Since its foundation in 1913, the Royal Australian Navy has operated a large number of vessels, including various types of warships, support and supply warships.

Current ships

As of June 2025, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 34 commissioned vessels, plus 10 non-commissioned vessels.

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Pennant

!Type

!Class

!Commissioned

|-

|

|L01

|Landing helicopter dock

|

|align="center"|2015

|-

|

|P86

|Patrol boat

|

|align="center"|2006

|-

|HMAS Arafura

|OPV-203

|Offshore patrol vessel

|Arafura

| align="center" |2025

|-

|

|FFH-151

|Frigate

|

|align="center"|1998

|-

|

|FFH-155

|Frigate

|

|align="center"|2004

|-

|

|P85

|Patrol boat

|

|align="center"|2006

|-

|

|DDG-41

|Destroyer

|

|align='center|2018

|-

|

|L02

|Landing helicopter dock

|

|align="center"|2014

|-

|HMAS Cape Capricorn

|P317

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2023

|-

|HMAS Cape Naturaliste

|P316

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2022

|-

|HMAS Cape Pillar

|P319

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2023

|-

|HMAS Cape Schanck

|P313

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2024

|-

|HMAS Cape Solander

|P312

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2024

|-

|HMAS Cape Woolamai

|P318

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2023

|-

|

|P93

|Patrol boat

|

|align="center"|2007

|-

|

|L100

|Landing ship dock

|

|align="center"|2011

|-

|HMAS Collins

|SSG-73

|Submarine

|

| align="center" |1996

|-

|HMAS Dechaineux

|SSG-76

|Submarine

|

| align="center" |2001

|-

|HMAS Diamantina

|M86

|Minehunter

|

| align="center" |2002

|-

|HMAS Farncomb

|SSG-74

|Submarine

|

| align="center" |1998

|-

|

|DDG-39

|Destroyer

|

|align="center"|2017

|-

|

|A245

|Survey ship

|

|align="center"|2000

|-

|

|FFH-154

|Frigate

|

|align="center"|2003

|-

|

|FFH-157

|Frigate

|

|align="center"|2006

|-

|

|SSG-78

|Submarine

|

|align="center"|2003

|-

|

|SSG-77

|Submarine

|

|align="center"|2001

|-

|

|A304

|Oiler Replenishment

|

|align="center"|2021

|-

|

|FFH-153

|Frigate

|

|align="center"|2002

|-

|

|A195

|Oiler Replenishment

|

|align="center"|2021

|-

|

|DDG-42

|Destroyer

|

|align="center"|2020

|-

|

|FFH-156

|Frigate

|

|align="center"|2005

|-

|

|SSG-75

|Submarine

|

|align="center"|1999

|-

|

|FFH-152

|Frigate

|

|align="center"|2001

|-

|

|M87

|Minehunter

|

|align="center"|2003

|}

Non-commissioned ships

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Pennant no.

!Type

!Class

!In service

|-

|ADV Cape Fourcroy

|P310

|Patrol boat

|

|align="center"|2017

|-

|ADV Cape Inscription

|P320

|Patrol boat

|

|align="center"|2017

|-

|ADV Cape Otway

|P314

|Patrol boat

|

|align="center"|2022

|-

|ADV Cape Peron

|P315

|Patrol boat

|

|align="center"| 2022

|-

|ADV Guidance

|

|Auxiliary naval vessel

|

| align="center" |2023

|-

|ADV Reliant

|

|Auxiliary naval vessel

|

| align="center" |2022

|-

|ADV Ocean Protector

|

|Auxiliary naval vessel

|

| align="center" |2016

|-

|MV Stoker

|

|Submarine rescue ship

|

| align="center" |2016

|-

|MV Besant

|

|Submarine rescue ship

|

| align="center" |2015

|-

|MV Sycamore

|

|Aviation training ship

|

| align="center" |2017

|-

|MV Mercator

|

|Navigation training vessel

|

| align="center" |1998

|-

|STS Young Endeavour

| 

|Sail training tall ship

| 

|align="center"|1988

|}

Past ships

A

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Fleet oiler

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–1945

| 

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|

|1942–1943

|Transferred from Royal Netherlands Navy in August 1942, returned in May 1943

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1983

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1922–1946

| 

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1980–2008

|Scuttled off Avoca as a dive wreck in April 2011

|-

|

|Examination vessel

| 

|1939–1943

|Formerly 1915–1922

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1994

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1988

|museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

|-

|

|Submarine

|E

|1914

| 

|-

|

|Submarine

|E

|1914–1915

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1945-1946

|Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1966

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1949

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1945-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1944

