List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy explained

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

See main article: List of current ships of the Royal Australian Navy. 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
	L01	Landing Helicopter Dock		2015
	ACPB 86	Patrol boat		2006
	ACPB 89	Patrol boat		2006
	ACPB 83	Patrol boat		2005
	FFH 151	Frigate		1998
	FFH 155	Frigate		2004
	ACPB 85	Patrol boat		2006
	A 04	Survey launch		1990
	DDG 41	Destroyer		align='center	2018
	ACPB 90	Patrol boat		2007
	L02	Landing helicopter dock		2014
	ACPB 93	Patrol boat		2007
	L100	Landing ship dock		2011
	SSG 73	Submarine		1996
	SSG 76	Submarine		2001
	M 86	Minehunter		2002
	SSG 74	Submarine		1998
	M 85	Minehunter		2001
	ACPB 96	Patrol boat		2008
	DDG 39	Destroyer		2017
	ACPB 84	Patrol boat		2006
	ACPB 94	Patrol boat		2007
	A 245	Survey ship		2000
	ACPB 88	Patrol boat		2006
	ACPB 95	Patrol boat		2007
	A 246	Survey ship		2000
	FFH 154	Frigate		2003
	FFH 157	Frigate		2006
	SSG 78	Submarine		2003
	SSG 77	Submarine		2001
	A 03	Survey launch		1990
	A 304	Oiler Replenishment		2021
	FFH 153	Frigate		2002
	A 195	Oiler Replenishment		2021
	DDG 42	Destroyer		2020
	FFH 156	Frigate		2005
	SSG 75	Submarine		1999
	FFH 152	Frigate		2001
	ACPB 92	Patrol boat		2007
	M 87	Minehunter		2003

Non-commissioned ships

Name	Pennant no.	Type	Class	In service
ADV Cape Fourcroy	310	Patrol boat		2017
ADV Cape Inscription	320	Patrol boat		2017
ADV Cape Otway	314	Patrol boat		2022
ADV Cape Peron	315	Patrol boat		2022
ADV Cape Naturaliste	316	Patrol boat		2022
ADV Cape Capricorn	317	Patrol boat		2023
ADV Cape Woolamai	318	Patrol boat		2023
ADV Cape Pillar	319	Patrol boat		2023
ADV Cape Solander	312	Patrol boat		2024
STS Young Endeavour		Sail training tall ship		1988

Past ships

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

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

I

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

K

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

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

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

P

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

Q

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

S

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

T

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

U

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

V

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

W

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Corvette		1942–1962
Wallaby	Water/Fuel Lighter		1983–1997	Transferred to DMS Maritime
	Corvette		1942–1943
MSA Wallaroo	Minesweeper		1991-2010s
	Tugboat	Auxiliary vessel	1942–1946	Sank on 17 October 1946
	Destroyer		1942–1963
	Auxiliary minesweeper		1941-1946
	Torpedo boat destroyer		1912–1928
	Sloop		1940–1963
Warrigal	Water/Fuel Lighter		1984–1997	Transferred to DMS Maritime
	Corvette		1941–1947	Sank after collision with mine
	Patrol boat		1981–2005
	Tug		1941–1945
Wattle	Tug		1934–1971
Wattle	Crane stores lighter		1972–1997	sold to Defence Maritime Services
	Destroyer	V	1933–1941	from Royal Navy
	Armed merchant ship		1939–1949
	Underway replenishment ship		1989–2006	from Royal Navy; ex-RFA Appleleaf
	Landing craft		1973–2012
	Oiler/supply ship	Auxiliary vessel	1914
	Mobile repair ship/Stores ship	Auxiliary vessel	1944–1946
	Corvette		1942–1947	Museum ship in Whyalla, South Australia
	Patrol boat		1982–2005
		Auxiliary vessel	1940–1947
	Corvette		1941–1946	to Royal Netherlands Navy
	Patrol boat		1981–2005
Wombat	Water/Fuel Lighter		1983–1997	Transferred to DMS Maritime
	Armoured auxiliary/Guard ship		1939–1944	recommissioned in 1947 as
	Armament store carrier		1946–1960	Sank following an accidental explosion
	Converted trawler		1947–1951	Returned to commercial service
	Auxiliary patrol vessel		1940–1947	Renamed to
Wyulda	Water/Fuel Lighter		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
	Patrol craft/minesweeper	Auxiliary vessel	1940–1946	Returned to owners
	Torpedo boat destroyer		1910–1919	Sunk as a target off Sydney Heads in 1931
	Sloop		1936–1942	Sunk on 4 March 1942
	Destroyer escort		1961–1985	Sold and broken up
	Channel patrol boat		1941-1945
	Sail training ship	Tall ship	1988–present	Bicentenary gift to Australia by the British government in 1988
	Ammunition stores issuing ship	Auxiliary vessel	1944–1946	Returned to her owners

See also

• Amphibious warfare ships of Australia

References

• Royal Australian Navy website
  • Current Ships (ships active in service)
  • Ship Histories (decommissioned ships)