List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy
Appearance
A selection of ships that have served in the Royal Australian Navy (and period of service)
Indefatigable-class battlecruiser HMAS Australia (1913–1921)
S-class destroyer HMAS Tasmania (1920–1928)
Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Lithgow (1941–1956)
Majestic-class aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (1955–1982)
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 warships, support and supply warships.
Current ships
[edit]As of March 2022, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 43 commissioned vessels, plus 3 non-commissioned vessels.
Name | Pennant no. | Type | Class | Commissioned |
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HMAS Adelaide | L01 | Landing Helicopter Dock | Canberra | 2015 |
HMAS Albany | ACPB 86 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
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 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 | 2001 |
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 | Destroyer | Hobart | 2020 |
HMAS Toowoomba | FFH 156 | Frigate | Anzac | 2005 |
HMAS Waller | SSG 75 | Submarine | Collins | 1999 |
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
[edit]Name | Pennant no. | Type | Class | In service |
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ADV Cape Fourcroy | 310 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2017 |
ADV Cape Inscription | 320 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2017 |
ADV Cape Otway | 314 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
ADV Cape Peron | 315 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
ADV Cape Naturaliste | 316 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
ADV Cape Capricorn | 317 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
ADV Cape Woolamai | 318 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
ADV Cape Pillar | 319 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
ADV Cape Solander | 312 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2024 |
STS Young Endeavour | Sail training tall ship | 1988 |
Past ships
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[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 | |
HMAS AE2 | Submarine | E | 1914–1915 | |
HMAS Air Bird | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949 |
HMAS Air Chief | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1966 | |
HMAS Air Clan | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
HMAS Air Cloud | 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 | |
HMAS Air Foam | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1944 | ex-HMAS Air Wave |
HMAS Air Guide | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | ex-HMAS Air Hope (913) |
HMAS Air Hope | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
HMAS Air Host | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | renamed HMAS Air Guide |
HMAS Air Master | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1968 | |
HMAS Air Mercy | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1957 | |
HMAS Air Mist | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1945 | |
HMAS Air Nymph | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1949–1962 | ex-HMAS Air Save |
HMAS Air Rest | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1949 | Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950 |
HMAS Air Sailor | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
HMAS Air Save | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1949–1962 | renamed HMAS Air Nymph |
HMAS Air Sense | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
HMAS Air Spray | 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 |
HMAS Air Trail | 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 | |
HMAS Air Watch | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
HMAS Air Wave | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1944 | renamed HMAS Air Foam |
HMAS Aitape | Patrol boat | Attack | 1967–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
Ajax | Examination vessel | 1874-1928 | Returned to New South Wales Government | |
HMAS Alatna | 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 Alert | ||||
HMAS Alfie Cam | Minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940-1946 | |
HMAS Allenwood | Minesweeper | 1941-1944 | ||
Alvina | Examination vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1914-1918 | to the Launceston Company of the Australian Sea Cadet Corps |
HMAS Amohine | Auxiliary Schooner | Auxiliary vessel | 1943-1945 | Returned to owners |
HMAS Anaconda | Stores Carrier | 1944-1945 | Sold in 1946 | |
HMAS Anchorite | ||||
HMAS Anzac | Destroyer | Parker | 1920–1935 | from Royal Navy |
HMAS Anzac | Destroyer | Battle | 1951–1974 | Sold for breaking in 1975 |
HMAS Anzac | Frigate | Anzac | 1996-2024 | |
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 | |
HMAS Avalon | 1942-1945 | |||
HMAS Avonita | 1942-1945 | |||
HMAS Aware | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1993 | Scrapped in 2011 |
B
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 |
HMAS Birchgrove Park | 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 | ||
HMAS Bronzewing | 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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 | |||
Captain Cook II | Examination vessel | |||
Captain Cook III | 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 | ||
HMAS Coolebar | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1939-1945 | ||
HMAS Coombar | 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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 |
HMAS Emu | Tug | 1946-1959 | ||
Esturia | Oiler and stores ship/destroyer depot ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1917 |
F
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 | |
HMAS Gayundah | 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 | ||
HMAS Goonambee | 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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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-HMS Somerleyton |
HMAS Hawkesbury | Frigate | River | 1944–1955 | |
HMAS Hawkesbury | Minehunter Coastal | Huon | 2000-2018 | |
HMAS HDML 1074 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1942–1948 | ex Royal Navy | |
HMAS HDML 1125 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943-1944 | ||
HMAS HDML 1129 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1942–1947 | ex Royal Navy | |
HMAS HDML 1161 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943–1947 | ex Royal Navy | |
HMAS HDML 1321 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943-1971 | served with Allied Intelligence Bureau | |
HMAS HDML 1322 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1952 | Wrecked on North Head, Sydney | |
HMAS HDML 1323 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1950 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1324 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1982 | ||
HMAS HDML 1325 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1943 1988 | ||
HMAS HDML 1326 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1950 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1327 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1944-1958 | served with Allied Intelligence Bureau | |
HMAS HDML 1328 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945-2950 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1329 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945–1946 | Gifted to Philippines | |
HMAS HDML 1343 | Harbour defence motor launch | served with Far East Liaison Officer | ||
HMAS HDML 1344 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945-1945 | Placed in reserve after construction | |
HMAS HDML 1345 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945-1945 | Placed in reserve after construction | |
HMAS HDML 1347 | Harbour defence motor launch | 1945–1946 | ||
HMAS HDML 1359 | 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 | |
HMAS Huon | Minehunter | Huon | 1999-2024 |
I
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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HMAS Ibis | Requisitioned during World War II | |||
HMAS Ibis | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1984 | 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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 |
HMAS Kimbla | Trials ship | 1956–1985 | ||
HMAS Kinchela | Net layer | 1942-1946 | ||
HMAS King Bay | 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 | |
HMAS Koopa | 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 |
HMAS Kweena | 1943 | |||
HMAS Kybra | Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1940-1945 |
L
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 |
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[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
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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 I | 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 |
See also
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