|ex-

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1946

|ex-

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1945-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1946

|renamed

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1968

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1945-1957

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1945

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1949–1962

|ex-

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1949

|Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1949–1962

|renamed

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1945-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1945-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1960–1976

|sunk as target

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1945-1968

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1946

| 

|-

|

|Air-Sea Rescue Launch

|Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel

|1944-1944

|renamed

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1967–1975

|to Papua New Guinea

|-

|Ajax

|Examination vessel

| 

|1874-1928

|Returned to New South Wales Government

|-

|

|Fast Supply/sea Ambulance Launch

| 

|1944-1946

| 

|-

|

|Patrol vessel/minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1917–1925

| 

|-

|

|Seaplane tender

| 

|1929–1933

|to Royal Navy

|-

|

| 

| 

| 

| 

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940-1946

| 

|-

|

|Minesweeper

| 

|1941-1944

| 

|-

|Alvina

|Examination vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914-1918

|to the Launceston Company of the Australian Sea Cadet Corps

|-

|

|Auxiliary Schooner

|Auxiliary vessel

|1943-1945

|Returned to owners

|-

|

|Stores Carrier

| 

|1944-1945

|Sold in 1946

|-

|

| 

| 

| 

| 

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1920–1935

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1951–1974

|Sold for breaking in 1975

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1996-2024

| 

|-

|

|Supply ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914–1915

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1961

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2006-2022

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1973

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1984

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1942

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2005-2023

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1974

|wrecked by Cyclone Tracy

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1942–1968

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1985

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1967–1985

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|Battlecruiser

|

|1913–1921

| 

|-

|

|Heavy cruiser

|

|1928–1954

| 

|-

|

| 

| 

|1942-1945

| 

|-

|

| 

| 

|1942-1945

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1993

|Scrapped in 2011

|}

B

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1974–2012

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1947

| 

|-

|MSA Bandicoot

|Minesweeper

|

|1991-2010s

|

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1973

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|General purpose vessel

|

|1960–1995

|Charter vessel MV Banks

|-

|

|Stores carrier

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–1943

|Returned to owner

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1985

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1944–1963

| 

|-

|

|Coal hulk

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914–1924

|Scuttled off Sydney in 1924.

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1982

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1962

| 

|-

|

|General purpose vessel

|

|1960–1994

| 

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1945–1958

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1940–1948

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1969–1988

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1958

| 

|-

|

|Survey launch

|

| align="center" |1990-2023

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1947

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1983–2006

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939–1946

| 

|-

|MSA Bermagui

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1994–2000

| 

|-

|

|Armed merchant ship

| 

|1914–1917

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939–1945

| 

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1974–2012

| 

|-

|

|Collier

| 

|1920–1927

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940–1946

|Returned to owner

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|

| 

| 

|-

|

|Fleet oiler

|

|1942–1945

|On loan from Royal Navy

|-

|

| 

|

|1944–1945

|Transferred to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit in 1945

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1983

|to Indonesia

|-

|HMAS Bombo

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1940-1946;

