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List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy

Ships of the Royal Australian Navy, past and present:

 
Name Type Class Dates Notes
HMAS Acute Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1983 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Adelaide Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry Class 1980-current
HMAS Adelaide Light Cruiser Town Class 1922-1935
HMAS Adroit Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1994
HMAS Advance Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1988 museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum
HMAS AE1 Submarine E Class 1914-1914
HMAS AE2 Submarine E Class 1914-1915
HMAS Aitape Patrol Boat Attack Class 1967-1975 to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
HMAS Albatross Seaplane Tender Albatross Class 1929-1933 to Royal Navy
HMAS Anzac Destroyer Battle Class 1951-1974
HMAS Anzac Destroyer Marksman Class 1920-1935 from Royal Navy
HMAS Anzac Frigate Anzac Class 1996-current
HMAS Ararat Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1961
HMAS Archer Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1973 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Ardent Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1984
HMAS Armidale Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1942
HMAS Arrow Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1974 wrecked by Cyclone Tracy
HMAS Arunta Destroyer Tribal Class 1942-1968
HMAS Arunta Frigate Anzac Class 1998-current
HMAS Assail Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1985 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Attack Patrol Boat Attack Class 1967-1985 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Australia Battlecruiser Indefatigable Class 1913-1921
HMAS Australia Heavy Cruiser County Class 1928-1954
HMAS Aware Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1993
HMAS Balikpapan Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1974-1985
HMAS Ballarat Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1947
HMAS Ballarat Frigate Anzac Class due 2005
HMAS Bandicoot Auxiliary Minesweeper current
HMAS Bandolier Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1973 to Indonesian Navy
GPV Banks General Purpose Explorer Class    
HMAS Barbette Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1985 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Barcoo Frigate River Class 1944-1963
HMAS Barricade Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1982 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Barwon Frigate River Class 1945-1962
GPV Bass General Purpose Explorer Class    
HMAS Bataan Destroyer Tribal Class 1945-1958
HMAS Bathurst Corvette Bathurst Class 1940-1948
HMAS Bayonet Patrol Boat Attack Class 1969-1988
HMAS Benalla Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1958
HMAS Benalla Survey launch Paluma Class 1990-current
HMAS Bendigo Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1947
HMAS Bendigo Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1983-current
HMAS Bermagui Auxiliary Minesweeper current
HMAS Berrima Armed merchant ship 1914-1917
HMAS Betano Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1973-current
HMAS Biloela Collier 1920-1927
HMAS Bombard Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1983 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Bowen Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1956
HMAS Brisbane Destroyer Charles F Adams Class 1967-2001
HMAS Brisbane Light Cruiser Town Class 1916-1929
HMAS Brolga Auxiliary Minesweeper current
HMAS Broome Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Turkish Navy
HMAS Brunei Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1971-current
HMAS Buccaneer Patrol Boat Attack Class 1969-1985 to Indonesian Navy
HMAS Buna Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1973-1974 to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
HMAS Bunbury Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1961
HMAS Bunbury Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1984-current
HMAS Bundaberg Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1961
HMAS Bungaree Auxiliary Minelayer 1940-1946
HMAS Burdekin Frigate River Class 1944-1946
HMAS Burnie Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Cairns Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Canberra Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry Class 1981-current
HMAS Canberra Heavy Cruiser County Class 1928-1942
HMAS Carole-S Auxiliary Minesweeper current
HMAS Castlemaine Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1945 museum ship at Williamstown
