List of RAN Ships from 1911 - onwards

List compiled by David Stratton
Last updated 27 October 2003
Also visit The Naval Historical Society of Australia



Aircraft Carriers Battlecruiser Cruisers Destroyers Frigates Destroyer Escorts Sloops Submarines Mine Warfare Vessels Patrol Boats Other Vessels 


 
Aircraft Carriers

Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
MODIFIED MAJESTIC CLASS CARRIERS
Melbourne
28/10/55
Paid off 1982
Formerly HMS Majestic.
Sydney
16/12/48
Decom 1973
Broken up 30/10/75
Formerly HMS Terrible


Battlecruiser

Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
INDEFATIGABLE CLASS BATTLECRUISER
Australia
21/6/1913
Decom 12/12/21.
Scuttled off Sydney 12/4/24
 


Cruisers

 
Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
FORMER COLONIAL LIGHT CRUISER
Protector
10/7/11
Sold 1924 renamed Sidney - beached 1943.
From South Australia - Absorbed into RAN 10/7/11 

 
 
 
 
CHALLENGER CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
Encounter
Loaned from RN 1/7/1912.
Transferred from

 RN to RAN Dec 1919
 
Paid off 15/8/29. 
Sunk by gunfire off Sydney 14/9/32 
Depot Ship 1/1/23 and renamed Pe

nquin. 
 
 
 
 
PELORUS CLASS LIGHT CRUISERS
Pioneer
Transferred from RN 1/4/

15 
Decom 7/11/16
Scuttled off Sydney 18/2/31
Accommodation ship from1916 to 1922.
Psyche
Transferred from RN 1/7/15 
Paid off 26/3/18
Sold 21/7/22<

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TOWN CLASS LIGHT CRUISERS
Brisbane
3

0/10/1916 
Paid off 1929.
Sold June 1936
 
Melbourne
18/1/1913
Paid off 23/4/28.
Scrapped in UK during 1929
 
Sydney 
Jun 1913
Paid off 8/5/28.
Scrapped from 10/1/29
 
 
 
 
 
IMPROVED TOWN CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
Adelaide
5/8/1922

Paid off 26/2/45. 
Sold 21/3/1947.
 
  
&nbs

p;
 
 
COUNTY CLASS HEAVY CRUISERS
Australia
24/4/28
Paid off 31/8/54.
Sold 25/1/55.
&nb

sp;
Canberra
9/7/28
Sunk off Guadalcanal on 9/8/4

2.
 
Shropshire
Transferred from RN 20/4/43
Paid off 1949.
Sold 16/7/54.
Transferred as a replacement for HMAS Canberra. Formerly HMS Shropshire
   
 
 
 
MODIFIED LEAN

DER CLASS LIGHT CRUISERS
Sydney
24/9/35
Sunk Indian Ocean 19/11/1941 after action with SMS Kormoran
Laid down as HMS Phaeton.
Hobart
28/9/38
Paid off Dec 1947.
Sold 22/2/62.
Formerly HMS Apollo.
Perth
26/9/39 
Sunk in Sunda Strait 1/3/194

2.
Formerly HMS Amphion.


Destroyers

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td width="120%" valign="top" height="19" colspan="4">BATTLE CLASS DESTROYERS
Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
RIVER CLASS TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS
Huon
14/12/1915
Paid off 7/6/28.
Sunk by gunfire 10/4/31
 
 Parramatta
10/9/10 
Paid off 20/4/28. 
Foundered 8/12/34
 
Swan
16/8/16
Paid off 15/5/28.
 Foundered 2/3/34
 

Torrens
3/7/16
Paid of

f 1926.
Sunk by gunfire 24/11/30
 
Warrego
1/6/12
Paid off 19/4/28. 
Sunk 22/7/31
 
Yarra
10/9/10
Paid off 1919.
Sunk 22/8/32
 
 
 
 
 
MARKSMAN CLASS DESTROYER LEADER
Anzac
Transferred from RN 1920
Sold 8/8/35. 
Sunk by gunfire 7/5/36.
 
   
 
 
 
ADMIRALTY S CLASS DESTROYERS
Stalwart
Transferred from RN 27/1/20
Paid off 1/12/25.
 
Success
Transferred from RN 27/1/20
Paid off 21/5/30.
 
