Since its foundation in 1913, the Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

 has operated a large number of vessels, including various types of warship, support and supply craft, and auxiliary vessels drawn from civilian service when required.

Current ships

As of November 2011, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 53 commissioned vessels.

Name	Pennant no.	Type	Class	Commissioned	Notes
	ACPB 86	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2006
	FFH 150	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	1996
	ACPB 89	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2006
	ACPB 83	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2005
	FFH 151	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	1998
	L 126	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1974
	FFH 155	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	2004
	ACPB 85	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2006
	A 04	Survey launch	Paluma Paluma class survey motor launch The Paluma class survey motor launch is a class of four hydrographic survey launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Built in Port Adelaide between 1988 and 1990, the four catamarans are primarily based at in Cairns, Queensland, and operate in pairs to survey the waters of northern...	1990
	L 133	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1973
	ACPB 90	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2007
	L 127	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1971
	ACPB 91	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2007
	ACPB 93	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2007
	SSG 73	Submarine	Collins Collins class submarine The Collins class is a class of six Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy . The Collins class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; all six submarines are named after significant RAN personnel who distinguished themselves in...	1996
	FFG 04	Frigate	Adelaide Adelaide class frigate The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service in the Royal Australian Navy. The class is based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements...	1984
	SSG 76	Submarine	Collins Collins class submarine The Collins class is a class of six Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy . The Collins class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; all six submarines are named after significant RAN personnel who distinguished themselves in...	2001
	M 86	Minehunter	Huon Huon class minehunter The Huon class Minehunter Coastal ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy . Following problems with the Bay class minehunters, a request for tender was issued in 1993 for a class of six coastal minehunters under the project designation SEA 1555...	2002
	SSG 74	Submarine	Collins Collins class submarine The Collins class is a class of six Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy . The Collins class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; all six submarines are named after significant RAN personnel who distinguished themselves in...	1998
	M 85	Minehunter	Huon Huon class minehunter The Huon class Minehunter Coastal ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy . Following problems with the Bay class minehunters, a request for tender was issued in 1993 for a class of six coastal minehunters under the project designation SEA 1555...	2001
	ACPB 96	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2008
	M 83	Minehunter	Huon Huon class minehunter The Huon class Minehunter Coastal ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy . Following problems with the Bay class minehunters, a request for tender was issued in 1993 for a class of six coastal minehunters under the project designation SEA 1555...	2000
	M 82	Minehunter	Huon Huon class minehunter The Huon class Minehunter Coastal ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy . Following problems with the Bay class minehunters, a request for tender was issued in 1993 for a class of six coastal minehunters under the project designation SEA 1555...	1999
	L 128	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1973
	ACPB 84	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2006
	ACPB 94	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2007
	A 245	Survey ship	Leeuwin Leeuwin class survey vessel The Leeuwin class is a class of two hydrographic survey vessels in the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Leeuwin and HMAS Melville. Both ships were built by NQEA in Cairns, Queensland, and entered service in 2000....	2000
	ACPB 88	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2006
	ACPB 95	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2007
	FFG 05	Frigate	Adelaide Adelaide class frigate The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service in the Royal Australian Navy. The class is based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements...	1992
	A 246	Survey ship	Leeuwin Leeuwin class survey vessel The Leeuwin class is a class of two hydrographic survey vessels in the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Leeuwin and HMAS Melville. Both ships were built by NQEA in Cairns, Queensland, and entered service in 2000....	2000
	A 02	Survey launch	Paluma Paluma class survey motor launch The Paluma class survey motor launch is a class of four hydrographic survey launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Built in Port Adelaide between 1988 and 1990, the four catamarans are primarily based at in Cairns, Queensland, and operate in pairs to survey the waters of northern...	1989
	FFG 06	Frigate	Adelaide Adelaide class frigate The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service in the Royal Australian Navy. The class is based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements...	1994
	M 84	Minehunter	Huon Huon class minehunter The Huon class Minehunter Coastal ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy . Following problems with the Bay class minehunters, a request for tender was issued in 1993 for a class of six coastal minehunters under the project designation SEA 1555...	2000
	A 01	Survey launch	Paluma Paluma class survey motor launch The Paluma class survey motor launch is a class of four hydrographic survey launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Built in Port Adelaide between 1988 and 1990, the four catamarans are primarily based at in Cairns, Queensland, and operate in pairs to survey the waters of northern...	1989
	FFH 154	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	2003
	FFH 157	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	2006
	ACPB 87	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2006
	SSG 78	Submarine	Collins Collins class submarine The Collins class is a class of six Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy . The Collins class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; all six submarines are named after significant RAN personnel who distinguished themselves in...	2003
	SSG 77	Submarine	Collins Collins class submarine The Collins class is a class of six Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy . The Collins class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; all six submarines are named after significant RAN personnel who distinguished themselves in...	2000
	A 03	Survey launch	Paluma Paluma class survey motor launch The Paluma class survey motor launch is a class of four hydrographic survey launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Built in Port Adelaide between 1988 and 1990, the four catamarans are primarily based at in Cairns, Queensland, and operate in pairs to survey the waters of northern...	1990
	O 266	Supply ship		2006	Modified commercial tanker
	FFH 153	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	2002
	AOR 304	Supply ship	Durance Durance class tanker The Durance class is a series of multi-product replenishment oilers, originally designed and built for service in the French Navy. Besides the five ships built for the French Navy, a sixth was built for the Royal Australian Navy, while the lead ship of the class currently serves with the Argentine...	1986
	FFG 03	Frigate	Adelaide Adelaide class frigate The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service in the Royal Australian Navy. The class is based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements...	1983
	L 129	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1973
	L 50	Landing ship	Modified Round Table Round Table class landing ship logistics The Round Table class is a ship class of Landing Ship Logistics , also known as the "Sir" class, are designed for amphibious warfare missions, in support of the major amphibious ships. They have both bow and stern doors leading onto the main vehicle deck, making them roll-on/roll-off, combined with...	1981
	FFH 156	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	2005
	SSG 75	Submarine	Collins Collins class submarine The Collins class is a class of six Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy . The Collins class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; all six submarines are named after significant RAN personnel who distinguished themselves in...	2001
	FFH 152	Frigate	Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...	2001
	L 130	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1973
	ACPB 92	Patrol boat	Armidale Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...	2007
	M 87	Minehunter	Huon Huon class minehunter The Huon class Minehunter Coastal ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy . Following problems with the Bay class minehunters, a request for tender was issued in 1993 for a class of six coastal minehunters under the project designation SEA 1555...	2003

