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Indefatigable -class battlecruiser HMAS Australia (1913–1921)
Bathurst -class corvette HMAS Lithgow (1941–1956)
Oberon -class submarine HMAS Onslow (1969–1999)
Anzac -class frigate HMAS Perth (2006–present)
Since its foundation in 1913, the Royal Australian Navy has operated a large number of vessels, including various types of warship, support and supply craft, and auxiliary vessels drawn from civilian service when required.
Current ships [ ]
Main article: List of current ships of the Royal Australian Navy
As of November 2021, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 43 commissioned vessels, plus 3 non-commissioned ships.
Name
Pennant no.
Type
Class
Commissioned
HMAS Adelaide
L01
Landing Helicopter Dock
Canberra
2015
HMAS Albany
ACPB 86
Patrol boat
Armidale
2006
HMAS Anzac
FFH 150
Frigate
Anzac
1996
HMAS Ararat
ACPB 89
Patrol boat
Armidale
2006
HMAS Armidale
ACPB 83
Patrol boat
Armidale
2005
HMAS Arunta
FFH 151
Frigate
Anzac
1998
HMAS Ballarat
FFH 155
Frigate
Anzac
2004
HMAS Bathurst
ACPB 85
Patrol boat
Armidale
2006
HMAS Benalla
A 04
Survey launch
Paluma
1990
HMAS Brisbane
DDG 41
Destroyer
Hobart
2018
HMAS Broome
ACPB 90
Patrol boat
Armidale
2007
HMAS Canberra
L02
Landing helicopter dock
Canberra
2014
HMAS Childers
ACPB 93
Patrol boat
Armidale
2007
HMAS Choules
L100
Landing ship dock
Bay
2011
HMAS Collins
SSG 73
Submarine
Collins
1996
HMAS Dechaineux
SSG 76
Submarine
Collins
2001
HMAS Diamantina
M 86
Minehunter
Huon
2002
HMAS Farncomb
SSG 74
Submarine
Collins
1998
HMAS Gascoyne
M 85
Minehunter
Huon
2001
HMAS Glenelg
ACPB 96
Patrol boat
Armidale
2008
HMAS Hobart
DDG 39
Destroyer
Hobart
2017
HMAS Huon
M 82
Minehunter
Huon
1999
HMAS Larrakia
ACPB 84
Patrol boat
Armidale
2006
HMAS Launceston
ACPB 94
Patrol boat
Armidale
2007
HMAS Leeuwin
A 245
Survey ship
Leeuwin
2000
HMAS Maitland
ACPB 88
Patrol boat
Armidale
2006
HMAS Maryborough
ACPB 95
Patrol boat
Armidale
2007
HMAS Melville
A 246
Survey ship
Leeuwin
2000
HMAS Parramatta
FFH 154
Frigate
Anzac
2003
HMAS Perth
FFH 157
Frigate
Anzac
2006
HMAS Rankin
SSG 78
Submarine
Collins
2003
HMAS Sheean
SSG 77
Submarine
Collins
2000
HMAS Shepparton
A 03
Survey launch
Paluma
1990
HMAS Stalwart
A 304
Oiler Replenishment
Supply
2021
HMAS Stuart
FFH 153
Frigate
Anzac
2002
HMAS Supply
A 195
Oiler Replenishment
Supply
2021
HMAS Sydney
DDG 42
Destoyer
Hobart
2020
HMAS Toowoomba
FFH 156
Frigate
Anzac
2005
HMAS Waller
SSG 75
Submarine
Collins
2001
HMAS Warramunga
FFH 152
Frigate
Anzac
2001
HMAS Wollongong
ACPB 92
Patrol boat
Armidale
2007
HMAS Yarra
M 87
Minehunter
Huon
2003
Non-commissioned ships [ ]
Name
Pennant no.
