List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy

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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.

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Current ships

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} As of June 2025, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 34 commissioned vessels, plus 10 non-commissioned vessels.

Name Pennant Type Class Commissioned
Template:HMAS L01 Landing helicopter dock Template:Sclass 2015
Template:HMAS P86 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2006
HMAS Arafura OPV-203 Offshore patrol vessel Arafura 2025
Template:HMAS FFH-151 Frigate Template:Sclass 1998
Template:HMAS FFH-155 Frigate Template:Sclass 2004
Template:HMAS P85 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2006
Template:HMAS DDG-41 Destroyer Template:Sclass 2018
Template:HMAS L02 Landing helicopter dock Template:Sclass 2014
HMAS Cape Capricorn P317 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2023
HMAS Cape Naturaliste P316 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2022
HMAS Cape Pillar P319 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2023
HMAS Cape Schanck P313 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2024
HMAS Cape Solander P312 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2024
HMAS Cape Woolamai P318 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2023
Template:HMAS P93 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2007
Template:HMAS L100 Landing ship dock Template:Sclass2 2011
HMAS Collins SSG-73 Submarine Template:Sclass 1996
HMAS Dechaineux SSG-76 Submarine Template:Sclass 2001
HMAS Diamantina M86 Minehunter Template:Sclass 2002
HMAS Farncomb SSG-74 Submarine Template:Sclass 1998
Template:HMAS DDG-39 Destroyer Template:Sclass 2017
Template:HMAS A245 Survey ship Template:Sclass 2000
Template:HMAS FFH-154 Frigate Template:Sclass 2003
Template:HMAS FFH-157 Frigate Template:Sclass 2006
Template:HMAS SSG-78 Submarine Template:Sclass 2003
Template:HMAS SSG-77 Submarine Template:Sclass 2001
Template:HMAS A304 Oiler Replenishment Template:Sclass 2021
Template:HMAS FFH-153 Frigate Template:Sclass 2002
Template:HMAS A195 Oiler Replenishment Template:Sclass 2021
Template:HMAS DDG-42 Destroyer Template:Sclass 2020
Template:HMAS FFH-156 Frigate Template:Sclass 2005
Template:HMAS SSG-75 Submarine Template:Sclass 1999
Template:HMAS FFH-152 Frigate Template:Sclass 2001
Template:HMAS M87 Minehunter Template:Sclass 2003

Non-commissioned ships

Name Pennant no. Type Class In service
ADV Cape Fourcroy P310 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2017
ADV Cape Inscription P320 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2017
ADV Cape Otway P314 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2022
ADV Cape Peron P315 Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2022
ADV Guidance Auxiliary naval vessel 2023
ADV Reliant Auxiliary naval vessel 2022
ADV Ocean Protector Auxiliary naval vessel 2016
MV Stoker Submarine rescue ship 2016
MV Besant Submarine rescue ship 2015
MV Sycamore Aviation training ship 2017
MV Mercator Navigation training vessel 1998
STS Young Endeavour   Sail training tall ship   1988

Past ships

A

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:Ship Fleet oiler Auxiliary vessel 1942–1945  
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Template:Sclass 1942–1943 Transferred from Royal Netherlands Navy in August 1942, returned in May 1943
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1983 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass2 1922–1946  
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass 1980–2008 Scuttled off Avoca as a dive wreck in April 2011
Template:HMAS Examination vessel   1939–1943 Formerly Template:HMAS 1915–1922
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1994  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1988 museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Template:HMAS Submarine E 1914  
Template:HMAS Submarine E 1914–1915  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1946 Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1966  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1949  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1944 ex-Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1946 ex-Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1946 renamed Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1968  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1957  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1945  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1949–1962 ex-Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1949 Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1949–1962 renamed Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1960–1976 sunk as target
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1968  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1946  
Template:HMAS Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1944-1944 renamed Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1967–1975 to Papua New Guinea
Ajax Examination vessel   1874-1928 Returned to New South Wales Government
Template:HMAS Fast Supply/sea Ambulance Launch   1944-1946  
Template:Ship Patrol vessel/minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1917–1925  
Template:HMAS Seaplane tender   1929–1933 to Royal Navy
Template:HMAS        
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1940-1946  
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1941-1944  
Alvina Examination vessel Auxiliary vessel 1914-1918 to the Launceston Company of the Australian Sea Cadet Corps
Template:HMAS Auxiliary Schooner Auxiliary vessel 1943-1945 Returned to owners
Template:HMAS Stores Carrier   1944-1945 Sold in 1946
Template:HMAS        
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1920–1935 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1951–1974 Sold for breaking in 1975
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass 1996-2024  
Template:Ship Supply ship Auxiliary vessel 1914–1915  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1961  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2006-2022
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1973 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1984  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1942  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2005-2023
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1974 wrecked by Cyclone Tracy
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1942–1968  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1985 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1967–1985 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS Battlecruiser Template:Sclass 1913–1921  
Template:HMAS Heavy cruiser Template:Sclass2 1928–1954  
Template:HMAS     1942-1945  
Template:HMAS     1942-1945  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1993 Scrapped in 2011