A

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Fleet oiler	Auxiliary vessel	1942–194?
	Minesweeper	Jan van Amstel Jan van Amstel class minesweeper The Jan van Amstel class was a class of nine minesweepers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, built to serve in the Dutch East Indies and Dutch territorial waters in Europe....	1942–1943	Transferred from Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Navy The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...  in August 1942, returned in May 1943
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1983	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Light cruiser	Town Town class cruiser (1910) The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire...	1922–1946
	Frigate	Adelaide Adelaide class frigate The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service in the Royal Australian Navy. The class is based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements...	1980–2008
HMAS Adele Adele (1906) Adele was a steel screw steamer that was built in 1906 as a yacht. She was twice commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy , firstly as HMAS Franklin and later as HMAS Adele. She was wrecked at Port Kembla, New South Wales on 7 May 1943.-Design and construction:Adele was built in 1906 by...	Examination vessel		1939–1943	Formerly HMAS Franklin 1915–1922
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1994
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1988	museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum Australian National Maritime Museum The Australian National Maritime Museum is a federally-operated maritime museum located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. After consideration of the idea to establish a maritime museum, the Federal government announced that a national maritime museum would be constructed at Darling Harbour, tied into... , Sydney
	Submarine	E British E class submarine The British E class submarines started out as improved versions of the British D class submarine. All of the first group and some of the second group were completed before the outbreak of World War I....	1914–1914
	Submarine	E British E class submarine The British E class submarines started out as improved versions of the British D class submarine. All of the first group and some of the second group were completed before the outbreak of World War I....	1914–1915
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel			ex HMAS Air Wave
	Air-sea rescue vessel			ex HMAS Air Hope (913)
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel		1949–1962	ex HMAS Air Save
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
HMAS Air Save	Air-sea rescue vessel			renamed
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel		1960–1976	sunk as target
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
	Air-sea rescue vessel
HMAS Air Wave	Air-sea rescue vessel			renamed
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1967–1975	to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
	Patrol vessel/minesweeper	Auxiliary vessel	1917–1925
	Seaplane tender		1929–1933	to Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Minesweeper
	Minesweeper
	Destroyer	Parker	1920–1935	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Destroyer	Battle Battle class destroyer The Battle class were a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Built in three groups, the first group were ordered under the 1942 naval estimates. A modified second and third group, together with two ships of an extended design were planned for the 1943 and 1944...	1951–1974
	Supply ship	Auxiliary vessel	1914–1915
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1943–1961
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1973	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1984
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1942
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1974	wrecked by Cyclone Tracy Cyclone Tracy Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974...
	Destroyer	Tribal Tribal class destroyer (1936) The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...	1942–1968
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1985	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1967–1985	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Battlecruiser	Indefatigable Indefatigable class battlecruiser The Indefatigable class were the second class built of British battlecruisersThe Indefatigable-class ships were formally known as armoured cruisers until 1911 when they were redesignated as battlecruisers by an Admiralty order of 24 November 1911. Unofficially a number of designations were used...	1913–1921
	Heavy cruiser	County County class cruiser The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first post-war cruiser construction for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922...	1928–1954
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1993