Swordsman


Transferred from RN 27/1/20
Paid off 21/12/29
 
Tasmania
Transferred from RN 27/1/20
Paid off 9/1/28.
 
   
 
 
 
SCOTT CLASS DESTROYER
Stuart
Transferred from RN 11/10/33
Paid off Feb 1946.
Sold 3/2/47.
Fast troop transport from 1944
    
 
 
 
V & W CLASS DESTROYERS
Vampire
Transferred from RN 11/10/33
Sunk in Indian Ocean 8/4/1942 by 

Japanese Naval Aircraft
 
Vendetta
T

ransferred from RN 11/10/33
Paid off 27/11/45.
Sold 20/3/46.
 
Voyager
Transferred from RN 11/10/33
Total loss after running agr

ound on 
on Timor 23/9/42 
 
Waterhen
Transferred from RN 11/10/33
Sunk in Mediterranean Sea 30/6/41 by German aircraft
 
   
 
 
 
TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYERS
Arunta
30/4/42
Sold 1/11/68
Lost during tow 13/2/69
 
Warramunga
23/11/42
Sold 15/2/63
 
Bataan
26/6/45 
Sold 1958
 
   
 
 
 
N CLASS DESTROYERS
Napier
28/11/40
Paid off Oct 1945 and returned to RN.

On loan from RN
Nepal
1/5/42
Paid off Oct 1945 and returned to RN.
On loan from RN
Nestor
3/2/41
Scuttled after d

amage by German aircraft in Mediterranean on 16/6/42 
On loan from RN
Nizam
8/1/41
Paid off Oct 1945 and returned to RN.
On loan from RN
Norman
15/9/41
Paid off Oct 1945 and returned to RN
On loan from RN
   
 
 
 
Q CLASS DESTROYERS
 
 
 
Quiberon
6/7/42
Sold 15/2/72.
Towed for breaking up 10/4/72
 <

/td>
Converted to A/S Frigate between 1950-57
Quickmatch
14/9/42
Towed for breaking up 6/7/72.
Converted to A/S F

rigate between 1951-55
Quadrant
Transferred from RN Oct 1945
Broken Up 1963
Converted to A/S Frigate between 1950-53
Quality
Transferred from RN Oct 1945
Reserve 25/1/1946
Broken Up 19

58
 
Queensborough
Transferred from 

RN Oct 1945
Sold for breaking up 4/8/75
Converted to A/S Frigate between 1950-54
  
 
 
 
Anzac
22/3/51
Paid off 4/10/1974
Towed for scrapping 30/12/1975
Co

nverted to training ship Apr 1963.
 
Tobruk
1950
Paid off 29/10/1960
Towed for scrapping 10/4/1972
 
   

 
 
 


DARING CLASS DESTROYERS
Voyager
12/2/57
Lost in collision 10/2/64.
 
Vampire
23/6/59
Paid off 8/1985
Preserved as a museum in Sydney 

Australia
Vendetta
26/11/58
Paid off 9/10/79.
Towed for scrapping Jan 1987
 
Duchess
From RN 8/5/64
Paid off 24/10/77.
Sold Dec 1979
Transferred as a replacement for HMAS Voyager
Converted to training vessel in 1974.
 
 
&

nbsp;
 
CHARLES F ADAMS CLASS DESTROYERS
<

font face="Arial" size="2">Perth
17/7/1965
Paid off 15/10/1999
Sunk as Dive Wreck
 
Hobart
18/12/1965
Paid off 12/5/2000
Sunk as Dive wreck 2001
 
Brisbane
16/12/1967
Paid off 2002
 




Frigates

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Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
RIVER CLASS FRIGATES
Barcoo
17/1/44
Paid off 19/12/63
Survey ship after WWII
Burdekin
27/6/44 
Paid off 18/4/46.
Sold Sep 1961.
 