|Returned to civilian service

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939–1945

| 

|-

|

|Cargo ship

| 

|1967–1967

|Charter vessel MV Boonaroo

|-

|Boronia

|Crane stores lighter

|

|1972–1997

|sold to Defence Maritime Services

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1956

| 

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1916–1929

| 

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1967–2001

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1917–1919

|Returned to owners

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1988–2002

| 

|-

|

|Tug

| 

| 

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Turkey

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2007-2024

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1971–2014

|to the Philippines

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1969–1985

|to Indonesia

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1973–1974

|to Papua New Guinea

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1961

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1984–2005

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1961

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|2007–2014

|Scrapped due to extensive fire damage

|-

|

|Auxiliary minelayer

| 

|1940–1946

| 

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1944–1946

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1946

|to Netherlands

|-

|

|Training ship

| 

|1943-1947

| 

|}

C

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Netherlands

|-

|Caledonian Salvor

|Ocean salvage tug

| 

|1942-1958

| 

|-

|Cambrian Salvor

|Ocean salvage tug

| 

|1942-1958

| 

|-

|

|Heavy cruiser

|

|1928–1942

|Sunk at Battle of Savo Island

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1981–2005

| 

|-

|

|Lighthouse tender

| 

|1943–1945

| 

|-

|Captain Cook

|Examination vessel

| 

| 

| 

|-

|Captain Cook II

|Examination vessel

| 

| 

| 

|-

|Captain Cook III

|Examination vessel

| 

| 

| 

|-

|

|Lighter

| 

|1942–1946

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1993–1994

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1945

|museum ship at Williamstown

|-

|HMAS Cerberus

|Monitor

| 

|1911–1921

|from colonial navy of Victoria. Hulk partially submerged Port Philip Bay

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1947

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1983–2005

| 

|-

|

|Torpedo boat

| 

|1911–1918

|from colonial navy of Victoria

|-

|

|Corvette

|Bathurst

|1942–1983

| 

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1962

| 

|-

|

|Armed patrol vessel/minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1918–1919

| 

|-

|

|Survey ship

| 

|1980–1990

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939-1945

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

| 

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1962

| 

|-

|HMAS Countess of Hopetoun

|Torpedo boat

| 

|1911–1924

|from colonial navy of Victoria

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1961

| 

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1962

| 

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|

|1962–1991

|ex-

|}

D

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1984-2017

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1956

| 

|-

|

|Destroyer escort

|

|1964–1994

| 

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1981

|museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum

|-

|

| 

| 

|1945-1945

| 

|-

|

| Auxiliary minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel

|

|1939–1946

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1958

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1984–2006

| 

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1964–1977

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1940-1945

| 

|}

E

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1952

|to New Zealand

|-

|

|

|

|1945

|from Royal Navy, returned to Royal Navy

|-

|

|Tug

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–??

| 

|-

|

|Protected cruiser

|

|1912–1923

|from Royal Navy. Renamed HMAS Penguin in 1923

|-

|

|Tug

| 

|1946-1959

| 

|-

|

|Oiler and stores ship/destroyer depot ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914–1917

| 

|}

F

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Inspection/stores vessel

| 

|1940–1946

|Interned motor ketch, demasted for service

|-

|

|Fleet oiler

|Auxiliary vessel

|1941–1942

|On loan from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS Fantome

|Sloop

|

|1914–1925

|from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS Flinders

|Survey ship

| 

|1973–1998

| 

|-

|HMAS Flying Cloud

|

|

|1943

|

|-

|HMAS Forceful

|Tugboat

| 

|1942–1943

|museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum

|-

|HMAS Franklin

|Tender

| 

|1915–1922

|Later served as HMAS Adele 1939–1943

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1961

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1980–2006

| 

|}

G

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1946-1966

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Turkey

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1983–2006

| 

|-

|HMAS Gayundah

|Gunboat

| 

|1911–1921

|from Queensland Maritime Defence Force, colonial navy of Queensland. Hulk beached at Redcliffe

|-|-

|

| Motor refrigeration lighter

| MRL

|1944–1981

| Built by Johnson's Tyne Foundry in Melbourne in 1944–45, re-commissioned in 1966.

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1944

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1984–2006

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Turkey

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1983–2006

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1919–1927

|ex HMS Geranium from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 16 April 1935.

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1956

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1984–2007

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1957

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|2008–2022

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939-1945

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1940-1944

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939–1940

|Sunk following collision with HMAT Duntroon

|-

|

|Torpedo boat

| 

|1911–1914

| ex-HMVS Gordon from colonial navy of Victoria

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1947

| 

|-

|

|Hospital ship

| 

|1914-1915

| 

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|

|1962–1976

|ex-

|-

|HMAS Gumleaf

|

|Auxiliary vessel

|1943

|

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1940–1946

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1917–1919

|Returned to owner

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1989-1992

|

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1961

| 

|}

H

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

||

|Coal hulk

| 

|1913–1932

|sunk as target by .

|-

||HMAS Hawk

|Auxiliary patrol boat

| 

|1940–1945

|Ex-HMAS Sleuth.