B

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1974–2012  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1947  
MSA Bandicoot Minesweeper Template:Sclass 1991-2010s
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1973 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS General purpose vessel Template:Sclass2 1960–1995 Charter vessel MV Banks
Template:HMAS Stores carrier Auxiliary vessel 1942–1943 Returned to owner
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1985 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1944–1963  
Template:Ship Coal hulk Auxiliary vessel 1914–1924 Scuttled off Sydney in 1924.
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1982 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1962  
Template:HMAS General purpose vessel Template:Sclass2 1960–1994  
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1945–1958  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1940–1948  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1969–1988  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1958  
Template:HMAS Survey launch Template:Sclass 1990-2023
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1947  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1983–2006  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939–1946  
MSA Bermagui Auxiliary minesweeper   1994–2000  
Template:HMAS Armed merchant ship   1914–1917  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939–1945  
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1974–2012  
Template:HMAS Collier   1920–1927  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel Auxiliary vessel 1940–1946 Returned to owner
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper    
Template:Ship Fleet oiler Template:Sclass2 1942–1945 On loan from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS   Template:Sclass2 1944–1945 Transferred to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit in 1945
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1983 to Indonesia
HMAS Bombo Auxiliary minesweeper   1940-1946; Returned to civilian service
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939–1945  
Template:HMAS Cargo ship   1967–1967 Charter vessel MV Boonaroo
Boronia Crane stores lighter Template:Sclass 1972–1997 sold to Defence Maritime Services
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1956  
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass2 1916–1929  
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1967–2001  
Template:Ship Auxiliary minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1917–1919 Returned to owners
Template:Ship Auxiliary minesweeper   1988–2002  
Template:HMAS Tug      
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Turkey
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2007-2024
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1971–2014 to the Philippines
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1969–1985 to Indonesia
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1973–1974 to Papua New Guinea
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1961  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1984–2005  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1961  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2007–2014 Scrapped due to extensive fire damage
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minelayer   1940–1946  
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1944–1946  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1946 to Netherlands
Template:HMAS Training ship   1943-1947  

C

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Netherlands
Caledonian Salvor Ocean salvage tug   1942-1958  
Cambrian Salvor Ocean salvage tug   1942-1958  
Template:HMAS Heavy cruiser Template:Sclass2 1928–1942 Sunk at Battle of Savo Island
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass 1981–2005  
Template:HMAS Lighthouse tender   1943–1945  
Captain Cook Examination vessel      
Captain Cook II Examination vessel      
Captain Cook III Examination vessel      
Template:HMAS Lighter   1942–1946  
Template:Ship Auxiliary minesweeper   1993–1994  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1945 museum ship at Williamstown
HMAS Cerberus Monitor   1911–1921 from colonial navy of Victoria. Hulk partially submerged Port Philip Bay
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1947  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1983–2005  
Template:Ship Torpedo boat   1911–1918 from colonial navy of Victoria
Template:HMAS Corvette Bathurst 1942–1983  
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1962  
Template:HMAS Armed patrol vessel/minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1918–1919  
Template:HMAS Survey ship   1980–1990  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939-1945  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper      
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1962  
HMAS Countess of Hopetoun Torpedo boat   1911–1924 from colonial navy of Victoria
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1961  
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1962  
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Template:Sclass2 1962–1991 ex-Template:HMS