HMAS Cerberus Monitor 1911-1921 from colonial navy of Victoria hulk partially submerged at Port Philip
HMAS Cessnock Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1947
HMAS Cessnock Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1983-current
HMAS Childers Torpedo Boat 1911-1918 from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Colac Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1983
HMAS Collins Submarine Collins Class 1996-current
HMAS Condamine Frigate River Class 1945-1962
HMAS Cook Survey ship 1980-1990
HMAS Cootamundra Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1962
HMAS Countess of Hopetoun Torpedo Boat 1911-1924 from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Cowra Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1961
HMAS Culgoa Frigate River Class 1945-1962
HMAS Curlew Minesweeper Bird Class 1962-1991 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Chediston
HMAS Darwin Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry Class 1984-current
HMAS Dechaineux Submarine Collins Class 2001-current
HMAS Deloraine Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1956
HMAS Derwent Destroyer Escort River Class 1964-1994
HMAS Diamantina Frigate River Class 1945-1981 ''museum ship Queensland Maritime Museum
HMAS Diamantina Minehunter Huon Class 2002-current
HMAS Dubbo Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1958
HMAS Dubbo Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1984-current
HMAS Duchess Destroyer Daring Class 1964-1977 from Royal Navy
HMAS Echuca Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1952 to Royal New Zealand Navy
HMAS Fantome Sloop Espiegel Class 1914-1925 from Royal Navy
HMAS Farncomb Submarine Collins Class 1998-current
HMAS Flinders Survey ship 1973-1998
HMAS Fremantle Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1961
HMAS Fremantle Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1980-current
HMAS Gascoyne Frigate River Class 1946-1966
HMAS Gascoyne Minehunter Huon Class 2001-current
HMAS Gawler Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Turkish Navy
HMAS Gawler Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1983-current
HMAS Gayundah Gunboat 1911-1921 from colonial navy of Queensland hulk beached at Redcliffe
HMAS Geelong Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1944
HMAS Geelong Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1984-current
HMAS Geraldton Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Turkish Navy
HMAS Geraldton Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1983-current
HMAS Geranium Corvette Flower Class 1919-1927 from Royal Navy
HMAS Gladstone Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1956
HMAS Gladstone Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1984-current
HMAS Glenelg Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1957
HMAS Gordon Torpedo Boat 1911-1914 from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Gouldburn Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1947
HMAS Gull Minesweeper Bird Class 1962-1976 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Swanston
HMAS Gympie Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1961
HMAS Hawk Minesweeper Bird Class 1962-1976 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Somerleyton
HMAS Hawkesbury Frigate River Class 1944-1955
HMAS Hawkesbury Minehunter Huon Class 2000-current
HMAS Hobart Destroyer Charles F Adams Class 1965-2000 diving wreck
HMAS Hobart Light Cruiser Leander Class 1938-1947 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Apollo
HMAS Horsham Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1961
HMAS Huon Torpedo Boat Destroyer River Class 1915-1928
HMAS Huon Minehunter Huon Class 1999-current
HMAS Ibis Minesweeper Bird Class 1962-1991 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Singleton
HMAS Inverell Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1952 to Royal New Zealand Navy
HMAS Ipswich Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Ipswich Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1982-current
HMAS J1 Submarine J Class 1919-1924 from Royal Navy
HMAS J2 Submarine J Class 1919-1924 from Royal Navy
HMAS J3 Submarine J Class 1919-1926 from Royal Navy
HMAS J4 Submarine J Class 1919-1924 from Royal Navy
HMAS J5 Submarine J Class 1919-1924 from Royal Navy
HMAS J7 Submarine J Class 1919-1929 from Royal Navy
HMAS Jervis Bay Training Ship 1977-1996
HMAS Jervis Bay Troop transport 1999-Current
HMAS Junee Corvette Bathurst Class 1944-1958
HMAS Kalgoorlie Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946
HMAS Kanimbla Landing Ship 1943-1949 from and to Royal Navy
HMAS Kanimbla Landing Ship Newport Class 1994-current from United States Navy ''ex-USS Saginaw