Diamantina
27/4/45
Paid off 9/8/46
Paid off 1981. 
Museum ship in Brisbane
To reserve 9/8/46
Oceanographic ship from 1959.
Gascoyne
18/11/43
Paid off 2/2/66
Sold Sep 1971
To reserve Apr 1946.
Oceanographic ship from 1

959
Hawkesbury
5/7/44
Paid off 14/2/55. 
Sold 15/2/72
To reserve late 1945.
Recom May 1952.
Lachlan
14/2/45
Paid off 1948.
Transferred to RNZN May 1949.
Sold to RNZN 1962 
 
Macquarie
Dec 1945
Broken up 1962
 
Barwon
10/12/45
Broken up 1962
 
 
 
 
 
MODIFIED RIVER CLASS FRIGATES
Condamine 
1945
Broken up 1962
 
Culgoa 
1945
Broken up 1972
 
Murchison 
1945
Broken up 1962
 
Shoalhaven
1945
Broken up 1962
 
 
 
 
 
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS FRIGATES
Adelaide
15/11/1980
 
Active
Canberra
21/3/1981
 
Active
Sydney
29/1/1983
 
Active
Darwin
21/7/1984
 
Active
Melbourne
15/2/1992
 
Active
Newcastle
11/12/1993
 
Active
 
 
 
ANZAC CLASS FRIGATES
Anzac
18/5/1996 
 
Active
Arunta
12/12/1998
 
Active
Warramunga
18/5/2001
 
Active
Stuart
17/8/2002
 
Active
Parramatta
Due Dec 2003
 
 
Ballarat
Due Jan 2005
 
 
Toowom

ba
Due Jan 2006
 
 
Perth
Due Oct 2006

 
 


Destroyer Escorts

 
Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
RIVER CLASS DESTROYER ESCORTS
Ya

rra
27/7/61
Paid off 22/11/1985
 

Parramatta
14/7/61 
Paid off 11/1/1991
 
Stuart
28/6/

63
Paid off 1991
 
Derwent 
30/4/64 
Paid off 8/8/94.
Sunk as Dive Wreck. 21/12/94
 
Swan
20/1/70
Nov 1996
Sunk as Dive Wreck 1999
 
Torrens 
19/1/71
Sunk during SINKEX Jun 1999 by torpedo from HMAS Farncomb
 
 

Sloops

 
Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
ESPIEGLE CLASS SLOOP
Fantome 
Transferred from RN 27/11/14
Sold 30/1/25
&nb

sp;
 
 
 
 
COLONIAL SLOOP (YACHT)
Una
Captured from Germans 11/10/14
Sold 6/1/25
Pilot Vessel until 1953.
Formerly named 

Komet
 
 
 
 
GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOPS
Swan
21/1/37 
Sold 5/4/64.
 
Yarra
21/1/36
Sunk in Indian Ocean 4/3/42 by Japanese warships
 
 
 
 
 
IMPROVED GRIMSBY CLASS SLOOPS
Parramatta
8/4/40
Sunk in Mediterranean 27/11/41 by U-boat
 
Warrego
22/8/40
Paid off 8/8/6

3.
Sold Apr 1965
 


Submarines

Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
AUSTRALIAN E CLASS SUBMARINES
AE1 
28/2/14 
Lost 14/9/14 off New Guinea by unknown reasons
 
AE2
28/2/14
Sunk 30/4/15 in Sea of Marmora by Turkish gunboat
 
 
 
 
 
J CLASS SUBMARINES
J1
Transferred from RN 25/3/19
Sold Feb 1924
 
J2
Transferred from RN 25/3/19

Sold Feb 1924
 
J3
Transferred from RN 25/3/19
Sold Jan 1926
Breakwater in Port Phillip Bay.
 
J4
Transferred from RN 25/3/19
Sold Feb 1924. 
 
J5
Transferred from RN 25/3/19
Sold Feb 1924.
 
J7
Transferred from RN 25/3/19
Sold Nov 1929.
Breakwater in Port Ph

illip Bay.
 
 
 
 
 
O CLASS SUBMARINES
Otway<

/td>
15/6/27
Sold to RN 10/4/31. 
Sunk off Norway 10/9/39.
 
Oxley 
15/6/27
Sold to RN 10/4/31.
Scrapped 24/8/45.
 
