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 Norman (I) | G49 | 15 September 1941 | October 1945 |
| HMAS Moruya | 4 October 1941 | November 1944 | |
| Avernus (NSW Colony) | November 1902 | ||
| Acheron (NSW Colony) | November 1902 | ||
| HMAS Air Foam | ASR912 | 20 September 1944 | June 1944 |
| HMAS Protector (I) (HMCS) | 19 June 1884 | June 1924 | |
| HMAS Lady Madge | 625 | 30 January 1943 | July 1944 |
| HMAS Wyatt Earp | 17 November 1947 | January 1959 | |
| HMAS Maryborough (I) | J195 | 12 June 1941 | December 1945 |
| HMAS Broome (I) | J191 | 29 July 1942 | April 1946 |
| HMAS Cerberus (HMVS) | April 1871 | April 1921 | |
| HMAS Bendigo (II) | P211 | 28 May 1983 | 9 September 2006 |
| HMAS Vendetta (II) | D08 | 26 November 1958 | 9 October 1979 |
| HMAS Sea Mist | 10 | 21 July 1941 | 9 November 1945 |
| HMAS Topsy A | 539 | 18 January 1943 | 9 May 1944 |
| HMAS Stalwart (II) | D215 | 9 February 1968 | 9 March 1990 |
| HMAS Viking | 716 | 8 July 1942 | 9 January 1945 |
| HMAS Vlaming | 719 | 10 July 1942 | 9 January 1945 |
| HMAS Darwin | FFG 04 | 21 July 1984 | 9 December 2017 |
| HMAS Upolu | 18 August 1914 | 9 December 1914 | |
| HMAS Air Guide | ASR913, Y260 | 20 October 1944 | 9 August 1946 |
| HMAS Canberra (I) | D33 | 9 July 1928 | 9 August 1942 |
| HMAS Launceston (II) | P207 | 1 March 1982 | 8 September 2006 |
| HMAS Boonaroo | 1 March 1967 | 8 May 1967 | |
| HMAS Kalgoorlie | J192, B245, A119 | 7 April 1942 | 8 May 1946 |
| HMAS Sydney (I) | 26 June 1913 | 8 May 1928 | |
| HMAS Koompartoo | Z256 | 23 December 1942 | 8 June 1962 |
| HMAS Cootamundra | J316, M186 | 30 April 1943 | 8 June 1959 |
| HMAS Lithgow | J206 | 14 June 1941 | 8 June 1948 |
| HMAS Geelong (II) | P215 | 2 June 1984 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Gawler (II) | P212 | 27 August 1983 | 8 July 2006 |
| HMAS Wollongong (III) | P92 | 23 June 2007 | 8 December 2022 |
| HMAS Kara Kara | Y276 | 14 October 1941 | 8 December 1945 |
| HMAS Derwent | F22/DE22/DE49 | 30 April 1964 | 8 August 1994 |
| HMAS Melville | A246 | 27 May 2000 | 8 Aug 2024 |
| HMAS Mischief II | 568 | 15 January 1943 | 7 September 1945 |
| HMAS Starfish | 564 | 20 November 1942 | 7 September 1943 |
| HMAS Geraldton (II) | P213 | 10 December 1983 | 7 October 2006 |
| HMAS Sydney (IV) | 03 | 29 January 1983 | 7 November 2015 |
| HMAS Gull | M1185 | 19 July 1962 | 7 November 1969 |
| HMAS Pioneer | 1 March 1913 | 7 November 1916 | |
| HMAS Adele (ex-HMAS Franklin) | FY89 | 24 October 1939 | 7 May 1943 |
| HMAS Huon (I) | D50 | 14 December 1915 | 7 June 1928 |
| HMAS Margaret II | 714 | 14 July 1942 | 7 July 1945 |
| HMAS Hawk | M1139 | 18 July 1962 | 7 January 1972 |
| HMAS Arrow | P88 | 3 July 1968 | 7 February 1975 |
| HMAS Dubbo (I) | J251/M251 | 31 July 1942 | 7 February 1947 |
| HMAS Warramunga (I) | I44 | 23 November 1942 | 7 December 1959 |
| HMAS Bungaree | 9 June 1941 | 7 August 1946 | |
| HMAS Queenborough | G70 | 20 October 1945 | 7 April 1972 |
| HMAS Glenelg (II) | P96 | 22 February 2008 | 6 October 2022 |