HMAS Kapunda Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1961
HMAS Katoomba Corvette Bathurst Class 1940-1957
HMAS Kiama Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1952 to Royal New Zealand Navy
HMAS Kimbla Trials ship 1956-1985
HMAS Kookaburra Boom Defence ship Net Class 1939-1958
HMAS Koraaga Auxiliary Minesweeper current
HMAS Kurumba Oiler 1919-1947 from Royal Navy
HMAS Labuan Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1973-current
HMAS Labuan Landing Ship 1946-1955 from Royal Navy
HMAS Lachlan Frigate River Class 1945-1949 to Royal New Zealand Navy
HMAS Ladava Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1975 to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
HMAS Lae Landing Ship 1946-1955 from Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Lae Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1975 to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
HMAS Latrobe Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1956
HMAS Launceston Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Turkish Navy
HMAS Launceston Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1982-current
HMAS Leeuwin Survey ship 2000-current
HMAS Lismore Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Lithgow Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1956
HMAS Lonsdale Torpedo Boat 1911-1912 from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Macquarie Frigate River Class 1945-1962
HMAS Madang Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1975 to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
HMAS Mallow Corvette Flower Class 1919-1925 from Royal Navy
HMAS Manoora Landing Ship Newport Class 1994-current from United States Navy ''ex-USS Fairfax County
HMAS Manoora Armed merchant ship 1939-1947
HMAS Marguerite Corvette Flower Class 1919-1929 from Royal Navy
HMAS Maryborough Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1947
HMAS Melbourne Aircraft Carrier Majestic Class 1955-1982 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Majestic
HMAS Melbourne Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry Class 1992-current
HMAS Melbourne Light Cruiser Town Class 1913-1928
HMAS Melville Survey ship 2000-current
HMAS Mermaid Survey launch Paluma Class 1989-current
HMAS Midge Torpedo Boat 1911-??? from colonial navy of Queensland
HMAS Mildura Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1956
HMAS Moresby Survey ship 1925-1946
HMAS Moresby Survey ship 1964-1997
HMQS Mosquito Torpedo Boat 1911-??? from colonial navy of Queensland
HMAS Murchison Frigate River Class 1945-1962
HMAS Napier Destroyer N Class 1940-1945
HMAS Nepal Destroyer N Class 1942-1945
HMAS Nepean Torpedo Boat 1912-1918 from colonial navy of Victoria
HMAS Nestor Destroyer N Class 1941-1942
HMAS Newcastle Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry Class 1994-current
HMAS Nizam Destroyer N Class 1941-1945
HMAS Norman Destroyer N Class 1941-1945
HMAS Norman Minehunter Huon Class 2000-current
HMAS Onslow Submarine Oberon Class 1969-1999 museum ship Australian National Maritime Museum
HMAS Orion Submarine Oberon Class 1977-1997
HMAS Otama Submarine Oberon Class 1978-1999 muesum ship Western Port, Victoria
HMAS Otway Submarine O Class 1927-1937 to Royal Navy
HMAS Otway Submarine Oberon Class 1968-1994
HMAS Ovens Submarine Oberon Class 1969-1995
HMAS Oxley Submarine O Class 1927-1937 to Royal Navy
HMAS Oxley Submarine Oberon Class 1967-1992
HMAS Paluma Gunboat 1911-1916 from colonial navy of Queensland''
HMAS Paluma Survey launch Paluma Class 1989-current
HMAS Parkes Corvette Bathurst Class 1944-1957
HMAS Parramatta Destroyer Escort River Class 1961-1991
HMAS Parramatta Torpedo Boat Destroyer River Class 1910-1928
HMAS Parramatta Frigate Anzac Class 2003-current
HMAS Parramatta Sloop Grimsby Class 1940-1941
HMAS Penguin Light Cruiser Challenger Class 1919-1929 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Encounter
HMAS Penquin Depot ship 1913-1923 from Royal Navy
HMAS Perth Destroyer Charles F Adams Class 1965-1999 diving wreck
HMAS Perth Frigate Anzac Class due 2006
HMAS Perth Light Cruiser Leander Class 1939-1942 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Amphion
HMAS Pioneer Light Cruiser Pelorus Class 1915-1916 from Royal Navy
HMAS Pirie Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Turkish Navy
HMAS Platypus Submarine Tender 1917-1958
HMAS Protector Light Cruiser 1911-1924 from colonial navy of South Australia
HMAS Protector Trials ship 1990-current
HMAS Psyche Light Cruiser Pelorus Class 1915-1918 from Royal Navy
HMAS Quadrant Destroyer Q Class 1945-1963 from Royal Navy
HMAS Quality Destroyer Q Class 1945-1957 from Royal Navy