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|

|1962–1976

|ex-

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1944–1955

| 

|-

|

|Minehunter Coastal

|Huon

|2000-2018

| 

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1942–1948

|ex Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS HDML 1125

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1943-1944

|

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1942–1947

|ex Royal Navy

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1943–1947

|ex Royal Navy

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

| 1943-1971

|served with Allied Intelligence Bureau

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

| 1944-1952

|Wrecked on North Head, Sydney

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1944-1950

|Gifted to Philippines

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

| 1944-1982

| 

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

| 1943 1988

| 

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1944-1950

|Gifted to Philippines

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1944-1958

|served with Allied Intelligence Bureau

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1945-2950

|Gifted to Philippines

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1945–1946

|Gifted to Philippines

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

| 

|served with Far East Liaison Officer

|-

|HMAS HDML 1344

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1945-1945

|Placed in reserve after construction

|-

|HMAS HDML 1345

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1945-1945

|Placed in reserve after construction

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

|1945–1946

| 

|-

|

|Harbour defence motor launch

| 

| 

|served with Far East Liaison Officer

|-

|

|Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel and tugboat

|Rescue/Saint

|1940–1942, 1943–1947

| 

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1938–1947

|ex-

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1965–2000

|Sunk as dive wreck

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1961

| 

|-

|

|Torpedo boat destroyer

|

|1915–1928

| 

|-

|

|Minehunter

|

|1999-2024

| 

|-

|}

I

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|HMAS Ibis

|

|

|

|Requisitioned during World War II

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|

|1962–1984

|ex-HMS Singleton

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1952

|to New Zealand

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Royal Netherlands Navy

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1982–2007

|

|}

J

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|HMAS J1

|Submarine

|J

|1919–1924

|from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS J2

|Submarine

| J

|1919–1924

|from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS J3

|Submarine

|J

|1919–1926

|from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS J4

|Submarine

|J

|1919–1924

|from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS J5

|Submarine

|J

|1919–1924

|from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS J7

|Submarine

|J

|1919–1929

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Bulk carrier

| 

|1969–1971

|from and returned to Australian National Line

|-

|

|Training ship

| 

|1977–1996

| 

|-

|

|Troop transport

| 

|1999–2001

| 

|-

|HMAS John Oxley

|Examination vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|1943–194?

|Returned to owners

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1944–1958

| 

|}

K

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Submarine

|

|1943–1944

|From the Netherlands

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

| 

|-

|

|Boom defence vessel

|

|1940–1955

| 

|-

|

|Landing ship

| 

|1943–1949

|from and to Royal Navy

|-

|

|Landing ship

|

|1994–2011

|from US Navy, ex-

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1961

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary boom defense vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|1941–1972

|Sold for scrap in 1972, hulk sunk as target off Jervis Bay in 1973

|-

|

|Boom defense vessel

|

|1941-1957

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1940–1957

| 

|-

|

|Coal hulk

|Auxiliary vessel

|1941–1942

|Sunk after air raid in Darwin

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1941-1946

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1952

|to New Zealand

|-

|

|Trials ship

| 

|1956–1985

| 

|-

|

|Net layer

| 

|1942-1946

| 

|-

|

|Examination vessel

| 

|1940–1946

| 

|-

|

|Boom defense vessel

|

|1940-1969

| 

|-

|

|Boom defence vessel

|

|1939–1958

| 

|-

|

|Collier and supply ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914–1915

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary boom defence vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942-1962

| 

|-

|

|Training depot ship and Fairmile Motor Launch depot ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–1947

|returned to owners in 1947

|-

|

|Tug/Training ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1924–1948

|sold to private owners and converted into a schooner

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939-1945

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1917–1918

|Returned to owner

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1989–2000

| 

|-

|

|Auxiliary netlayer

| 

|1942-1945

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

| 

|1941–1943

|From Northern Territory Patrol Service

|-

|

|Oiler

| 

|1919–1947

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Accommodation ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940–1942

|sunk on 31 May 1942 in Sydney Harbour

|-

|

|Auxiliary Patrol boat/tender vessel

|

|1943-1944

|returned to civilian service

|-

|

|Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940-1945

| 

|}

L

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Landing ship

|LST(3)