Type
Class
In service
ADV Cape Fourcroy
310
Patrol boat
Cape
2017
ADV Cape Inscription
320
Patrol boat
Cape
2017
STS Young Endeavour
Sail training tall ship
1988
Past ships [ ]
A [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
Aase Maersk
Fleet oiler
Auxiliary vessel
1942–1945
HMAS Abraham Crijnssen
Minesweeper
Jan van Amstel
1942–1943
Transferred from Royal Netherlands Navy in August 1942, returned in May 1943
HMAS Acute
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1983
to Indonesia
HMAS Adelaide
Light cruiser
Town
1922–1946
HMAS Adelaide
Frigate
Adelaide
1980–2008
Scuttled off Avoca as a dive wreck in April 2011
HMAS Adele
Examination vessel
1939–1943
Formerly HMAS Franklin 1915–1922
HMAS Adroit
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1994
HMAS Advance
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1988
museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum , Sydney
HMAS AE1
Submarine
E
1914–1914
HMAS AE2
Submarine
E
1914–1915
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1945-1946
Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1966
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1946
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1949
HMAS Air Faith
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1945-1946
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1944
ex-
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1946
ex-
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1945-1946
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1946
renamed
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1968
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1945-1957
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1945
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1949–1962
ex-
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1949
Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1946
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1949–1962
renamed
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1945-1946
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1945-1946
HMAS Air Sprite
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1960–1976
sunk as target
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1945-1968
HMAS Air View
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1946
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1946
Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel
1944-1944
renamed
HMAS Aitape
Patrol boat
Attack
1967–1975
to Papua New Guinea
Ajax
Examination vessel
Fast Supply/sea Ambulance Launch
1944-1946
Alacrity
Patrol vessel/minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1917–1925
HMAS Albatross
Seaplane tender
1929–1933
to Royal Navy
HMAS Alfie Cam
Minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1940-1946
HMAS Allenwood
Minesweeper
1941-1944
Alvina
Examination vessel
1943-1945
HMAS Anaconda
1944-1945
HMAS Anzac
Destroyer
Parker
1920–1935
from Royal Navy
HMAS Anzac
Destroyer
Battle
1951–1974
Sold for breaking in 1975
Aorangi
Supply ship
Auxiliary vessel
1914–1915
HMAS Ararat
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1961
HMAS Archer
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1973
to Indonesia
HMAS Ardent
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1984
HMAS Armidale
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1942
HMAS Arrow
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1974
wrecked by Cyclone Tracy
HMAS Arunta
Destroyer
Tribal
1942–1968
HMAS Assail
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1985
to Indonesia
HMAS Attack
Patrol boat
Attack
1967–1985
to Indonesia
HMAS Australia
Battlecruiser
Indefatigable
1913–1921
HMAS Australia
Heavy cruiser
County
1928–1954
1942-1945
1942-1945
HMAS Aware
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1993
Scrapped in 2011
B [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Balikpapan
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1974–2012
HMAS Ballarat
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1947
MSA Bandicoot
Minesweeper
Bandicoot
1991-2010s
HMAS Bandolier
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1973
to Indonesia
HMAS Banks
General purpose vessel
Explorer
1960–1995
Charter vessel MV Banks
HMAS Baralaba
Stores carrier
Auxiliary vessel
1942–1943
Returned to owner
HMAS Barbette
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1985
to Indonesia
HMAS Barcoo
Frigate
River
1944–1963
Barcoo
Coal hulk
Auxiliary vessel
1914–1924
Scuttled off Sydney in 1924.
HMAS Barricade
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1982
to Indonesia
HMAS Barwon
Frigate
River
1945–1962
HMAS Bass
General purpose vessel
Explorer
1960–1994
HMAS Bataan
Destroyer
Tribal
1945–1958
HMAS Bathurst
Corvette
Bathurst
1940–1948
HMAS Bayonet
Patrol boat
Attack
1969–1988
HMAS Benalla
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1958
HMAS Bendigo
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1947
HMAS Bendigo
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1983–2006
HMAS Bermagui
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939–1946
MSA Bermagui
Auxiliary minesweeper
1994–2000
HMAS Berrima
Armed merchant ship
1914–1917
HMAS Beryl II
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939–1945
HMAS Betano
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1974–2012
HMAS Biloela
Collier
1920–1927
HMAS Bingera
Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel
Auxiliary vessel
1940–1946
Returned to owner
Auxiliary minesweeper
Bishopdale
Fleet oiler
Dale
1942–1945
On loan from Royal Navy
HMAS Black Snake
Snake
1944–1945
Transferred to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit in 1945
HMAS Bombard
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1983
to Indonesia
HMAS Bombo
Auxiliary minesweeper
1940-1946;
Returned to civilian service
HMAS Bonthorpe
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939–1945
HMAS Boonaroo
Cargo ship
1967–1967
Charter vessel MV Boonaroo
Boronia
Crane stores lighter
Wattle
1972–1997
sold to Defence Maritime Services
HMAS Bowen
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1956
HMAS Brisbane
Light cruiser
Town
1916–1929
HMAS Brisbane
Destroyer
Charles F. Adams
1967–2001
Brolga
Auxiliary minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1917–1919
Returned to owners
MSA Brolga