B

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1974–1985
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1947
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1973	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	General Purpose Vessel	Explorer Explorer class general purpose vessel The Explorer class was a two-ship class of general purpose vessels of the Royal Australian Navy that served between 1960 and 1995.-References:...	1960–1995	Charter vessel MV Banks
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1985	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1944–1963
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1982	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1945–1962
	General Purpose Vessel	Explorer Explorer class general purpose vessel The Explorer class was a two-ship class of general purpose vessels of the Royal Australian Navy that served between 1960 and 1995.-References:...	1960–1994
	Destroyer	Tribal Tribal class destroyer (1936) The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...	1945–1958
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1940–1948
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1969–1988
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1943–1958
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1947
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1983–2006
	Auxiliary minesweeper		1939–1946
MSA Bermagui MSA Bermagui MSA Bermagui was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Launched in 1973, the vessel was operated commercially until March 1994, when she was taken up by the RAN for use as an auxiliary. During military service, she had a crew of eight. The ship left service in 2000....	Auxiliary minesweeper		1994–2000
	Armed merchant ship Armed merchantmen Armed merchantman is a term that has come to mean a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in long distance and high value...		1914–1917
	Auxiliary minesweeper		1939–1945
	Collier		1920–1927
	Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Fleet oiler	Dale class oiler Dale class oiler The Dale class were a class of replenishment oilers taken up for service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the inter-war period. The went on to see action during the Second World War and supported British and allied fleet units in Cold War conflicts such as the Korean...	1942–1945	On loan from Royal Navy
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1983	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Auxiliary minesweeper		1939–1945
	Cargo ship		1967–1967	Charter vessel MV Boonaroo
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1956
	Light cruiser	Town Town class cruiser (1910) The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire...	1916–1929
	Destroyer	Charles F. Adams Charles F. Adams class destroyer The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided missile destroyers built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty three ships were built for the United States Navy, 3 for the Royal Australian Navy, and 3 for the West German Bundesmarine. The ships were based on the existing Forrest Sherman class, but...	1967–2001
MSA Brolga	Auxiliary Minesweeper		1988–2002
	Tug
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946	to Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1969–1985	to Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1973–1974	to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1961
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1984–2005
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1961
	Auxiliary minelayer		1940–1946
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1944–1946
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1946	to Netherlands
	Training ship

C

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946	to Netherlands
	Ocean Salvage Tug
	Ocean Salvage Tug
	Heavy cruiser	County County class cruiser The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first post-war cruiser construction for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922...	1928–1942	Sunk at Battle of Savo Island Battle of Savo Island The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the , was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces...
	Frigate	Adelaide Adelaide class frigate The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service in the Royal Australian Navy. The class is based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements...	1981–2005
	Lighthouse tender		1943–1945
	Lighter		1942–1946
MSA Carole-S	Auxiliary Minesweeper		1993–1994
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1945	museum ship at Williamstown
HMAS Cerberus HMVS Cerberus HMVS Cerberus is a breastwork monitor that served in the Victoria Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces , and the Royal Australian Navy between 1871 and 1924....	Monitor		1911–1921	from colonial navy of Victoria. Hulk partially submerged Port Philip Bay
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1947
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1983–2005
HMVS Childers HMVS Childers HMVS Childers was a torpedo boat of the Victorian Naval Forces, Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy.-Construction and acquisition:...	Torpedo boat		1911–1918	from colonial navy of Victoria
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1983
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1945–1962
	Armed patrol vessel/minesweeper	Auxillary vessel	1918–1919
	Survey ship		1980–1990
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1943–1962
HMAS Countess of Hopetoun HMVS Countess of Hopetoun HMVS Countess of Hopetoun was a torpedo gunboat of the Victorian Naval Forces, Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy. She was named after Hersey, Countess of Hopetoun and later Marchioness of Linlithgow, the wife of the 7th Earl of Hopetoun, the then Governor of Victoria and...	Torpedo boat		1911–1924	from colonial navy of Victoria
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1943–1961
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1945–1962
	Minesweeper	Ton Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	1962–1991	ex-

D

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1956
	Destroyer escort	River River class destroyer escort The River class was a class of six destroyer escorts operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes...	1964–1994
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1945–1981	museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum Queensland Maritime Museum The Queensland Maritime Museum is located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River just south of the South Bank Parklands and Queensland Cultural Centre precinct of Brisbane, and close to the Goodwill Bridge....
	Auxiliary minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel	Hunt Hunt class minesweeper (1916) The Hunt class minesweeper was a class of minesweeping sloop built between 1916 and 1919 for the Royal Navy. They were built in two discrete groups, the earlier Belvoir group designed by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company and the subsequent Aberdare group designed by the Admiralty...	1939–1946
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1958
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1984–2006
	Destroyer	Daring Daring class destroyer (1949) The Daring class was a class of eleven destroyers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Constructed after World War II, and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and...	1964–1977	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Troopship		1946–1949	Under Army control (as HMAT Duntroon) from 1942 to 1948. Returned to owners in 1949
	Auxiliary minesweeper

E

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1952	to New Zealand
	Protected cruiser	Challenger class Challenger class cruiser The Challenger class cruisers were a two-ship class of second class protected cruisers of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy.-Ships: - Sold 1920 - To Australia 1912 as HMAS Encounter, renamed Penguin 1923, scuttled 1932.-References:...	1912–1923	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... . Renamed HMAS Penguin in 1923
	Tug
	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 HMS Fantome (1901) HMS Fantome was an Cadmus-class sloop launched in 1901, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1914, returned to the Royal Navy in 1920, and sold in 1924...	Sloop	Cadmus Cadmus class sloop The Cadmus class was a six-ship class of 10-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1900 and 1903. Most of the class survived until the 1920s, remaining on colonial stations during World War I.-Design:...	1914–1925	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Survey ship		1973–1998
HMAS Forceful Forceful (tugboat) Forceful was an ocean-going tugboat built for the Queensland Tug Company. Forceful was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd in Govan, Scotland. She arrived at her homeport of Brisbane, Queensland on 7 March 1926...	Tugboat		1942–1943	museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum Queensland Maritime Museum The Queensland Maritime Museum is located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River just south of the South Bank Parklands and Queensland Cultural Centre precinct of Brisbane, and close to the Goodwill Bridge....
HMAS Franklin Adele (1906) Adele was a steel screw steamer that was built in 1906 as a yacht. She was twice commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy , firstly as HMAS Franklin and later as HMAS Adele. She was wrecked at Port Kembla, New South Wales on 7 May 1943.-Design and construction:Adele was built in 1906 by...	Tender		1915–1922	Later served as HMAS Adele 1939–1943
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1943–1961
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1980–2006