|1946–1955

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1973–2014

| 

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1949

|to New Zealand

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1975

|to Papua New Guinea

|-

|

|Landing ship

|LST(3)

|1946–1955

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1975

|to Papua New Guinea

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1956

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Turkey

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1982–2006

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|2007–2023

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|2006–2023

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat/Pilot vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|1941–1945

| 

|-

|

|Anti-submarine indicator loop repair ship

| 

| 

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1946

|to Netherlands

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1956

| 

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

| 

|1941–1945

| 

|-

|HMAS Lonsdale

|Torpedo boat

| 

|1901–1912

|from colonial navy of Victoria

|-

|

|Landing ship

|LST(3)

|1946–1950

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Landing ship

|LST(3)

|1946–1950

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Landing ship

|LST(3)

|1946–1950

|from Royal Navy

|}

M

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1962

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1975

|to Papua New Guinea

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|2006-2022

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Store carrier and collier

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914–1915

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1919–1925

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|

|Auxiliary vessel

|1941-1941

|

|-

|

|Armed merchant ship

| 

|1939–1947

| 

|-

|

|Landing ship

|

|align="center"|1994–2011

|From US Navy, ex-

|-

|

|Sloop

|

|1919–1929

|ex- from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 1 August 1935.

|-

|

|Channel patrol boats

|Converted civilian pleasure boat

|1941-1944

| 

|-

|

|Cutter

|Converted civilian cutter

|1942–1943

|Sunk in a Japanese air raid on Milingimbi, NT

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1941-1943

| 

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1947

| 

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2007-2023

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

| 

|1939-1945

| 

|-

|

|Stores carrier

|Auxiliary vessel

|1943–1944

|ex-Burns Philp & Company cargo and passenger vessel, lost without trace with all hands in June 1944.

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|Converted lugger

|1941–1942

|Sunk Darwin, 1942.

|-

|

|Minesweeper

| 

|1942–1945

|ex-, scuttled off Sydney on 20 January 1948.

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1913–1928

| 

|-

|

|Aircraft carrier

|

|1955–1982

|ex-

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1992-2019

|

|-

|

|Survey ship

|

| align="center" |2000-2024

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Minesweeper

| 

|1942–1945

|ex-, scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948.

|-

|

|Victualling Store Issue Supply Ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–1949

|returned to her owners Burns Philp & Company.

|-

|

|Survey launch

|

|align="center"|1989-2021

|

|-

|HMAS Midge

|Torpedo boat

| 

|1911–1912

|from Queensland Maritime Defence Force

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1956

| 

|-

|

|

|Fairmile B motor launch

|1943–1944

|Capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain.

|-

|

|Tug

| 

|1946-1957

| 

|-

|

|Stores ship

| 

|1923–1930<br />1940–1948

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Survey ship/Sloop

|

|1925–1946

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Survey ship

|Moresby

|1964–1997

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|1945-1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1962

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Oiler

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914-1916

|&nbsp;

|}

N

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940–1943

|transferred to United States Navy

|-

|

|Destroyer

|N

|1940–1945

|returned to the Royal Navy

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1941–1946

|returned to her owners

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|Requisitioned civilian vessel

|1941-1942

|destroyed by fire on 2 July 1942

|-

|

|Destroyer

|N

|1942–1945

|returned to the Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS Nepean

|Torpedo boat

|Second-class torpedo boat

|1901–1912

|scuttled off Swan Island, Port Phillip in 1912

|-

|

|Destroyer

|N

|1941–1942

|scuttled off Crete on 16 June 1942, following damage from bombing

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1993–2019

|Decommissioned on 30 June 2019

|-

|

|Destroyer

|N

|1941–1945

|returned to the Royal Navy

|-

|

|Destroyer

|N

|1941–1945

|returned to the Royal Navy

|-

|

|Minehuner

|

|2000-2018

|&nbsp;

|-

|}

O

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|-

|

|Humanitarian and disaster relief vessel

|&nbsp;

|2012-2014

|Transferred to Customs

|-

|OFL No. 1

|Oil fuel lighter

|500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|1916-1942

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL No. 2

|Oil fuel lighter

|500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|1916-??