D

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass 1984-2017  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1956  
Template:HMAS Destroyer escort Template:Sclass2 1964–1994  
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1981 museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum
Template:HMAS     1945-1945  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel Template:Sclass2 1939–1946  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1958  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1984–2006  
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1964–1977 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1940-1945  

E

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1952 to New Zealand
Template:HMAS 1945 from Royal Navy, returned to Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Tug Auxiliary vessel 1942–??  
Template:HMAS Protected cruiser Template:Sclass 1912–1923 from Royal Navy. Renamed HMAS Penguin in 1923
Template:HMAS Tug   1946-1959  
Template:SS Oiler and stores ship/destroyer depot ship Auxiliary vessel 1914–1917  

F

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Inspection/stores vessel   1940–1946 Interned motor ketch, demasted for service
Template:MV Fleet oiler Auxiliary vessel 1941–1942 On loan from Royal Navy
HMAS Fantome Sloop Template:Sclass 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
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1961  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1980–2006  

G

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1946-1966  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Turkey
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1983–2006  
HMAS Gayundah Gunboat   1911–1921 from Queensland Maritime Defence Force, colonial navy of Queensland. Hulk beached at Redcliffe
Template:HMAS Motor refrigeration lighter  MRL 1944–1981 Built by Johnson's Tyne Foundry in Melbourne in 1944–45, re-commissioned in 1966.
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1944  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1984–2006  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Turkey
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1983–2006  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1919–1927 ex HMS Geranium from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 16 April 1935.
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1956  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1984–2007  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1957  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2008–2022
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939-1945  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1940-1944  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939–1940 Sunk following collision with HMAT Duntroon
Template:HMAS Torpedo boat   1911–1914 ex-HMVS Gordon from colonial navy of Victoria
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1947  
Template:HMAS Hospital ship   1914-1915  
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Template:Sclass2 1962–1976 ex-Template:HMS
HMAS Gumleaf Auxiliary vessel 1943
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1940–1946  
Template:Ship Auxiliary minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1917–1919 Returned to owner
Template:Ship Auxiliary minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1989-1992
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1961  

H

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Coal hulk   1913–1932 sunk as target by Template:HMAS.
HMAS Hawk Auxiliary patrol boat   1940–1945 Ex-HMAS Sleuth.
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Template:Sclass2 1962–1976 ex-Template:HMS
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1944–1955  
Template:HMAS Minehunter Coastal Huon 2000-2018  
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1942–1948 ex Royal Navy
HMAS HDML 1125 Harbour defence motor launch   1943-1944
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1942–1947 ex Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1943–1947 ex Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1943-1971 served with Allied Intelligence Bureau
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1944-1952 Wrecked on North Head, Sydney
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1944-1950 Gifted to Philippines
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1944-1982  
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1943 1988  
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1944-1950 Gifted to Philippines
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1944-1958 served with Allied Intelligence Bureau
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1945-2950 Gifted to Philippines
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1945–1946 Gifted to Philippines
Template:HMAS 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
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch   1945–1946  
Template:HMAS Harbour defence motor launch     served with Far East Liaison Officer
Template:HMAS Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel and tugboat Rescue/Saint 1940–1942, 1943–1947  
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass 1938–1947 ex-Template:HMS
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1965–2000 Sunk as dive wreck
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1961  
Template:HMAS Torpedo boat destroyer Template:Sclass2 1915–1928  
Template:HMAS Minehunter Template:Sclass 1999-2024  

I

Name Type Class Dates Notes
HMAS Ibis Requisitioned during World War II
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Template:Sclass2 1962–1984 ex-HMS Singleton
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1952 to New Zealand
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 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
Template:HMAS Bulk carrier   1969–1971 from and returned to Australian National Line
Template:HMAS Training ship   1977–1996  
Template:HMAS Troop transport   1999–2001  
HMAS John Oxley Examination vessel Auxiliary vessel 1943–194? Returned to owners
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1944–1958  