Auxiliary minesweeper
1988–2002
Tug
HMAS Broome
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Turkey
HMAS Brunei
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1971–2014
to the Philippines
HMAS Buccaneer
Patrol boat
Attack
1969–1985
to Indonesia
HMAS Buna
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1973–1974
to Papua New Guinea
HMAS Bunbury
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1961
HMAS Bunbury
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1984–2005
HMAS Bundaberg
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1961
HMAS Bundaberg
Patrol boat
Armidale
2007–2014
Scrapped due to extensive fire damage
HMAS Bungaree
Auxiliary minelayer
1940–1946
HMAS Burdekin
Frigate
River
1944–1946
HMAS Burnie
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1946
to Netherlands
HMAS Burra Bra
Training ship
1943-1947
C [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Cairns
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Netherlands
Caledonian Salvor
Ocean salvage tug
1942-1958
Cambrian Salvor
Ocean salvage tug
1942-1958
HMAS Canberra
Heavy cruiser
County
1928–1942
Sunk at Battle of Savo Island
HMAS Canberra
Frigate
Adelaide
1981–2005
HMAS Cape Leeuwin
Lighthouse tender
1943–1945
Captain Cook
Examination vessel
Examination vessel
Examination vessel
HMAS Carroo
Lighter
1942–1946
MSA Carole-S
Auxiliary minesweeper
1993–1994
HMAS Castlemaine
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1945
museum ship at Williamstown
HMAS Cerberus
Monitor
1911–1921
from colonial navy of Victoria. Hulk partially submerged Port Philip Bay
HMAS Cessnock
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1947
HMAS Cessnock
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1983–2005
HMVS Childers
Torpedo boat
1911–1918
from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Colac
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1983
HMAS Condamine
Frigate
River
1945–1962
HMAS Coogee
Armed patrol vessel/minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1918–1919
HMAS Cook
Survey ship
1980–1990
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939-1945
Auxiliary minesweeper
HMAS Cootamundra
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1962
HMAS Countess of Hopetoun
Torpedo boat
1911–1924
from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Cowra
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1961
HMAS Culgoa
Frigate
River
1945–1962
HMAS Curlew
Minesweeper
Ton
1962–1991
ex-HMS Chediston
D [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Darwin
Frigate
Adelaide
1984-2017
HMAS Deloraine
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1956
HMAS Derwent
Destroyer escort
River
1964–1994
HMAS Diamantina
Frigate
River
1945–1981
museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum
HMAS Diamond Snake
1945-1945
HMAS Doomba
Auxiliary minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel
Hunt
1939–1946
HMAS Dubbo
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1958
HMAS Dubbo
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1984–2006
HMAS Duchess
Destroyer
Daring
1964–1977
from Royal Navy
HMAS Durraween
Auxiliary minesweeper
1940-1945
E [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Echuca
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1952
to New Zealand
HMAS Eduardo
1945
from Royal Navy, returned to Royal Navy
HMAS Elwing
Tug
Auxiliary vessel
1942–??
HMAS Encounter
Protected cruiser
Challenger
1912–1923
from Royal Navy. Renamed HMAS Penguin in 1923
Tug
1946-1959
Esturia
Oiler and stores ship/destroyer depot ship
Auxiliary vessel
1914–1917
F [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Falie
Inspection/stores vessel
1940–1946
Interned motor ketch, demasted for service
Falkefjell
Fleet oiler
Auxiliary vessel
1941–1942
On loan from Royal Navy
HMAS Fantome
Sloop
Cadmus
1914–1925
from Royal Navy
HMAS Flinders
Survey ship
1973–1998
HMAS Flying Cloud
1943
HMAS Forceful
Tugboat
1942–1943
museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum
HMAS Franklin
Tender
1915–1922
Later served as HMAS Adele 1939–1943
HMAS Fremantle
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1961
HMAS Fremantle
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1980–2006
G [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Gascoyne
Frigate
River
1946-1966
HMAS Gawler
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Turkey
HMAS Gawler
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1983–2006
HMAS Gayundah
Gunboat
1911–1921
from Queensland Maritime Defence Force, colonial navy of Queensland . Hulk beached at Redcliffe
Motor refrigeration lighter
MRL
1944–1981
Built by Johnson's Tyne Foundry in Melbourne in 1944–45, re-commissioned in 1966.
HMAS Geelong
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1944
HMAS Geelong
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1984–2006
HMAS Geraldton
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Turkey
HMAS Geraldton
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1983–2006
HMAS Geranium
Corvette
Arabis
1919–1927
ex HMS Geranium from Royal Navy , scuttled off Sydney on 16 April 1935.
HMAS Gladstone
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1956
HMAS Gladstone
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1984–2007
HMAS Glenelg
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1957
HMAS Goolgwai
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939-1945
Auxiliary minesweeper
1940-1944
HMAS Goorangai
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939–1940
Sunk following collision with HMAT Duntroon
HMAS Gordon
Torpedo boat
1911–1914
ex-HMVS Gordon from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Goulburn
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1947
HMAS Grantala
Hospital ship
1914-1915
HMAS Gull
Minesweeper
Ton
1962–1976
ex-HMS Swanston
HMAS Gumleaf
Auxiliary vessel
1943
HMAS Gunbar
Auxiliary minesweeper
1940–1946
Gunundaal
Auxiliary minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1917–1919
Returned to owner
MSA Gunundaal
Auxiliary minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1989-1992
HMAS Gympie
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1961
H [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Hankow
Coal hulk
1913–1932
sunk as target by HMAS Albatross .
HMAS Hawk
Auxiliary patrol boat
1940–1945
Ex-HMAS Sleuth .