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL No. 3

|Oil fuel lighter

|500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|1915-??

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL No. 4

|Oil fuel lighter

|500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|1915-??

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1201 (Rocklea)

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1202

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1203

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1204

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1205

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1206

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|1945-1964

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1207

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|OFL 1208 (Karpoint)

|Oil fuel lighter

|1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1939-1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Submarine

|

|1969–1999

|museum ship Australian National Maritime Museum

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1939-1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Submarine

|

|1977–1997

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Submarine

|

|1978–1999

|museum ship at Western Port, VIC

|-

|

|Examination vessel

|Auxiliary vessel

|(1914–1918) & (1939–1940)

|returned to owner

|-

|HMAS Otway

|Submarine

|

|1927–1937

|to Royal Navy

|-

|

|Submarine

|

|1968–1994

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Submarine

|

|1969–1995

|&nbsp;

|-

|HMAS Oxley

|Submarine

|

|1927–1937

|to Royal Navy

|-

|

|Submarine

|

| 1967–1992

|&nbsp;

|}

P

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|HMAS Paluma

|Gunboat

|&nbsp;

|1911–1916

|from Queensland Maritime Defence Force

|-

|

|Auxiliary patrol vessel

|&nbsp;

|1941–1945

|Motor Boat

|-

|

|Survey vessel

|Unnamed class of 18 MSLs

|1946–1973

|Converted from Motor Store Lighter No 252 (MSL 252)

|-

|

|Survey launch

|

|1989-2021

|

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1944–1957

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Torpedo boat destroyer

|

|1910–1928

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Sloop

|

|1940–1941

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Destroyer escort

|

|1961–1991

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1942–1943

|Converted from a commercial trawler

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1941-1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|HMAS Penguin

|Depot ship

|

|1913–1923

|from Royal Navy

|-

|HMAS Penguin

|Depot ship

|

|1923–1929

|ex-, scuttled off Sydney on 14 September 1932.

|-

|HMAS Penguin

|Depot ship

|&nbsp;

|1929–1941

|ex-

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1939–1942

|ex-

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1965–1999

|diving wreck

|-

|HMAS Peter Pan

|Tender

|

|1942–1945

|Attached to the Naval Auxiliary Patrol.

|-

|

|Depot tender

|

|1916–1921

|ex-, sold to commercial interests.

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1915–1916

|ex HMS Pioneer from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 18 February 1931.

|-

|

|Repair ship/Stores ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–1946

|Returned to owners in 1946

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Turkey

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|2006-2021

|

|-

|

|Submarine tender

|&nbsp;

|1917–1958

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Surveying tender

|&nbsp;

|1942–1945

|returned to owners

|-

|HMAS Porpoise

|Diving tender

|Modified

|1973–1989

|ex-HMS Neasham

|-

|

|

|Auxiliary vessel

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Stores ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–1946

|Returned to owners in 1946

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|&nbsp;

|1911–1924

|from colonial navy of South Australia

|-

|

|Trials ship

|&nbsp;

|1990–1998

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1915–1918

|from Royal Navy

|}

Q

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

| Destroyer

|Q

|1945–1963

|ex- from Royal Navy, sold in 1963 for breaking up

|-

|

|Destroyer

| Q

|1945–1958

|ex- from Royal Navy, sold in 1958 for breaking up

|-

|

|Destroyer

| Q

|1945–1975

|ex-HMS Queenborough from Royal Navy, sold in 1975 for breaking up

|-

|

|Destroyer

| Q

|1942–1972

|from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up

|-

|

|Destroyer

| Q

|1942–1972

|from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up

|-

|

|Tugboat

|

|1984–1998

|sold to Defence Maritime Services in 1998

|}

R

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|ASRV Remora

|Submarine rescue vehicle

|Remora

|1995–2006

|inactive since an accident in 2006

|-

|

|Tugboat

|Salvage tug

|1943–1961

|ex-USS BAT-11, sold in 1961

|-

|

|Junk

|

|1945-1945

|transferred in 1945 to the British Civil Administration Unit, Borneo

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1961

|sold in 1961 for breaking up

|-

|Rona

|Coal hulk

|Auxiliary vessel

|1943–1946

|returned to owners

|-

|

|Minehunter

|

|1986–2001

|sold in 2002

|}

S

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1973–1974

|to Papua New Guinea

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1968–1975

|to Papua New Guinea

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940–1946

|returned to owners

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|Requisitioned civilian vessel