| HMAS Poyang | PY | 6 May 1943 | 6 March 1946 |
| HMAS Pioneer (II) | 676 | 5 April 1943 | 6 June 1944 |
| HMAS Sundowner | 671 | 22 September 1942 | 6 July 1944 |
| HMAS Manoora (I) | F48 | 12 December 1939 | 6 December 1947 |
| HMAS Winbah | 16 | 23 December 1941 | 6 August 1945 |
| HMAS Lachlan | K364 | 14 February 1945 | 5 October 1949 |
| HDML 1161 | 9 January 1943 | 5 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | AJ | 26 May 1937 | 5 May 1943 |
| HMAS Ipswich (I) | J186 | 13 June 1942 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Burnie | J198 | 15 April 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Toowoomba (I) | J157 | 9 October 1941 | 5 July 1946 |
| HMAS Gascoyne (II) | M85 | 2 June 2001 | 5 December 2024 |
| HMAS Rockhampton | J203 | 21 January 1942 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Townsville (I) | J205 | 19 December 1941 | 5 August 1946 |
| HMAS Gawler (I) | J188 | 14 August 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Pirie (I) | J189 | 10 October 1942 | 5 April 1946 |
| HMAS Koorine | 582 | 5 April 1943 | 4 September 1945 |
| HMAS Anzac (II) | D59 | 14 March 1951 | 4 October 1974 |
| HMAS Goonambee | 9 August 1940 | 4 October 1944 | |
| HMAS Ibis (II) | M1183 | 7 September 1962 | 4 May 1984 |
| HMAS Yarra (II) | U77 | 21 January 1936 | 4 March 1942 |
| HMAS Toomeree | 65 | 15 May 1942 | 4 December 1945 |
| HMAS Borough Belle | 13 December 1943 | 4 December 1945 | |
| HMAS Hawkesbury (II) | M83 | 12 February 2000 | 31 October 2018 |
| HMAS Wongalere | 12 February 1943 | 31 October 1945 | |
| HMAS Allenwood | AL | 29 July 1941 | 31 October 1944 |
| HMAS Teal | M1152 | 30 August 1962 | 31 May 1973 |
| HMAS Karangi | A304 | 23 December 1941 | 31 May 1957 |
| HMAS Warreen (Stella) | 821/Y263 | 22 October 1942 | 31 March 1966 |
| HMAS Sprightly | A203 | 23 February 1944 | 31 March 1958 |
| HMAS Barwon | K406 | 10 December 1945 | 31 March 1947 |
| HMAS Tobruk (II) | L50 | 23 April 1981 | 31 July 2015 |
| HMAS Murchison | K442 | 17 December 1945 | 31 January 1956 |
| HMAS Yunnan | 20 September 1944 | 31 January 1946 | |
| HMAS Chinampa | CP | 1 March 1942 | 31 December 1945 |
| HMAS Australia (II) | I84/D84/C84 | 24 April 1928 | 31 August 1954 |
| HMAS Air Sailor | ASR926 | 8 November 1944 | 31 August 1946 |
| 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 Yarra (I) | D79 | 10 September 1910 | 30 September 1929 |
| HMAS Stingray | 542 | 8 September 1943 | 30 October 1945 |
| HMAS Huon (II) | M82 | 15 May 1999 | 30 May 2024 |
| HMAS Armidale (II) | P83 | 24 June 2005 | 30 March 2023 |
| HMAS Newcastle | FFG 06 | 11 December 1993 | 30 June 2019 |
| HMAS Melbourne (II) | R21 | 28 October 1955 | 30 June 1982 |
| HMAS Deloraine | J232 | 22 November 1941 | 30 June 1948 |
| HMAS Avalon | 717 | 23 September 1942 | 30 June 1945 |
| HMAS Waterhen (I) | D22 | 11 October 1933 | 30 June 1941 |
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Total number of ship histories: 475