K

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Submarine Template:Sclass 1943–1944 From the Netherlands
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946  
Template:HMAS Boom defence vessel Template:Sclass2 1940–1955  
Template:HMAS Landing ship   1943–1949 from and to Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Landing ship Template:Sclass 1994–2011 from US Navy, ex-Template:USS
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1961  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary boom defense vessel Auxiliary vessel 1941–1972 Sold for scrap in 1972, hulk sunk as target off Jervis Bay in 1973
Template:HMAS Boom defense vessel Template:Sclass2 1941-1957  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1940–1957  
Template:Ship Coal hulk Auxiliary vessel 1941–1942 Sunk after air raid in Darwin
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1941-1946  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1952 to New Zealand
Template:HMAS Trials ship   1956–1985  
Template:HMAS Net layer   1942-1946  
Template:HMAS Examination vessel   1940–1946  
Template:HMAS Boom defense vessel Template:Sclass2 1940-1969  
Template:HMAS Boom defence vessel Template:Sclass2 1939–1958  
Template:HMAS Collier and supply ship Auxiliary vessel 1914–1915  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary boom defence vessel Auxiliary vessel 1942-1962  
Template:HMAS Training depot ship and Fairmile Motor Launch depot ship Auxiliary vessel 1942–1947 returned to owners in 1947
Template:HMAS Tug/Training ship Auxiliary vessel 1924–1948 sold to private owners and converted into a schooner
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939-1945  
Template:Ship Auxiliary minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1917–1918 Returned to owner
Template:Ship Auxiliary minesweeper   1989–2000  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary netlayer   1942-1945  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat   1941–1943 From Northern Territory Patrol Service
Template:HMAS Oiler   1919–1947 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Accommodation ship Auxiliary vessel 1940–1942 sunk on 31 May 1942 in Sydney Harbour
Template:HMAS Auxiliary Patrol boat/tender vessel 1943-1944 returned to civilian service
Template:HMAS Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel Auxiliary vessel 1940-1945  

L

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Landing ship LST(3) 1946–1955 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1973–2014  
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1949 to New Zealand
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1975 to Papua New Guinea
Template:HMAS Landing ship LST(3) 1946–1955 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1975 to Papua New Guinea
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1956  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Turkey
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1982–2006  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2007–2023
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2006–2023
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat/Pilot vessel Auxiliary vessel 1941–1945  
Template:HMAS Anti-submarine indicator loop repair ship      
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1946 to Netherlands
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1956  
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat   1941–1945  
HMAS Lonsdale Torpedo boat   1901–1912 from colonial navy of Victoria
Template:HMAS Landing ship LST(3) 1946–1950 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Landing ship LST(3) 1946–1950 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Landing ship LST(3) 1946–1950 from Royal Navy

M

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1962  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1975 to Papua New Guinea
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2006-2022
Template:HMAS Store carrier and collier Auxiliary vessel 1914–1915  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1919–1925 from Royal Navy
Template:MV Auxiliary vessel 1941-1941
Template:HMAS Armed merchant ship   1939–1947  
Template:HMAS Landing ship Template:Sclass 1994–2011 From US Navy, ex-Template:USS
Template:HMAS Sloop Template:Sclass 1919–1929 ex-Template:HMS from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 1 August 1935.
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boats Converted civilian pleasure boat 1941-1944  
Template:HMAS Cutter Converted civilian cutter 1942–1943 Sunk in a Japanese air raid on Milingimbi, NT
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1941-1943  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1947  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2007-2023
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939-1945  
Template:HMAS Stores carrier Auxiliary vessel 1943–1944 ex-Burns Philp & Company cargo and passenger vessel, lost without trace with all hands in June 1944.
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Converted lugger 1941–1942 Sunk Darwin, 1942.
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1942–1945 ex-Template:HMS, scuttled off Sydney on 20 January 1948.
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass2 1913–1928  
Template:HMAS Aircraft carrier Template:Sclass 1955–1982 ex-Template:HMS
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass 1992-2019
Template:HMAS Survey ship Template:Sclass 2000-2024
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1942–1945 ex-Template:HMS, scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948.
Template:MV Victualling Store Issue Supply Ship Auxiliary vessel 1942–1949 returned to her owners Burns Philp & Company.
Template:HMAS Survey launch Template:Sclass 1989-2021
HMAS Midge Torpedo boat   1911–1912 from Queensland Maritime Defence Force
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1956  
Template:HMAS Fairmile B motor launch 1943–1944 Capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain.
Template:HMAS Tug   1946-1957  
Template:HMAS Stores ship   1923–1930
1940–1948 		 
Template:HMAS Survey ship/Sloop Template:Sclass2 1925–1946 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Survey ship Moresby 1964–1997  
Template:HMAS     1945-1945  
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1962  
Template:SS Oiler Auxiliary vessel 1914-1916  