|1942–c1945

|returned to owners

|-

|

|&nbsp;

|

|1945-1945

|transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit

|-

|HMAS Seal

|Diving tender

|Modified

|1968–1988

|ex-HMS Wintringham

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1958

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Survey launch

|

| align="center" |1990-2023

| align="center" |

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1945–1962

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Minehunter

|

|1987–2001

|&nbsp;

|-

|HMAS Shropshire

|Heavy cruiser

|

|1943–1949

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|Requisitioned civilian vessel

|?-1942

|destroyed in explosion in 1942

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|Requisitioned civilian vessel

|?-1943

|burnt to the waterline in 1943

|-

|

|Supply ship

|Modified commercial tanker

|2006-2021

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|Requisitioned civilian vessel

|?-1942

|burnt to the waterline in 1942

|-

|

|Patrol vessel

|&nbsp;

|1917–1920, 1990

|&nbsp;

|-

|HMAS Sleuth

|Auxiliary patrol boat

|&nbsp;

|1940–1945

|ex-HMAS Vigilant, renamed HMAS Hawk in 1945.

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|

|1962–1983

|ex-HMS Alcaston

|-

|

|Examination vesses

|

|1941–??

|

|-

|

|Tug

|&nbsp;

|1944-1958

|ex USS BAT-12

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1920–1925

|scuttled off Sydney on 21 July 1939.

|-

|

|Destroyer tender

|&nbsp;

|1966–1989

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1943–1952

|New Zealand

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|Requisitioned civilian vessel

|1941–1945

|burnt to the waterline in 1945

|-

|

|Survey vessel

|Requisitioned civilian vessel

|1942–1945

|recommissioned in 1952 as

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1944–1961

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Destroyer

|Scott

|1933–1946

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Destroyer escort

|

|1963–1991

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Auxiliary patrol vessel/tug boat

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940–1942, 1945–1946

|returned to owners in 1947

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1920–1930

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Supply ship

|Durance

|1986-2019

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Oiler

|

|1962–1985

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Special service vessel

|

|1919-1919

|ex HMS Suva.

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1916–1928

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Sloop

|

|1937–1964

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Destroyer escort

|

|1970–1996

|diving wreck

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1920–1929

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1913–1928

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Light cruiser

|

|1935–1941

|ex-

|-

|

|Aircraft carrier/troopship

|

|1948–1973

|ex-

|-

|

|Frigate

|

|1983-2015

|

|}

T

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Torpedo recovery vessel

|&nbsp;

|1971–1988

|sold to Defence Maritime Services

|-

|

|&nbsp;

|&nbsp;

|1945-1947

|transferred to Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1942-1946

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Coastal tug

|&nbsp;

|1984–1998

|sold to Defence Maritime Services

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1946

|to Royal Netherlands Navy

|-

|

|Landing ship

|LST(3)

|1946–1954

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1973–2014

|to the Philippines

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1920–1928

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1920–1933

|&nbsp;

|-

|TB 191

|Torpedo boat

|&nbsp;

|1911–1918

|from colonial navy of South Australia

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|

|1962–1979

|ex-HMS Jackton

|-

|Telopea

|Crane stores lighter

|

|1972–1997

|sold to Defence Maritime Services

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1940–1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|

|&nbsp;

|1944–1945

|transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit

|-

|

|Training ship

|&nbsp;

|1911–1927

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1950–1972

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Landing ship

|Modified

|1981–2015

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1940-1946

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Depot tender

|&nbsp;

|1916–1921

|renamed

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1939-1944

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1941-1943

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1946

|to Netherlands

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|&nbsp;

|1942–1946

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1916–1926

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Destroyer escort

|

|1971–1998

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1956

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1981–2007

|Museum ship at Maritime Museum of Townsville

|-

|

|Torpedo recovery vessel

|&nbsp;

|197?–1988

|sold to Defence Maritime Services

|-

|

|Torpedo recovery vessel

|&nbsp;

|197?–1988

|sold to Defence Maritime Services

|}

U

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Sloop

|&nbsp;

