1944 | |
| HMAS Lancelin | 734 | 23 October 1944 | |
| Coal Hulk Hankow | |||
| HMAS Bundarra | 621 | 2 January 1943 | |
| HMAS Seafarer | 732 | 27 October 1943 | |
| HMAS Nusa | |||
| Hospital Ship Grantala | |||
| HMAS Spinaway | 729 | 26 August 1941 | |
| HMVS Gordon | |||
| HMAS Winnilya | 728 | 3 July 1941 | |
| HMAS Stalwart (I) | H14 | 27 January 1920 | 01 December 1925 |
| HMAS Acute | P81 | 26 April 1968 | 06 May 1983 |
| HMAS Tasmania | H25 | 27 January 1920 | 09 January 1928 |
| HMAS Armidale (I) | J240 | 11 June 1942 | 1 December 1942 |
| HMAS Ovens | S70 | 18 April 1969 | 1 December 1995 |
| HMAS Gascoyne (I) | K354 | 18 November 1943 | 1 February 1966 |
| HMAS Penguin (I) | 1 July 1913 | 1 January 1923 | |
| HMAS Encounter (I) | 1 July 1912 | 1 January 1923 | |
| HMAS Alatna | 2 February 1944 | 1 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Kuttabul | 26 February 1941 | 1 June 1942 | |
| HMAS Burra Bra | BR | 1 February 1943 | 1 June 1944 |
| HMAS Coolebar | J25 | 18 December 1939 | 1 June 1945 |
| HMAS Launceston (III) | P94 | 22 September 2007 | 1 June 2023 |
| HMAS Perth (I) | D29 | 29 June 1939 | 1 March 1942 |
| HMAS Amohine | 541 | 8 July 1943 | 1 November 1945 |
| HMAS Samuel Benbow | 5 September 1940 | 1 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Platypus (I) | 25 March 1919 | 1 November 1956 | |
| HMAS Voyager (II) | D04 | 12 February 1957 | 10 February 1964 |
| HMAS Mulcra | S-141 | 11 June 1945 | 10 January 1946 |
| HMAS Koopa | KP | 14 September 1942 | 10 January 1947 |
| HMAS Shepparton (I) | J248 | 1 February 1943 | 10 May 1946 |
| HMAS Geranium | 14 February 1920 | 10 November 1927 | |
| HMAS Shropshire | 73 | 20 April 1943 | 10 November 1949 |
| HMAS Oxley (I) | 1 April 1927 | 10 September 1939 | |
| HMAS Ararat (I) | K34/M34 | 16 June 1943 | 11 April 1947 |
| HMAS Fremantle (II) | P203 | 17 March 1980 | 11 August 2006 |
| HMAS Wewak | L130 | 10 August 1973 | 11 December 2012 |
| HMAS Wollongong (I) | J172 | 23 October 1941 | 11 February 1946 |
| HMAS Wollongong (II) | P206 | 28 November 1981 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Bunbury (II) | P217 | 15 December 1984 | 11 February 2006 |
| HMAS Parramatta (III) | DE46 | 4 July 1961 | 11 January 1991 |
| HMAS Hoona | 535 | 5 December 1942 | 11 July 1944 |
| HMAS Wallaroo | J222 | 15 July 1942 | 11 June 1943 |
| HMAS St Giles | 15 January 1940 | 11 March 1946 | |
| HMAS Jervis Bay (II) | 45 | 10 June 1999 | 11 May 2001 |
| HMAS Ipswich (II) | P209 | 13 November 1982 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Townsville (II) | P205 | 18 July 1981 | 11 May 2007 |
| HMAS Woomera | 20 February 1946 | 11 October 1960 | |
| HMAS Mildura | J207 | 23 July 1941 | 11 September 1953 |
| HMAS Australia (I) | C6/C09/C81 | 21 June 1913 | 12 December 1921 |
| HMAS Riawe | 772 | 26 December 1942 | 12 December 1945 |
| HMAS Balikpapan | L126 | 27 September 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| HMAS Betano | L133 | 8 February 1974 | 12 December 2012 |
| 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 Cessnock (I) | J175 | 26 January 1942 | 12 July 1946 |
| HMAS Stella Maris | 544 | 8 July 1943 | 12 March 1944 |
| HMAS Tarakan (I) | L3017 | 4 July 1946 | 12 March 1954 |
| HMAS Torrens (I) | D67 | 3 July 1916 | 12 May 1926 |
| HMAS Hobart (II) | D39 | 18 December 1965 | 12 May 2000 |
| HMAS Marlean | 20 | 30 December 1941 | 12 November 1944 |
| HMAS Wato | 11 May 1941 | 12 November 1945 | |
| HMAS Sydney (III) | R17 later A214 | 16 December 1948 | 12 November 1973 |
| HMAS Canberra (II) | FFG 02 | 21 March 1981 | 12 November 2005 |
| ML 814 | ML814 | 1 January 1943 | 12 October 1945 |
| HMAS Flinders | A 312, GS 312 | 27 April 1973 | 12 October 1998 |
| HMAS Pinafore | 715 | 23 September 1942 | 12 September 1945 |
| HMAS Suva | 23rd June 1919 | 12th August 1919 | |
| HMAS Vampire (II) | D11 | 23 June 1959 | 13 August 1986 |
| ML 819 | ML819 | 10 May 1943 | 13 December 1945 |
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Total number of ship histories: 428