G

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1946–1966
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946	to Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1983–2006
HMAS Gayundah HMQS Gayundah HMQS Gayundah was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy . She entered service in 1884 and was decommissioned and sold in 1921. She then served as sand and gravel barge for Brisbane Gravel Pty Ltd until 1950, when she was scrapped...	Gunboat		1911–1921	from Queensland Maritime Defence Force, colonial navy of Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... . Hulk beached at Redcliffe
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1944
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1984–2006
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946	to Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1983–2006
	Corvette	Arabis Arabis class sloop The Arabis class was the third class of minesweeping sloops to be built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower Class", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders"...	1919–1927	ex HMS Geranium from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... , scuttled off Sydney on 16 April 1935.
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1943–1956
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1984–2007
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1957
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Auxiliary minesweeper		1939–1940	Sunk following collision with HMAT Duntroon HMAS Duntroon HMAS Duntroon was a troopship operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1946 to 1949.Built in 1935 as MV Duntroon for the Melbourne Steamship Company, the ship was offered for conversion into an armed merchant cruiser at the start of World War II, but was not accepted...
	Torpedo boat		1911–1914	ex-HMVS Gordon from colonial navy of Victoria
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1947
	Hospital ship		1914
	Minesweeper	Ton Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	1962–1976	ex-HMS Swanston
	Auxiliary minesweeper		1940–1946
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1961

H

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Coal hulk		1913–1932	sunk as target by .
HMAS Hawk HMAS Vigilant HMAS Vigilant was an auxiliary patrol boat serving with the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War...	Auxiliary patrol boat		1940–1945	Ex-HMAS Sleuth.
	Minesweeper	Ton Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	1962–1976	ex-HMS Somerleyton
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1944–1955
	Harbour defence motor launch		1945–1946
	Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel and tugboat	Rescue/Saint	1940–1942, 1943–1947
	Light cruiser	Leander Leander class cruiser (1931) The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commissioned between 1933 and 1936...	1938–1947	ex-HMS Apollo
	Destroyer	Charles F. Adams Charles F. Adams class destroyer The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided missile destroyers built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty three ships were built for the United States Navy, 3 for the Royal Australian Navy, and 3 for the West German Bundesmarine. The ships were based on the existing Forrest Sherman class, but...	1965–2000	Sunk as dive wreck
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1961
	Destroyer	River River class torpedo boat destroyer The River class was a class of six torpedo-boat destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Three were ordered for the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1909; two were built in the United Kingdom, while a third was partially built, disassembled, then transported to Australia for reassembly...	1915–1928

I

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
HMAS Ibis				Requesitioned during World War II
	Minesweeper	Ton Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	1962–1984	ex-HMS Singleton
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1952	to New Zealand
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946	to Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Navy The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1982–2007

J

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
HMAS J1	Submarine	J British J class submarine The J class of submarines was a seven submarine class developed by the Royal Navy prior to the First World War in response to claims that Germany was developing submarines that were fast enough to operate alongside surface fleets...	1919–1924	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
HMAS J2	Submarine	J	1919–1924	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
HMAS J3	Submarine	J	1919–1926	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
HMAS J4	Submarine	J	1919–1924	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
HMAS J5	Submarine	J	1919–1924	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
HMAS J7	Submarine	J	1919–1929	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Bulk carrier Bulk carrier A bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, economic forces have fueled the development of these ships,...		1969–1971	from and returned to Australian National Lines Australian National Lines The Australian National Line was an Australian Government owned overseas and coastal shipping line that operated in Australia between 1956 and 1998, when the container shipping operations and naming rights were bought by French shipping line CMA CGM....
	Training ship		1977–1996
	Troop transport		1999–2001
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1944–1958