|1914–1925

|captured German yacht Komet

|-

|

|Auxiliary mine sweeper

|&nbsp;

|1939–1943

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Auxiliary minefield tender, boom defence vessel and armament stores carrier

|&nbsp;

|1942–1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Submarine depot ship

|&nbsp;

|1914-1914

|&nbsp;

|-

|}

V

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Destroyer

|V

|1933–1942

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1959–1985

|museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum

|-

|

|Destroyer

|V

|1933–1945

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1958–1979

|

|-

||HMAS Vengeance

|Aircraft carrier

|

|1952–1955

|loaned from Royal Navy; returned to Royal Navy.

|-

||

|Auxiliary patrol boat

|&nbsp;

|1940–1945

|Renamed HMAS Sleuth in 1944.

|-

|

|Destroyer

|V

|1933–1942

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1957–1964

|Sunk in the Melbourne-Voyager incident

|}

W

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1962

|&nbsp;

|-

|Wallaby

|Water/Fuel Lighter

|

|1983–1997

|Transferred to DMS Maritime

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1943

|&nbsp;

|-

|MSA Wallaroo

|Minesweeper

|

|1991-2010s

|

|-

|

|Tugboat

|Auxiliary vessel

|1942–1946

|Sank on 17 October 1946

|-

|

|Destroyer

|

|1942–1963

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Auxiliary minesweeper

|&nbsp;

|1941-1946

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Torpedo boat destroyer

|

|1912–1928

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Sloop

|

|1940–1963

|&nbsp;

|-

|Warrigal

|Water/Fuel Lighter

|

|1984–1997

|Transferred to DMS Maritime

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1947

|Sank after collision with mine

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1981–2005

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Tug

|&nbsp;

|1941–1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|Wattle

|Tug

|&nbsp;

|1934–1971

|&nbsp;

|-

|Wattle

|Crane stores lighter

|

|1972–1997

|sold to Defence Maritime Services

|-

|

|Destroyer

|V

|1933–1941

|from Royal Navy

|-

|

|Armed merchant ship

|&nbsp;

|1939–1949

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Underway replenishment ship

|

|1989–2006

|from Royal Navy; ex-RFA Appleleaf

|-

|

|Landing craft

|

|1973–2012

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Oiler/supply ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1914

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Mobile repair ship/Stores ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1944–1946

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1942–1947

|Museum ship in Whyalla, South Australia

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1982–2005

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|&nbsp;

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940–1947

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Corvette

|

|1941–1946

|to Royal Netherlands Navy

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

|1981–2005

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Patrol boat

|

| align="center" |2007-2022

| align="center" |

|-

|Wombat

|Water/Fuel Lighter

|

|1983–1997

|Transferred to DMS Maritime

|-

|

|Armoured auxiliary/Guard ship

|&nbsp;

|1939–1944

|recommissioned in 1947 as

|-

|

|Armament store carrier

|&nbsp;

|1946–1960

|Sank following an accidental explosion

|-

|

|Converted trawler

|&nbsp;

|1947–1951

|Returned to commercial service

|-

|

|Auxiliary patrol vessel

|&nbsp;

|1940–1947

|Renamed to

|-

|Wyulda

|Water/Fuel Lighter

|

|1984–1997

|Transferred to DMS Maritime

|}

Y

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

|-

!Name

!Type

!Class

!Dates

!Notes

|-

|Yampi Lass

|Stores lighter

|Auxiliary vessel

|194?–1943

|Sunk during a storm at Darwin on 11 April 1943

|-

|

|Patrol craft/minesweeper

|Auxiliary vessel

|1940–1946

|Returned to owners

|-

|

| Torpedo boat destroyer

|

|1910–1919

|Sunk as a target off Sydney Heads in 1931

|-

|

|Sloop

|

|1936–1942

|Sunk on 4 March 1942

|-

|

|Destroyer escort

|

|1961–1985

|Sold and broken up

|-

|

|Channel patrol boat

|&nbsp;

|1941-1945

|&nbsp;

|-

|

|Ammunition stores issuing ship

|Auxiliary vessel

|1944–1946

|Returned to her owners

|-

|}

See also

  • Amphibious warfare ships of Australia

References

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