N

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1940–1943 transferred to United States Navy
Template:HMAS Destroyer N 1940–1945 returned to the Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1941–1946 returned to her owners
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat Requisitioned civilian vessel 1941-1942 destroyed by fire on 2 July 1942
Template:HMAS 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
Template:HMAS Destroyer N 1941–1942 scuttled off Crete on 16 June 1942, following damage from bombing
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass 1993–2019 Decommissioned on 30 June 2019
Template:HMAS Destroyer N 1941–1945 returned to the Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Destroyer N 1941–1945 returned to the Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Minehuner Template:Sclass 2000-2018  

O

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:Ship 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    
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939-1945  
Template:HMAS Submarine Template:Sclass 1969–1999 museum ship Australian National Maritime Museum
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1939-1945  
Template:HMAS Submarine Template:Sclass 1977–1997  
Template:HMAS Submarine Template:Sclass 1978–1999 museum ship at Western Port, VIC
Template:Ship Examination vessel Auxiliary vessel (1914–1918) & (1939–1940) returned to owner
HMAS Otway Submarine Template:Sclass 1927–1937 to Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Submarine Template:Sclass 1968–1994  
Template:HMAS Submarine Template:Sclass 1969–1995  
HMAS Oxley Submarine Template:Sclass 1927–1937 to Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Submarine Template:Sclass 1967–1992  

P

Name Type Class Dates Notes
HMAS Paluma Gunboat   1911–1916 from Queensland Maritime Defence Force
Template:HMAS Auxiliary patrol vessel   1941–1945 Motor Boat
Template:HMAS Survey vessel Unnamed class of 18 MSLs 1946–1973 Converted from Motor Store Lighter No 252 (MSL 252)
Template:HMAS Survey launch Template:Sclass 1989-2021
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1944–1957  
Template:HMAS Torpedo boat destroyer Template:Sclass2 1910–1928  
Template:HMAS Sloop Template:Sclass 1940–1941  
Template:HMAS Destroyer escort Template:Sclass2 1961–1991  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1942–1943 Converted from a commercial trawler
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1941-1945  
HMAS Penguin Depot ship Template:Sclass 1913–1923 from Royal Navy
HMAS Penguin Depot ship Template:Sclass 1923–1929 ex-Template:HMAS, scuttled off Sydney on 14 September 1932.
HMAS Penguin Depot ship   1929–1941 ex-Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass 1939–1942 ex-Template:HMS
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1965–1999 diving wreck
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Template:HMAS Depot tender 1916–1921 ex-Template:HMAS, sold to commercial interests.
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass 1915–1916 ex HMS Pioneer from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 18 February 1931.
Template:HMAS Repair ship/Stores ship Auxiliary vessel 1942–1946 Returned to owners in 1946
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Turkey
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2006-2021
Template:HMAS Submarine tender   1917–1958  
Template:HMAS Surveying tender   1942–1945 returned to owners
HMAS Porpoise Diving tender Modified Template:Sclass2 1973–1989 ex-HMS Neasham
Template:HMAS Auxiliary vessel    
Template:HMAS Stores ship Auxiliary vessel 1942–1946 Returned to owners in 1946
Template:HMAS Light cruiser   1911–1924 from colonial navy of South Australia
Template:HMAS Trials ship   1990–1998  
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass 1915–1918 from Royal Navy