HMAS Hawk
Minesweeper
Ton
1962–1976
ex-
HMAS Hawkesbury
Frigate
River
1944–1955
HMAS Hawkesbury
Minehunter Coastal
Huon
2000-2018
Harbour defence motor launch
1942–1948
ex Royal Navy
Harbour defence motor launch
1943-1944
Harbour defence motor launch
1942–1947
ex Royal Navy
Harbour defence motor launch
1943–1947
ex Royal Navy
HMAS HDML 1321
Harbour defence motor launch
1943-1971
served with Allied Intelligence Bureau
Harbour defence motor launch
1944-1952
Wrecked on North Head, Sydney
Harbour defence motor launch
1944-1950
Gifted to Philippines
HMAS HDML 1324
Harbour defence motor launch
1944-1982
Harbour defence motor launch
1943 1988
Harbour defence motor launch
1944-1950
Gifted to Philippines
Harbour defence motor launch
1944-1958
served with Allied Intelligence Bureau
Harbour defence motor launch
1945-2950
Gifted to Philippines
Harbour defence motor launch
1945–1946
Gifted to Philippines
Harbour defence motor launch
served with Far East Liaison Officer
HDML 1344
Harbour defence motor launch
1945-1945
Placed in reserve after construction
HDML 1345
Harbour defence motor launch
1945-1945
Placed in reserve after construction
Harbour defence motor launch
1945–1946
Harbour defence motor launch
served with Far East Liaison Officer
HMAS Heros
Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel and tugboat
Rescue/Saint
1940–1942, 1943–1947
HMAS Hobart
Light cruiser
Leander
1938–1947
ex-HMS Apollo
HMAS Hobart
Destroyer
Charles F. Adams
1965–2000
Sunk as dive wreck
HMAS Horsham
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1961
HMAS Huon
Torpedo boat destroyer
River
1915–1928
I [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Ibis
Requesitioned during World War II
HMAS Ibis
Minesweeper
Ton
1969–1984
ex-HMS Singleton
HMAS Inverell
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1952
to New Zealand
HMAS Ipswich
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Ipswich
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1982–2007
J [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS J1
Submarine
J
1919–1924
from Royal Navy
HMAS J2
Submarine
J
1919–1924
from Royal Navy
HMAS J3
Submarine
J
1919–1926
from Royal Navy
HMAS J4
Submarine
J
1919–1924
from Royal Navy
HMAS J5
Submarine
J
1919–1924
from Royal Navy
HMAS J7
Submarine
J
1919–1929
from Royal Navy
HMAS Jeparit
Bulk carrier
1969–1971
from and returned to Australian National Line
HMAS Jervis Bay
Training ship
1977–1996
HMAS Jervis Bay
Troop transport
1999–2001
HMAS John Oxley
Examination vessel
Auxiliary vessel
1943–194?
Returned to owners
HMAS Junee
Corvette
Bathurst
1944–1958
K [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS K9
Submarine
K VIII
1943–1944
From the Netherlands
HMAS Kalgoorlie
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
HMAS Kangaroo
Boom defence vessel
Bar
1940–1955
HMAS Kanimbla
Landing ship
1943–1949
from and to Royal Navy
HMAS Kanimbla
Landing ship
Kanimbla
1994–2011
from US Navy, ex-USS Saginaw
HMAS Kapunda
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1961
HMAS Kara Kara
Auxiliary boom defense vessel
Auxiliary vessel
1941–1972
Sold for scrap in 1972, hulk sunk as target off Jervis Bay in 1973
HMAS Karangi
Boom defense vessel
Bar
1941-1957
HMAS Katoomba
Corvette
Bathurst
1940–1957
Kelat
Coal hulk
Auxiliary vessel
1941–1942
Sunk after air raid in Darwin
HMAS Kianga
Auxiliary minesweeper
1941-1946
HMAS Kiama
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1952
to New Zealand
Trials ship
1956–1985
HMAS Kinchela
Net layer
1942-1946
Examination vessel
1940–1946
HMAS Koala
Boom defense vessel
Bar
1940-1969
HMAS Kookaburra
Boom defence vessel
Net
1939–1958
HMAS Koolonga
Collier and supply ship
Auxiliary vessel
1914–1915
HMAS Koompartoo
Auxiliary boom defence vessel
Auxiliary vessel
1942-1962
Training depot ship and Fairmile Motor Launch depot ship
Auxiliary vessel
1942–1947
returned to owners in 1947
HMAS Kooronga
Tug/Training ship
Auxiliary vessel
1924–1948
sold to private owners and converted into a schooner
HMAS Korowa
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939-1945
Koraaga
Auxiliary minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1917–1918
Returned to owner
MSA Koraaga
Auxiliary minesweeper
1989–2000
HMAS Kuramia
Auxiliary netlayer
1942-1945
HMAS Kuru
Patrol boat
1941–1943
From Northern Territory Patrol Service
HMAS Kurumba
Oiler
1919–1947
from Royal Navy
HMAS Kuttabul
Accommodation ship
Auxiliary vessel
1940–1942
sunk on 31 May 1942 in Sydney Harbour
1943
Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel
Auxiliary vessel
1940-1945
L [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Labuan
Landing ship
LST(3)
1946–1955
from Royal Navy
HMAS Labuan
