Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Launceston, after the city of Launceston, Tasmania.

  • , a Bathurst-class corvette commissioned in 1942, and transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1946
  • , a Fremantle-class patrol boat laid down in 1980, and decommissioned in 2006
  • , an Armidale-class patrol boat commissioned in 2007, and decommissioned in 2023

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS Launceston are entitled to carry four battle honours:

  • Pacific 1942–45
  • Indian Ocean 1942–44
  • East Indies 1944
  • Okinawa 1945

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