Q

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Destroyer Q 1945–1963 ex-Template:HMS from Royal Navy, sold in 1963 for breaking up
Template:HMAS Destroyer Q 1945–1958 ex-Template:HMS from Royal Navy, sold in 1958 for breaking up
Template:HMAS Destroyer Q 1945–1975 ex-HMS Queenborough from Royal Navy, sold in 1975 for breaking up
Template:HMAS Destroyer Q 1942–1972 from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up
Template:HMAS Destroyer Q 1942–1972 from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up
Template:Ship 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
Template:HMAS Tugboat Salvage tug 1943–1961 ex-USS BAT-11, sold in 1961
Template:HMAS Junk Template:Sclass2 1945-1945 transferred in 1945 to the British Civil Administration Unit, Borneo
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1961 sold in 1961 for breaking up
Rona Coal hulk Auxiliary vessel 1943–1946 returned to owners
Template:HMAS Minehunter Template:Sclass2 1986–2001 sold in 2002

S

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1973–1974 to Papua New Guinea
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1968–1975 to Papua New Guinea
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1940–1946 returned to owners
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat Requisitioned civilian vessel 1942–c1945 returned to owners
Template:HMAS   Template:Sclass2 1945-1945 transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit
HMAS Seal Diving tender Modified Template:Sclass2 1968–1988 ex-HMS Wintringham
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1958  
Template:HMAS Survey launch Template:Sclass 1990-2023
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass2 1945–1962  
Template:HMAS Minehunter Template:Sclass2 1987–2001  
HMAS Shropshire Heavy cruiser Template:Sclass2 1943–1949 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat Requisitioned civilian vessel ?-1942 destroyed in explosion in 1942
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat Requisitioned civilian vessel ?-1943 burnt to the waterline in 1943
Template:HMAS Supply ship Modified commercial tanker 2006-2021  
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat Requisitioned civilian vessel ?-1942 burnt to the waterline in 1942
Template:HMAS Patrol vessel   1917–1920, 1990  
HMAS Sleuth Auxiliary patrol boat   1940–1945 ex-HMAS Vigilant, renamed HMAS Hawk in 1945.
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Template:Sclass2 1962–1983 ex-HMS Alcaston
Template:HMAS Examination vesses 1941–??
Template:HMAS Tug   1944-1958 ex USS BAT-12
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1920–1925 scuttled off Sydney on 21 July 1939.
Template:HMAS Destroyer tender   1966–1989  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1943–1952 New Zealand
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat Requisitioned civilian vessel 1941–1945 burnt to the waterline in 1945
Template:HMAS Survey vessel Requisitioned civilian vessel 1942–1945 recommissioned in 1952 as Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1944–1961  
Template:HMAS Destroyer Scott 1933–1946 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Destroyer escort Template:Sclass2 1963–1991  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary patrol vessel/tug boat Auxiliary vessel 1940–1942, 1945–1946 returned to owners in 1947
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1920–1930  
Template:HMAS Supply ship Durance 1986-2019  
Template:HMAS Oiler Template:Sclass2 1962–1985  
Template:HMAS Special service vessel 1919-1919 ex HMS Suva.
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1916–1928  
Template:HMAS Sloop Template:Sclass 1937–1964  
Template:HMAS Destroyer escort Template:Sclass2 1970–1996 diving wreck
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1920–1929  
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass2 1913–1928  
Template:HMAS Light cruiser Template:Sclass 1935–1941 ex-Template:HMS
Template:HMAS Aircraft carrier/troopship Template:Sclass 1948–1973 ex-Template:HMS
Template:HMAS Frigate Template:Sclass 1983-2015

T

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:Ship Torpedo recovery vessel   1971–1988 sold to Defence Maritime Services
Template:HMAS     1945-1947 transferred to Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1942-1946  
Template:Ship Coastal tug   1984–1998 sold to Defence Maritime Services
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
Template:HMAS Landing ship LST(3) 1946–1954 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1973–2014 to the Philippines
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1920–1928  
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1920–1933  
TB 191 Torpedo boat   1911–1918 from colonial navy of South Australia
Template:HMAS Minesweeper Template:Sclass2 1962–1979 ex-HMS Jackton
Telopea Crane stores lighter Template:Sclass 1972–1997 sold to Defence Maritime Services
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1940–1945  
Template:HMAS Template:Sclass2   1944–1945 transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit
Template:HMAS Training ship   1911–1927  
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1950–1972  
Template:HMAS Landing ship Modified Template:Sclass2 1981–2015  
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1940-1946  
Template:HMAS Depot tender   1916–1921 renamed Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1939-1944  
Template:HMAS Minesweeper   1941-1943  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1946 to Netherlands
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat   1942–1946  
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1916–1926  
Template:HMAS Destroyer escort Template:Sclass2 1971–1998  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1956  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1981–2007 Museum ship at Maritime Museum of Townsville
Template:Ship Torpedo recovery vessel   197?–1988 sold to Defence Maritime Services
Template:Ship Torpedo recovery vessel   197?–1988 sold to Defence Maritime Services