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1973–2014
HMAS Lachlan
Frigate
River
1945–1949
to New Zealand
HMAS Ladava
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1975
to Papua New Guinea
HMAS Lae
Landing ship
LST(3)
1946–1955
from Royal Navy
HMAS Lae
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1975
to Papua New Guinea
HMAS Latrobe
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1956
HMAS Launceston
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Turkey
HMAS Launceston
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1982–2006
HMAS Leilani
Channel patrol boat/Pilot vessel
Auxiliary vessel
1941-1945
HMAS Limicola
Anti-submarine indicator loop repair ship
HMAS Lismore
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1946
to Netherlands
HMAS Lithgow
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1956
HMAS Lolita
Channel patrol boat
1941–1945
HMAS Lonsdale
Torpedo boat
1901–1912
from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS LST 3008
Landing ship
LST(3)
1946–1950
from Royal Navy
HMAS LST 3014
Landing ship
LST(3)
1946–1950
from Royal Navy
HMAS LST 3022
Landing ship
LST(3)
1946–1950
from Royal Navy
M [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Macquarie
Frigate
River
1945–1962
HMAS Madang
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1975
to Papua New Guinea
HMAS Mallina
Store carrier and collier
Auxiliary vessel
1914–1915
HMAS Mallow
Corvette
Acacia
1919–1925
from Royal Navy
Mamutu
Auxiliary vessel
1941-1941
HMAS Manoora
Armed merchant ship
1939–1947
HMAS Manoora
Landing ship
Kanimbla
1994–2011
From US Navy, ex-USS Fairfax County
HMAS Marguerite
Sloop
Arabis
1919–1929
ex-HMS Marguerite from Royal Navy , scuttled off Sydney on 1 August 1935.
HMAS Marlean
Channel patrol boats
Converted civilian pleasure boat
1941-1944
HMAS Maroubra
Cutter
Converted civilian cutter
1942–1943
Sunk in a Japanese air raid on Milingimbi, NT
HMAS Marrawah
Auxiliary minesweeper
1941-1943
HMAS Maryborough
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1947
HMAS Mary Cam
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939-1945
HMAS Matafele
Stores carrier
Auxiliary vessel
1943–1944
ex-Burns Philp & Company cargo and passenger vessel, lost without trace with all hands in June 1944.
HMAS Mavie
Patrol boat
Converted lugger
1941–1942
Sunk Darwin, 1942 .
HMAS Medea
Minesweeper
1942–1945
ex-HMS Circe , scuttled off Sydney on 20 January 1948.
HMAS Melbourne
Light cruiser
Town
1913–1928
HMAS Melbourne
Aircraft carrier
Majestic
1955–1982
ex-HMS Majestic
HMAS Melbourne
Frigate
Adelaide
1992-2019
HMAS Mercedes
Minesweeper
1942–1945
ex-HMS Medusa , scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948.
Merkur
Victualling Store Issue Supply Ship
Auxiliary vessel
1942–1949
returned to her owners Burns Philp & Company .
HMAS Mermaid
Survey launch
Paluma
1989-2021
HMAS Midge
Torpedo boat
1911–1912
from Queensland Maritime Defence Force
HMAS Mildura
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1956
HMAS ML 827
Fairmile B motor launch
1943–1944
Capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain.
HMAS Mollymawk
Tug
1946-1957
HMAS Mombah
Stores ship
1923–1930 1940–1948
HMAS Moresby
Survey ship/Sloop
24
1925–1946
from Royal Navy
HMAS Moresby
Survey ship
Moresby
1964–1997
HMAS Mother Snake
1945-1945
HMAS Murchison
Frigate
River
1945–1962
Murex
Oiler
Auxiliary vessel
1914-1916
N [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Nambucca
Auxiliary minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1940–1943
transferred to United States Navy
HMAS Napier
Destroyer
N
1940–1945
returned to the Royal Navy
HMAS Narani
Auxiliary minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1941–1946
returned to her owners
HMAS Nereus
Channel patrol boat
Requisitioned civilian vessel
1941-1942
destroyed by fire on 2 July 1942
HMAS Nepal
Destroyer
N
1942–1945
returned to the Royal Navy
HMAS Nepean
Torpedo boat
Second-class torpedo boat
1901–1912
scuttled off Swan Island, Port Phillip in 1912
HMAS Nestor
Destroyer
N
1941–1942
scuttled off Crete on 16 June 1942, following damage from bombing
HMAS Newcastle
Frigate
Adelaide
1993–2019
Decommissioned on 30 June 2019
HMAS Nizam
Destroyer
N
1941–1945
returned to the Royal Navy
HMAS Norman
Destroyer
N
1941–1945
returned to the Royal Navy
HMAS Norman
Minehuner
Huon
2000-2018
O [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
ADV Ocean Shield
Humanitarian and disaster relief vessel
2012-2014
Transferred to Customs
OFL No. 1
Oil fuel lighter
500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
1916-1942
OFL No. 2
Oil fuel lighter
500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
1916-??