K

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Submarine	K VIII K VIII class submarine The K VIII class submarine was a three boat class of submarines of the Koninklijke Marine . The class varied from K VII class submarine due to the removal of two external torpedo tubes, which were removed to reduce the boats vulnerability to depth charging.-Boats:*K VIII, scrapped for spare parts...	1943–1944	From the Netherlands
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946
	Boom defence vessel	Bar Bar class boom defence vessel The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.-Royal Navy:* HMS Barbain * HMS Barbarian * HMS Barbastel * HMS Barberry * HMS Barbette...	1940–1955
	Landing ship		1943–1949	from and to Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	L 51	Landing ship	Kanimbla Kanimbla class landing platform amphibious The Kanimbla class is a class of amphibious transport ships operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Two ships were purchased by Australia in 1994 and modified...	1994	From US Navy, ex-
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1961
	Auxillary boom defense vessel	Auxillary vessel	1941–1972	Sold for scrap in 1972, hulk sunk as target off Jervis Bay in 1973
	Boom defense vessel	Bar Bar class boom defence vessel The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.-Royal Navy:* HMS Barbain * HMS Barbarian * HMS Barbastel * HMS Barberry * HMS Barbette...
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1940–1957
Kelat Kelat (1881) Kelat was a 1894 gross ton iron hulled fully rigged three masted sailing ship built in Stockton-on-Tees, England in 1881. She was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1941 and sank as a result of damage suffered during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942.-Construction and...	Coal hulk	Auxillary vessel	1941–1942	Sunk after air raid in Darwin
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1952	to New Zealand
	Trials ship		1956–1985
	Net Layer
	Examination vessel		1940–1946
	Boom defense vessel	Bar Bar class boom defence vessel The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.-Royal Navy:* HMS Barbain * HMS Barbarian * HMS Barbastel * HMS Barberry * HMS Barbette...
	Boom defence vessel	Net Net class boom defence vessel The Net class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.-Royal Navy: -References:...	1939–1958
	Collier and supply ship	Auxiliary vessel	1914–1915
	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
MSA Koraaga	Auxiliary Minesweeper		1989–2000
	Auxiliary netlayer
	Patrol boat		1941–1943	From Northern Territory Patrol Service
	Oiler		1919–1947	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Accommodation ship	Auxillary vessel	1940–1942	sunk on 31 May 1942 in Sydney Harbour
	Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel

L

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Landing ship	LST(3)	1946–1955	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1945–1949	to New Zealand
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1975	to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
	Landing ship	LST(3)	1946–1955	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1975	to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1956
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946	to Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1982–2006
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1946	to Netherlands
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1956
	Channel patrol boat
HMAS Lonsdale HMVS Lonsdale HMVS Lonsdale was a second-class torpedo boat constructed for the Victorian Naval Forces and later operated by the Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy...	Torpedo boat		1901–1912	from colonial navy of Victoria
	Landing ship	LST(3)	1946–1950	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Landing ship	LST(3)	1946–1950	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Landing ship	LST(3)	1946–1950	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Frigate	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1945–1962
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1975	to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
	Store carrier and collier	Auxiliary vessel	1914–1915
	Corvette	Acacia Acacia class sloop The Acacia class was a class of twenty-four sloops that were ordered in January 1915 under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower Class", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders"...	1919–1925	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Armed merchant ship Armed merchantmen Armed merchantman is a term that has come to mean a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in long distance and high value...		1939–1947
	Landing ship	Kanimbla Kanimbla class landing platform amphibious The Kanimbla class is a class of amphibious transport ships operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Two ships were purchased by Australia in 1994 and modified...	1994–2011	From US Navy, ex-
	Sloop	Arabis Arabis class sloop The Arabis class was the third class of minesweeping sloops to be built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower Class", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders"...	1919–1929	ex HMS Marguerite from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... , scuttled off Sydney on 1 August 1935.
	Channel patrol boats	Converted civilian pleasure boat
	Cutter	Converted civilian cutter	1942–1943	Sunk in a Japanese air raid on Milingimbi, NT Milingimbi Island Milingimbi Island is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. It is located approximately 500 km east of Darwin and 250 km west of Nhulunbuy. Its largest community is also called Milingimbi. The island is approximately half a kilometer off the mainland and forms part...
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1947
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Stores carrier	Auxillary 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 HMS Circe, scuttled off Sydney on 20 January 1948.
	Light cruiser	Town Town class cruiser (1910) The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire...	1913–1928
	Aircraft carrier	Majestic	1955–1982	ex-HMS Majestic
	Minesweeper		1942–1945	ex HMS Medusa, scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948.
	Victualling Store Issue Supply Ship	Auxillary vessel	1942–1949	returned to her owners Burns Philp & Company.
HMAS Midge HMQS Midge HMQS Midge was a torpedo launch that served with the Queensland Maritime Defence Force, the Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy.-Construction:...	Torpedo boat		1911–1912	from Queensland Maritime Defence Force
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1956
	Tug
	Stores ship		1923–1930 1940–1948
	Survey ship/Sloop	24 24 class sloop The 24 class was a class of minesweeping sloops. Derived from the preceding , but designed to appear double-ended. Twenty-four ships to this design were ordered between December 1916 and April 1917 under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I, although two of them were...	1925–1946	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Survey ship	Moresby class	1964–1997
	Frigate Frigate A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...	River River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	1945–1962
	Oiler	Auxillary vessel	1914

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Destroyer	N	1940–1945
	Auxiliary Minesweeper		1941–1946
	Destroyer	N	1942–1945
HMAS Nepean HMVS Nepean HMVS Nepean was a second-class torpedo boat constructed for the Victorian Naval Forces and later operated by the Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy...	Torpedo boat		1901–1912	from colonial navy of Victoria
	Destroyer	N	1941–1942
	Destroyer	N	1941–1945
	Destroyer	N	1941–1945