U

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Sloop   1914–1925 captured German yacht Komet
Template:HMAS Auxiliary mine sweeper   1939–1943  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minefield tender, boom defence vessel and armament stores carrier   1942–1945  
Template:HMAS Submarine depot ship   1914-1914  

V

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Destroyer V 1933–1942 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1959–1985 museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum
Template:HMAS Destroyer V 1933–1945 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1958–1979
HMAS Vengeance Aircraft carrier Template:Sclass 1952–1955 loaned from Royal Navy; returned to Royal Navy.
Template:HMAS Auxiliary patrol boat   1940–1945 Renamed HMAS Sleuth in 1944.
Template:HMAS Destroyer V 1933–1942 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass 1957–1964 Sunk in the Melbourne-Voyager incident

W

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1962  
Wallaby Water/Fuel Lighter Template:Sclass 1983–1997 Transferred to DMS Maritime
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1943  
MSA Wallaroo Minesweeper Template:Sclass 1991-2010s
Template:HMAS Tugboat Auxiliary vessel 1942–1946 Sank on 17 October 1946
Template:HMAS Destroyer Template:Sclass2 1942–1963  
Template:HMAS Auxiliary minesweeper   1941-1946  
Template:HMAS Torpedo boat destroyer Template:Sclass2 1912–1928  
Template:HMAS Sloop Template:Sclass 1940–1963  
Warrigal Water/Fuel Lighter Template:Sclass 1984–1997 Transferred to DMS Maritime
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1947 Sank after collision with mine
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1981–2005  
Template:HMAS Tug   1941–1945  
Wattle Tug   1934–1971  
Wattle Crane stores lighter Template:Sclass 1972–1997 sold to Defence Maritime Services
Template:HMAS Destroyer V 1933–1941 from Royal Navy
Template:HMAS Armed merchant ship   1939–1949  
Template:HMAS Underway replenishment ship Template:Sclass2 1989–2006 from Royal Navy; ex-RFA Appleleaf
Template:HMAS Landing craft Template:Sclass 1973–2012  
Template:SS Oiler/supply ship Auxiliary vessel 1914  
Template:HMAS Mobile repair ship/Stores ship Auxiliary vessel 1944–1946  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1942–1947 Museum ship in Whyalla, South Australia
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1982–2005  
Template:HMAS   Auxiliary vessel 1940–1947  
Template:HMAS Corvette Template:Sclass 1941–1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 1981–2005  
Template:HMAS Patrol boat Template:Sclass 2007-2022
Wombat Water/Fuel Lighter Template:Sclass 1983–1997 Transferred to DMS Maritime
Template:HMAS Armoured auxiliary/Guard ship   1939–1944 recommissioned in 1947 as Template:HMAS
Template:HMAS Armament store carrier   1946–1960 Sank following an accidental explosion
Template:HMAS Converted trawler   1947–1951 Returned to commercial service
Template:HMAS Auxiliary patrol vessel   1940–1947 Renamed to Template:HMAS
Wyulda Water/Fuel Lighter Template:Sclass 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
Template:HMAS Patrol craft/minesweeper Auxiliary vessel 1940–1946 Returned to owners
Template:HMAS Torpedo boat destroyer Template:Sclass2 1910–1919 Sunk as a target off Sydney Heads in 1931
Template:HMAS Sloop Template:Sclass 1936–1942 Sunk on 4 March 1942
Template:HMAS Destroyer escort Template:Sclass2 1961–1985 Sold and broken up
Template:HMAS Channel patrol boat   1941-1945  
Template:HMAS Ammunition stores issuing ship Auxiliary vessel 1944–1946 Returned to her owners

See also

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References

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