OFL No. 3
Oil fuel lighter
500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
1915-??
OFL No. 4
Oil fuel lighter
500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
1915-??
OFL 1201 (Rocklea )
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
OFL 1202
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
OFL 1203
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
OFL 1204
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
OFL 1205
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
OFL 1206
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
1945-1964
OFL 1207
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
OFL 1208 (Karpoint )
Oil fuel lighter
1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter
HMAS Olive Cam
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939-1945
HMAS Onslow
Submarine
Oberon
1969–1999
museum ship Australian National Maritime Museum
HMAS Orara
Auxiliary minesweeper
1939-1945
HMAS Orion
Submarine
Oberon
1977–1997
HMAS Otama
Submarine
Oberon
1978–1999
museum ship at Western Port, VIC
Otter
Examination vessel
Auxiliary vessel
(1914–1918) & (1939–1940)
returned to owner
HMAS Otway
Submarine
Odin
1927–1937
to Royal Navy
HMAS Otway
Submarine
Oberon
1968–1994
HMAS Ovens
Submarine
Oberon
1969–1995
HMAS Oxley
Submarine
Odin
1927–1937
to Royal Navy
HMAS Oxley
Submarine
Oberon
1967–1992
P [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Paluma
Gunboat
1911–1916
from Queensland Maritime Defence Force
HMAS Paluma
Auxiliary patrol vessel
1941–1945
Motor Boat
HMAS Paluma
Survey vessel
Unnamed class of 18 MSLs
1946–1973
Converted from Motor Store Lighter No 252 MSL 252)
HMAS Paluma
Survey launch
Paluma
1989-2021
HMAS Parkes
Corvette
Bathurst
1944–1957
HMAS Parramatta
Torpedo boat destroyer
River
1910–1928
HMAS Parramatta
Sloop
Grimsby
1940–1941
HMAS Parramatta
Destroyer escort
River
1961–1991
HMAS Patricia Cam
Auxiliary minesweeper
1942–1943
Converted from a commercial trawler
HMAS Paterson
Auxiliary minesweeper
1941-1945
HMAS Penguin
Depot ship
Osprey
1913–1923
from Royal Navy
HMAS Penguin
Depot ship
Challenger
1923–1929
ex-HMAS Encounter , scuttled off Sydney on 14 September 1932.
HMAS Penguin
Depot ship
1929–1941
ex-HMAS Platypus (1917)
HMAS Perth
Light cruiser
Leander
1939–1942
ex-HMS Amphion
HMAS Perth
Destroyer
Charles F. Adams
1965–1999
diving wreck
HMAS Phillip
Depot tender
1916–1921
ex-HMAS Togo , sold to commercial interests.
HMAS Pioneer
Light cruiser
Pelorus
1915–1916
ex HMS Pioneer from Royal Navy , scuttled off Sydney on 18 February 1931.
HMAS Ping Wo
Repair ship/Stores ship
Auxiliary vessel
1942–1946
Returned to owners in 1946
HMAS Pirie
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Turkey
HMAS Pirie
Patrol boat
Armidale
2006-2021
HMAS Platypus
Submarine tender
1917–1958
HMAS Polaris
Surveying tender
1942–1945
returned to owners
HMAS Porpoise
Diving tender
Modified Ham
1973–1989
ex-HMS Neasham
HMAS Potrero
Auxiliary vessel
HMAS Poyang
Stores ship
Auxiliary vessel
1942–1946
Returned to owners in 1946
HMAS Protector
Light cruiser
1911–1924
from colonial navy of South Australia
HMAS Protector
Trials ship
1990–1998
HMAS Psyche
Light cruiser
Pelorus
1915–1918
from Royal Navy
Q [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Quadrant
Destroyer
Q
1945–1963
ex-HMS Quadrant from Royal Navy , sold in 1963 for breaking up
HMAS Quality
Destroyer
Q
1945–1958
ex-HMS Quality from Royal Navy, sold in 1958 for breaking up
HMAS Queenborough
Destroyer
Q
1945–1975
ex-HMS Queenborough from Royal Navy, sold in 1975 for breaking up
HMAS Quiberon
Destroyer
Q
1942–1972
from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up
HMAS Quickmatch
Destroyer
Q
1942–1972
from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up
DT Quokka
Tugboat
1984–1998
sold to Defence Maritime Services in 1998
R [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
ASRV Remora
Submarine rescue vehicle
Remora
1995–2006
inactive since an accident in 2006
HMAS Reserve
Tugboat
Salvage tug
1943–1961
ex-USS BAT-11 , sold in 1961
HMAS River Snake
Junk
Snake
1945-1945
transferred in 1945 to the British Civil Administration Unit, Borneo
HMAS Rockhampton
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1961
sold in 1961 for breaking up
Rona
Coal hulk
Auxiliary vessel
1943–1946
returned to owners
HMAS Rushcutter
Minehunter
Bay
1986–2001
sold in 2002
S [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Salamaua
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1973–1974
to Papua New Guinea
HMAS Samarai
Patrol boat
Attack
1968–1975
to Papua New Guinea
HMAS Samuel Benbow
Auxiliary minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1940–1946
returned to owners
HMAS Sea Mist
Channel patrol boat
Requisitioned civilian vessel
1942–c1945
returned to owners
HMAS Sea Snake
Snake
1945-1945
transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit
HMAS Seal
Diving tender
Modified Ham
1968–1988
ex-HMS Wintringham
HMAS Shepparton
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1958
HMAS Shoalhaven
Frigate
River
1945–1962
HMAS Shoalwater
Minehunter
Bay
1987–2001
HMAS Shropshire
Heavy cruiser
County
1943–1949
from Royal Navy
HMAS Siesta
Channel patrol boat
Requisitioned civilian vessel
?-1942
destroyed in explosion in 1942
HMAS Silver Cloud
Channel patrol boat
Requisitioned civilian vessel
?-1943
burnt to the waterline in 1943
HMAS Sirius
Supply ship
Modified commercial tanker
2006-2021
HMAS Sirocco
Channel patrol boat
Requisitioned civilian vessel
?-1942
burnt to the waterline in 1942
HMAS Sleuth
Patrol vessel
1917–1920, 1990
HMAS Sleuth
Auxiliary patrol boat
1940–1945
ex-HMAS Vigilant , renamed HMAS Hawk in 1945.