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Submarine	Oberon Oberon class submarine The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....	1969–1999	museum ship Australian National Maritime Museum Australian National Maritime Museum The Australian National Maritime Museum is a federally-operated maritime museum located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. After consideration of the idea to establish a maritime museum, the Federal government announced that a national maritime museum would be constructed at Darling Harbour, tied into...
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Submarine	Oberon Oberon class submarine The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....	1977–1997
	Submarine	Oberon Oberon class submarine The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....	1978–1999	museum ship at Western Port, VIC
HMAS Otway HMS Otway HMS Otway was an of the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Navy .Otway was laid down by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness in England in March 1925...	Submarine	Odin Odin class submarine The Odin class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six...	1927–1937	to Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Submarine	Oberon Oberon class submarine The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....	1968–1994
	Submarine	Oberon Oberon class submarine The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....	1969–1995
HMAS Oxley HMS Oxley HMS Oxley was an O-class submarine serving in the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Navy .-Construction:Oxley was laid down by Vickers-Armstrong Limited at Barrow-in-Furness, England in March 1925...	Submarine	Odin Odin class submarine The Odin class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six...	1927–1937	to Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Submarine	Oberon Oberon class submarine The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....	1967–1992

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
HMAS Paluma HMQS Paluma HMQS Paluma was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy...	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)
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1944–1957
	Destroyer	River River class torpedo boat destroyer The River class was a class of six torpedo-boat destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Three were ordered for the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1909; two were built in the United Kingdom, while a third was partially built, disassembled, then transported to Australia for reassembly...	1910–1928
	Sloop	Grimsby Grimsby class sloop With the realisation that war was approaching, 13 Grimsby class sloops were laid down in the mid to late 1930s. Of these eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and one for India...	1940–1941
	Destroyer escort	River River class destroyer escort The River class was a class of six destroyer escorts operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes...	1961–1991
	Auxiliary Minesweeper		1942–1943	Converted from a commercial trawler
	Auxiliary Minesweeper
HMAS Penguin HMS Penguin (1876) HMS Penguin was an Osprey-class sloop. Launched on 1876, Penguin was operated by the Royal Navy from 1877 to 1881, then from 1886 to 1889...	Depot ship Depot ship A depot ship is a ship which acts as a mobile or fixed base for other ships and submarines or supports a naval base. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose...	Osprey Osprey class sloop The Osprey class was a Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops built between 1874 and 1877. Nine additional ships were built to a revised design, the . They were the first class of ship in the Royal Navy to use glass scuttles.-Design:...	1913–1923	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
HMAS Penguin	Depot ship	Challenger Challenger class cruiser The Challenger class cruisers were a two-ship class of second class protected cruisers of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy.-Ships: - Sold 1920 - To Australia 1912 as HMAS Encounter, renamed Penguin 1923, scuttled 1932.-References:...	1923–1929	ex-, scuttled off Sydney on 14 September 1932.
	Depot tender		1916–1921	ex-, sold to commercial interests.
HMAS Penguin HMAS Platypus (1917) HMAS Platypus was a submarine depot ship and base ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy between 1919 and 1946. Ordered prior to World War I to support the Australian submarines AE1 and AE2, Platypus was not completed until after both submarines had been lost, and she was commissioned into the...	Depot ship		1929–1941	ex-
	Light cruiser	Leander Leander class cruiser (1931) The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commissioned between 1933 and 1936...	1939–1942	ex-
	Destroyer	Charles F. Adams Charles F. Adams class destroyer The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided missile destroyers built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty three ships were built for the United States Navy, 3 for the Royal Australian Navy, and 3 for the West German Bundesmarine. The ships were based on the existing Forrest Sherman class, but...	1965–1999	diving wreck
	Light cruiser	Pelorus Pelorus class cruiser The Pelorus class cruiser was a "third-class" protected cruiser class of eleven Royal Navy warships designed by Sir William White , based on the earlier Pearl class cruisers. They were ordered in 1893 under the Spencer Program, and laid down 1896–1900...	1915–1916	ex HMS Pioneer from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... , scuttled off Sydney on 18 February 1931.
	Repair ship/Stores ship	Auxiliary vessel	1942–1946	Returned to owners in 1946
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1946	to Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
	Submarine tender		1917–1958
HMAS Porpoise HMS Neasham HMS Neasham was a for the Royal Navy. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Neasham in County Durham....	Diving tender	Modified Ham Ham class minesweeper The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers , known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. It took its name from the fact that all the ship names were British place names ending in -"ham"...	1973–1989	ex-HMS Neasham
	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	Pelorus Pelorus class cruiser The Pelorus class cruiser was a "third-class" protected cruiser class of eleven Royal Navy warships designed by Sir William White , based on the earlier Pearl class cruisers. They were ordered in 1893 under the Spencer Program, and laid down 1896–1900...	1915–1918	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...	Q Q and R class destroyer The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...	1945–1963	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Destroyer	Q Q and R class destroyer The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...	1945–1957	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Destroyer	Q Q and R class destroyer The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...	1945–1975	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Destroyer	Q Q and R class destroyer The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...	1942–1972	formerly Quiberon
	Destroyer	Q Q and R class destroyer The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...	1942–1972
	Medium harbour tug		1984–1998	sold to Defence Maritime Services Defence Maritime Services DMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is an Australian company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and Australian Customs Service National Marine Unit. DMS was founded in 1997 and currently operates 8 ocean going vessels and over 100 harbour craft and has around 350...