HMAS Queenborough Destroyer Q Class 1945-1975 from Royal Navy
HMAS Quiberon Destroyer Q Class 1942-1972
HMAS Quickmatch Destroyer Q Class 1942-1972
HMAS Rankin Submarine Collins Class 2003-current
HMAS Rockhampton Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1961
HMAS Rushcutter Minehunter Bay Class 1986-2001
HMAS Salamaua Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1973-1974 to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
HMAS Samarai Patrol Boat Attack Class 1968-1975 to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
HMAS Sheean Submarine Collins Class 2000-current
HMAS Shepparton Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1958
HMAS Shepparton Survey launch Paluma Class 1990-current
HMAS Shoalhaven Frigate River Class 1945-1962
HMAS Shoalwater Minehunter Bay Class 1987-2001
HMAS Shropshire Heavy Cruiser County Class 1943-1949 from Royal Navy
HMAS Snipe Minesweeper Bird Class 1962-1983 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Alcaston
HMAS Stalwart Destroyer Tender 1966-1989
HMAS Stalwart Destroyer S Class 1920-1925
HMAS Stawell Corvette Bathurst Class 1943-1952 Royal New Zealand Navy
HMAS Strahan Corvette Bathurst Class 1944-1961
HMAS Stuart Destroyer Escort River Class 1963-1991
HMAS Stuart Destroyer Scott Class 1933-1946 from Royal Navy
HMAS Stuart Frigate Anzac Class 2002-current
HMAS Success Destroyer S Class 1920-1930
HMAS Success Underway Replenishment Ship Durance Class 1986-current
HMAS Supply Oiler Tide Class 1962-1985
HMAS Swan Destroyer Escort River Class 1970-1996 diving wreck
HMAS Swan Torpedo Boat Destroyer River Class 1916-1928
HMAS Swan Sloop Grimsby Class 1937-1964
HMAS Swordsman Destroyer S Class 1920-1929
HMAS Sydney Aircraft Carrier Majestic Class 1948-1973 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Terrible
HMAS Sydney Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry Class 1983-current
HMAS Sydney Light Cruiser Leander Class 1935-1941 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Phaeton
HMAS Sydney Light Cruiser Town Class 1913-1928
HMAS Tamworth Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Tarakan Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1973-current
HMAS Tarakan Landing Ship 1946-1954 from Royal Navy
HMAS Tasmania Destroyer S Class 1920-1928
HMAS Tattoo Destroyer S Class 1920-1933
  Torpedo Boat 1911-1918 from colonial navy of South Australia
HMAS Teal Minesweeper Bird Class 1962-1979 from Royal Navy ex-HMS Jackton
HMAS Tobruk Destroyer Battle Class 1950-1972
HMAS Tobruk Landing Ship 1981-current
HMAS Toowoomba Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Toowoomba Frigate Anzac Class due 2005
HMAS Torrens Destroyer Escort River Class 1971-1998
HMAS Torrens Torpedo Boat Destroyer River Class 1916-1926
HMAS Townsville Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1956
HMAS Townsville Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1981-current
HMAS Una Sloop 1914-1925 captured German yacht Komet
HMAS Vampire Destroyer Daring Class 1959-1985 ''museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum
HMAS Vampire Destroyer V Class 1933-1942 from Royal Navy
HMAS Vendetta Destroyer Daring Class 1958-1979
HMAS Vendetta Destroyer V Class 1933-1945 from Royal Navy
HMAS Voyager Destroyer Daring Class 1957-1964 lost in famous disaster
HMAS Voyager Destroyer V Class 1933-1942 from Royal Navy
HMAS Wagga Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1962
HMAS Wallaroo Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1943
HMAS Wallaroo Auxiliary Minesweeper current
HMAS Waller Submarine Collins Class 2001-current
HMAS Warnambool Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1981-current
HMAS Warramunga Destroyer Tribal Class 1942-1963
HMAS Warramunga Frigate Anzac Class 2001-current
HMAS Warrego Torpedo Boat Destroyer River Class 1912-1928
HMAS Warrego Sloop Grimsby Class 1940-1963
HMAS Warrnambool Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1947
HMAS Waterhen Destroyer V Class 1933-1941 from Royal Navy
HMAS Westralia Underway Replenishment Ship modified Stat 32 commercial tanker 1989-current from Royal Navy ''ex-RFA Appleleaf
HMAS Westralia Armed merchant ship 1939-1949
HMAS Wewak Landing Craft Balikpapan Class 1973-current
HMAS Whyalla Corvette Bathurst Class 1942-1947
HMAS Whyalla Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1982-current
HMAS Wollongong Corvette Bathurst Class 1941-1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
HMAS Wollongong Patrol Boat Fremantle Class 1981-current
HMAS Yarra Destroyer Escort River Class 1961-1985
HMAS Yarra Torpedo Boat Destroyer River Class 1910-1919
HMAS Yarra Minehunter Huon Class 2003-current
HMAS Yarra Sloop Grimsby Class 1936-1942