HMAS Snipe
Minesweeper
Ton
1962–1983
ex-HMS Alcaston
HMAS Southern Cross
Examination vesses
1941–??
HMAS Sprightly
Tug
1944-1958
ex USS BAT-12
HMAS Stalwart
Destroyer
S
1920–1925
scuttled off Sydney on 21 July 1939.
HMAS Stalwart
Destroyer tender
1966–1989
HMAS Stawell
Corvette
Bathurst
1943–1952
New Zealand
HMAS Steady Hour
Channel patrol boat
Requisitioned civilian vessel
1941–1945
burnt to the waterline in 1945
HMAS Stella
Survey vessel
Requisitioned civilian vessel
1942–1945
recommissioned in 1952 as HMAS Warreen
HMAS Strahan
Corvette
Bathurst
1944–1961
HMAS Stuart
Destroyer
Scott
1933–1946
from Royal Navy
HMAS Stuart
Destroyer escort
River
1963–1991
HMAS St Giles
Auxiliary patrol vessel/tug boat
Auxiliary vessel
1940–1942, 1945–1946
returned to owners in 1947
HMAS Success
Destroyer
S
1920–1930
HMAS Success
Supply ship
Durance
1986-2019
HMAS Supply
Oiler
Tide
1962–1985
HMAS Suva
Special service vessel
1919-1919
ex HMS Suva .
HMAS Swan
Destroyer
River-class torpedo-boat destroyer
1916–1928
HMAS Swan
Sloop
Grimsby
1937–1964
HMAS Swan
Destroyer escort
River-class destroyer escort
1970–1996
diving wreck
HMAS Swordsman
Destroyer
S
1920–1929
HMAS Sydney
Light cruiser
Town
1913–1928
HMAS Sydney
Light cruiser
Leander
1935–1941
ex-HMS Phaeton
HMAS Sydney
Aircraft carrier/troopship
Majestic
1948–1973
ex-HMS Terrible
HMAS Sydney
Frigate
Adelaide
1983-2015
T [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
TRV Tailor
Torpedo recovery vessel
1971–1988
sold to Defence Maritime Services
HMAS Taipan
1945-1947
transferred to Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
HMAS Tambar
Minesweeper
1942-1946
DT Tammar
Coastal tug
1984–1998
sold to Defence Maritime Services
HMAS Tamworth
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1946
to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Tarakan
Landing ship
LST(3)
1946–1954
from Royal Navy
HMAS Tarakan
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1973–2014
to the Philippines
HMAS Tasmania
Destroyer
S
1920–1928
HMAS Tattoo
Destroyer
S
1920–1933
TB 191
Torpedo boat
1911–1918
from colonial navy of South Australia
HMAS Teal
Minesweeper
Ton
1962–1979
ex-HMS Jackton
Telopea
Crane stores lighter
Wattle
1972–1997
sold to Defence Maritime Services
HMAS Terka
Minesweeper
1940–1945
HMAS Tiger Snake
Snake
1944–1945
transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit
HMAS Tingira
Training ship
1911–1927
HMAS Tobruk
Destroyer
Battle
1950–1972
HMAS Tobruk
Landing ship
Modified Round Table
1981–2015
HMAS Tolga
Minesweeper
1940-1946
HMAS Togo
Depot tender
1916–1921
renamed HMAS Phillip
HMAS Tongkol
Minesweeper
1939-1944
HMAS Toorie
Minesweeper
1941-1943
HMAS Toowoomba
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1946
to Netherlands
HMAS Toomaree
Channel patrol boat
1942–1946
HMAS Torrens
Destroyer
River-class torpedo-boat destroyer
1916–1926
HMAS Torrens
Destroyer escort
River
1971–1998
HMAS Townsville
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1956
HMAS Townsville
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1981–2007
Museum ship at Maritime Museum of Townsville
TRV Trevally
Torpedo recovery vessel
197?–1988
sold to Defence Maritime Services
TRV Tuna
Torpedo recovery vessel
197?–1988
sold to Defence Maritime Services
U [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Una
Sloop
1914–1925
captured German yacht Komet
HMAS Uki
Auxiliary mine sweeper
1939–1943
HMAS Uralba
Auxiliary minefield tender, boom defence vessel and armament stores carrier
1942–1945
HMAS Upolu
Submarine depot ship
1914-1914
V [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Vampire
Destroyer
V
1933–1942
from Royal Navy
HMAS Vampire
Destroyer
Daring
1959–1985
museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum
HMAS Vendetta
Destroyer
V
1933–1945
from Royal Navy
HMAS Vendetta
Destroyer
Daring
1958–1979
HMAS Vengeance
Aircraft carrier
Colossus
1952–1955
loaned from Royal Navy; returned to Royal Navy.