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ASRV Remora Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle Remora Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle Remora was a submarine rescue vehicle used by the Royal Australian Navy between 1995 and 2006.Remora was constructed by Canadian company OceanWorks International for the RAN, based on a diving bell...	Remotely operated rescue vehicle		1995–2006	Inactive since an accident in 2006
	Tugboat		1943–1953	ex USS BAT-11
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1961
Rona	Coal hulk	Auxillary vessel	1943–1946
	Minehunter	Bay Bay class minehunter The Bay class Minehunter Inshores were a class of catamaran-hull mine warfare vessels operating with the Royal Australian Navy from 1986. Also referred to as the MHCAT , the class was an attempt to produce a locally designed inshore mine warfare vessel. Two prototype ships were ordered in 1981,...	1986–2001

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Landing craft	Balikpapan	1973–1974	to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
	Patrol boat	Attack Attack class patrol boat The Attack class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985...	1968–1975	to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
	Minesweeper
HMAS Sea Mist	Channel patrol boat	Requisitioned civilian vessel	1942–c1945	Sydney Harbour, then to Papua New Guinea

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Snake class junk

The Snake class junks were a class of six vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy to support special forces operations in 1944 and 1945...

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HMS Wintringham

HMS Wintringham was a for the Royal Navy. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Wintringham.She remained in operational reserve in a land cradle at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963...

|Diving tender
|Modified Ham

Ham class minesweeper

The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers , known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. It took its name from the fact that all the ship names were British place names ending in -"ham"...

|1968–1988
|ex-HMS Wintringham
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|Corvette
|Bathurst

Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

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River class frigate

The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....

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Bay class minehunter

The Bay class Minehunter Inshores were a class of catamaran-hull mine warfare vessels operating with the Royal Australian Navy from 1986. Also referred to as the MHCAT , the class was an attempt to produce a locally designed inshore mine warfare vessel. Two prototype ships were ordered in 1981,...

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|HMAS Shropshire

HMS Shropshire (73)

HMS Shropshire was a Royal Navy heavy cruiser of the London sub-class of County class cruisers. She is the only warship to have been named after Shropshire, England. Completed in 1929, Shropshire served with the RN until 1942, when she was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy following the...

|Heavy cruiser
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County class cruiser

The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first post-war cruiser construction for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922...

|1943–1949
|from Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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HMAS Vigilant

HMAS Vigilant was an auxiliary patrol boat serving with the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War...

|Auxiliary patrol boat
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|Minesweeper
|Ton

Ton class minesweeper

The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...

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S class destroyer (1916)

The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....

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|Bathurst

Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

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|recommissioned in 1952 as
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|Bathurst

Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

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|Scott

Admiralty type leader

The Admiralty type leader, sometimes known as the Scott class, were a class of eight destroyer leaders designed and built for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named after Scottish historical leaders...

|1933–1946
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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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River class destroyer escort

The River class was a class of six destroyer escorts operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes...

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S class destroyer (1916)

The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....

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Tide class replenishment oiler

The Tide class was a series of replenishment oilers used by the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary , the Royal Australian Navy , and the Chilean Navy....

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River class torpedo boat destroyer

The River class was a class of six torpedo-boat destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Three were ordered for the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1909; two were built in the United Kingdom, while a third was partially built, disassembled, then transported to Australia for reassembly...

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|Grimsby

Grimsby class sloop

With the realisation that war was approaching, 13 Grimsby class sloops were laid down in the mid to late 1930s. Of these eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and one for India...

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River class destroyer escort

The River class was a class of six destroyer escorts operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes...

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S class destroyer (1916)

The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....

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Town class cruiser (1910)

The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire...

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Leander class cruiser (1931)

The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commissioned between 1933 and 1936...

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|197?–1988
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Defence Maritime Services

DMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is an Australian company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and Australian Customs Service National Marine Unit. DMS was founded in 1997 and currently operates 8 ocean going vessels and over 100 harbour craft and has around 350...

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Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

|1942–1946
|to Royal Netherlands Navy

Royal Netherlands Navy

The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

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|1946–1954
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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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S class destroyer (1916)

The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....

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S class destroyer (1916)

The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....

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TB 191

TB 191 was a second-class torpedo boat constructed for the Colony of Tasmania and later operated by the Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy. She was sold in 1911.-Design and construction:...

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Ton class minesweeper

The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...

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Battle class destroyer

The Battle class were a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Built in three groups, the first group were ordered under the 1942 naval estimates. A modified second and third group, together with two ships of an extended design were planned for the 1943 and 1944...

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|Corvette
|Bathurst

Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

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River class torpedo boat destroyer

The River class was a class of six torpedo-boat destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Three were ordered for the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1909; two were built in the United Kingdom, while a third was partially built, disassembled, then transported to Australia for reassembly...

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|River

River class destroyer escort

The River class was a class of six destroyer escorts operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes...