HMAS Vigilant
Auxiliary patrol boat
1940–1945
Renamed HMAS Sleuth in 1944.
HMAS Voyager
Destroyer
V
1933–1942
from Royal Navy
HMAS Voyager
Destroyer
Daring
1957–1964
Sunk in the Melbourne -Voyager incident
W [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
HMAS Wagga
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1962
Wallaby
Water/Fuel Lighter
Wallaby
1983–1997
Transferred to DMS Maritime
HMAS Wallaroo
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1943
MSA Wallaroo
Minesweeper
Bandicoot
1991-2010s
HMAS Waree
Tugboat
Auxiliary vessel
1942–1946
Sank on 17 October 1946
HMAS Warramunga
Destroyer
Tribal
1942–1963
HMAS Warrawee
Auxiliary minesweeper
1941-1946
HMAS Warrego
Torpedo boat destroyer
River
1912–1928
HMAS Warrego
Sloop
Grimsby
1940–1963
Warrigal
Water/Fuel Lighter
Wallaby
1984–1997
Transferred to DMS Maritime
HMAS Warrnambool
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1947
Sank after collision with mine
HMAS Warrnambool
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1981–2005
HMAS Wato
Tug
1941–1945
Wattle
Tug
1934–1971
Wattle
Crane stores lighter
Wattle
1972–1997
sold to Defence Maritime Services
HMAS Waterhen
Destroyer
V
1933–1941
from Royal Navy
HMAS Westralia
Armed merchant ship
1939–1949
HMAS Westralia
Underway replenishment ship
Leaf
1989–2006
from Royal Navy ; ex-RFA Appleleaf
HMAS Wewak
Landing craft
Balikpapan
1973–2012
Whangape
Oiler/supply ship
Auxiliary vessel
1914
HMAS Whang Pu
Mobile repair ship/Stores ship
Auxiliary vessel
1944–1946
HMAS Whyalla
Corvette
Bathurst
1942–1947
Museum ship in Whyalla , South Australia
HMAS Whyalla
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1982–2005
HMAS Wilcannia
Auxiliary vessel
1940–1947
HMAS Wollongong
Corvette
Bathurst
1941–1946
to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Wollongong
Patrol boat
Fremantle
1981–2005
Wombat
Water/Fuel Lighter
Wallaby
1983–1997
Transferred to DMS Maritime
HMAS Wongala
Armoured auxiliary/Guard ship
1939–1944
recommissioned in 1947 as HMAS Wyatt Earp
HMAS Woomera
Armament store carrier
1946–1960
Sank following an accidental explosion
HMAS Wyatt Earp
Converted trawler
1947–1951
Returned to commercial service
HMAS Wyrallah
Auxiliary patrol vessel
1940–1947
Renamed to HMAS Wilcannia
Wyulda
Water/Fuel Lighter
Wallaby
1984–1997
Transferred to DMS Maritime
Y [ ]
Name
Type
Class
Dates
Notes
Yampi Lass
Stores lighter
Auxiliary vessel
194?–1943
Sunk during a storm at Darwin on 11 April 1943
HMAS Yandra
Patrol craft/minesweeper
Auxiliary vessel
1940–1946
Returned to owners
HMAS Yarra
Torpedo boat destroyer
River
1910–1919
Sunk as a target off Sydney Heads in 1931
HMAS Yarra
Sloop
Grimsby
1936–1942
Sunk on 4 March 1942
HMAS Yarra
Destroyer escort
River
1961–1985
Sold and broken up
HMAS Yarroma
Channel patrol boat
1941-1945
STS Young Endeavour
Sail training ship
Tall ship
1988–present
Bicentenary gift to Australia by the British government in 1988
HMAS Yunnan
Ammunition stores issuing ship
Auxiliary vessel
1944–1946
Returned to her owners
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