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|Corvette
|Bathurst

Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

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Fremantle class patrol boat

The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...

|1981–2007
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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Sloop		1914–1925	captured German yacht Komet
	Auxiliary mine sweeper		1939–????
	Auxiliary auxiliary minefield tender, boom defence vessel and armament stores carrier		1942–1945
	Submarine depot ship		1914

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Destroyer	V V and W class destroyer The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...	1933–1942	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Destroyer	Daring Daring class destroyer (1949) The Daring class was a class of eleven destroyers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Constructed after World War II, and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and...	1959–1985	museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum Australian National Maritime Museum The Australian National Maritime Museum is a federally-operated maritime museum located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. After consideration of the idea to establish a maritime museum, the Federal government announced that a national maritime museum would be constructed at Darling Harbour, tied into...
	Destroyer	V V and W class destroyer The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...	1933–1945	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Destroyer	Daring Daring class destroyer (1949) The Daring class was a class of eleven destroyers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Constructed after World War II, and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and...	1958–1979
HMAS Vengeance HMS Vengeance (R71) HMS Vengeance was a Colossus class light aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The carrier served in three navies during her career: the Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy , and the Brazilian Navy .Constructed during World War II, Vengeance was...	Aircraft carrier	Colossus Colossus class aircraft carrier The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001...	1952–1955	loaned from Royal Navy; returned to Royal Navy.
	Auxiliary patrol boat		1940–1945	Renamed HMAS Sleuth in 1944.
	Destroyer	V V and W class destroyer The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...	1933–1942	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Destroyer	Daring Daring class destroyer (1949) The Daring class was a class of eleven destroyers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Constructed after World War II, and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and...	1957–1964	Sunk in the Melbourne-Voyager incident Melbourne-Voyager collision The Melbourne-Voyager collision, also referred to as the "Melbourne-Voyager incident" or simply the "Voyager incident", was a collision between two warships of the Royal Australian Navy ; the aircraft carrier and the destroyer...

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1962
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1943
	Depot ship
	Destroyer	Tribal Tribal class destroyer (1936) The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...	1942–1963
	Auxiliary minesweeper
	Destroyer	River River class torpedo boat destroyer The River class was a class of six torpedo-boat destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Three were ordered for the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1909; two were built in the United Kingdom, while a third was partially built, disassembled, then transported to Australia for reassembly...	1912–1928
	Sloop	Grimsby Grimsby class sloop With the realisation that war was approaching, 13 Grimsby class sloops were laid down in the mid to late 1930s. Of these eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and one for India...	1940–1963
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1947	Sank after collision with mine
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1981–2005
	Tug		1941–1945
Wattle Steam Tug Wattle Steam Tug Wattle is a vessel which is currently out of survey. She was launched in 1933 as a tug in Sydney, Australia. She ran commercial cruises around Melbourne and surrounding areas. She suspended her marine commercial service in 2003 and is currently located in No. 2 Victoria Harbour,...	Tug		1934–1971
	Destroyer	V V and W class destroyer The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...	1933–1941	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
	Oiler/supply ship	Auxillary vessel	1914
	Mobile repair ship/Stores ship	Auxillary vessel	1944–1946
	Armed merchant ship		1939–1949
	Underway replenishment ship	Leaf Leaf class tanker The Leaf class is a class of support tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary . The class is somewhat unusual as it is an amalgam of various civilian tankers chartered for naval auxiliary use and as such there have been many different designs of ship in this particular class...	1989–2006	from Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... ; ex-RFA Appleleaf
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1942–1947	Museum ship in Whyalla, SA South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1982–2005
	Corvette	Bathurst Bathurst class corvette The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...	1941–1946	to Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Navy The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
	Patrol boat	Fremantle Fremantle class patrol boat The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...	1981–2005
	Armoured auxiliary/Guard ship		1939–1944	recommissioned in 1947 as
HMAS Wommera HMAS Woomera HMAS Woomera was an Australian naval vessel operated by the Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy . She was one of a class of 32 wooden motor vessels built for the Army and entered service in late 1945 as AV 1356 . She was transferred to the RAN on 23 January 1946 and commissioned as Woomera...	Armament store carrier		1946–1960	Sank following an accidental explosion
	Converted trawler		1947–1951	Returned to commercial service
	Auxiliary patrol vessel

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Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
Yampi Lass Yampi Lass Yampi Lass was a stores lighter of the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War.Built as a scow, S.B.C was used by the Swan Brewery Company and transported beer down the Swan River...	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
	Destroyer	River River class torpedo boat destroyer The River class was a class of six torpedo-boat destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Three were ordered for the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1909; two were built in the United Kingdom, while a third was partially built, disassembled, then transported to Australia for reassembly...	1910–1919	Sunk as a target off Sydney Heads in 1931
	Sloop	Grimsby Grimsby class sloop With the realisation that war was approaching, 13 Grimsby class sloops were laid down in the mid to late 1930s. Of these eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and one for India...	1936–1942	Sunk on 4 March 1942
	Destroyer escort	River River class destroyer escort The River class was a class of six destroyer escorts operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes...	1961–1985	Sold and broken up
	Channel patrol boat
STS Young Endeavour STS Young Endeavour STS Young Endeavour is an Australian tall ship. Built by Brooke Marine , Young Endeavour was given to Australia by the British government in 1988, as a gift to celebrate Australia's bicentenary of colonisation...	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
  Amphibious warfare ships of Australia
  The Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army have operated 24 amphibious warfare ships. These ships have been used to transport Army units and supplies during exercises and operational deployments.-World War II and Cold War ships:...