 
 
 
 
OBERON CLASS SUBMARINES
Oxley
27/3/67
Paid off 13/2/1992
 
Otway
23/4/68
Paid off 1995
 
Onslow
22/12/69
Paid off 29/3/1999
Given to National maritime Museum, Sydney for Museum Apr 1999
 <

/td>
Ovens
18/4/69 
Paid off 1/12/1995
Given to State of Western Australia for Museum Nov 1998
 
Orion
15/6/77
Paid off 4/10/1996
 
Otama
27/4/78
Paid off 15/12/2000
 
 
 
 
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bsp;
COLLINS CLASS SUBMARINES
Collins
27/7/1996 
 
Active
Farncomb
31/1/1998
 
Active
Waller
10/7/1999
 
Active
Dechaineux
23/2/2001
 
Active
S

heean
23/2/2001
 
Active


Rankin
29/3/03
 
Active



Mine Warfare Vessels

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Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
FLOWER CLASS MINESWEEPING SLOOPS
Geran

ium 
Transferred from RN 1919 
Paid off 11/11/27. 
Sunk off Sydney 24/4/35
 
Mallow
Transferred from RN 1919
Paid off 20/11/25. 
Sunk off Sydney 1/8/35
 
Marguer

ite
Transferred from RN 1919
Paid off 23/7/29.
Sunk off Sydney 1/8/35
 
 
 
 
 
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPERS
Ararat
16/6/43 
Sold Jan 1961.
 
Armidale
11/6/42 
Sunk Timor Sea 1/12/42 by Japanese ai

rcraft
 
Ballarat
30/8/41 
Sold July 1947.
 
Bathurst
6/12/40 
Sold Jun 1948.
 
Benalla
27/4/43
Sold Feb 1958.
Bendigo
10/5/41
Sold May 1947.
 
Bowen
9/11/42
Sold May 1956.
 
Broome
29/7/42
Sold to Turkey 1946.
 
Bunbury
3/1/42


Sold Jan 1961.
 
Bundaberg
12/9/42 
Sold Mar 1961.
 
Burnie
15/4/41 
Sold to Netherlands July 1946.
 
Cairns 
11/5/42
Sold to Netherlands Jan 1946.
 
Castlemaine
17/6/42
Museum ship in Melbourne since Sep 1973.
 
Cessnock
26/1/42 
Sold Apr 1947.
 
Colac
6/1/42
Paid off Sep 1983.
Tank cleaning vessel from 1962.
Cootamundra
30/4/43 
Sold Mar 1962


 
Cowra
8/10/43
Sold Jan 1961.
 
Deloraine
2

3/11/41
Sold Aug 1956
 
Dubbo

31/7/42 
Sold Feb 1958.
 
Echuca
7/9/42
Sold to New Zeala

nd May 1952.
 
Fremantle
24/3/43 
Sold Jan 1961.
 
Gawler
14/8/42
Sold to Turkey 1946.
 
Geelong 
16/1/42 
Sunk by collisio

n 18/10/44.
 
Geraldton
6/4/42 
Sold to Turkey 1946.
 
Gladstone<

/td>
22/3/43
Sold Jun 1956
 
Glenelg
16/11/42
Sold May 1957.
 
Goulburn
28/2/41
Sold Oct 1947
 
Gympie
4/11/42
Sold Jan 1961
 
Horsham 
18/11/42
Sold Aug 1956
 
Inverell
17/9/42 
Sold to New Zealand Apr 1952.
 
 
Ipswich
13/6/42 
Sold to Netherlands 1946.
 
Junee
11/4/44 
Sold Jun 1958.
Kalgoorlie
7/4/42
Sold to Netherlands 1946.
 
Kapunda 
21/10/42
Sold Jan 1961.
 
Katoomba
17/12/40
Sold May 1957.
 
Kiama
26/1/44
Sold to New Zealand May 1952.
 
Latrobe
6/11/42 
Sold May 1956.
 
Launceston
9/4/42
old to Turkey 1946.
 
Lismore 
24/1/41 
Sold to Netherlands 1946.
 
Lithgow 
14/6/41 
Sold Aug 1956. 
 
Maryborough
12/6/41
Sold May 1947.
 
Mildura
23/7/41
Sold Sep 1956
 
Parkes
25/5/44 
Sold May 1957
 
Pirie
10/10/42
Sold to Turkey 1946.
 
Rockhampton
21/6/42
Sold Jan 1961.
 
Shepparton
1/2/43
Sold Feb 1958.
 
St

awell 
7/8/43 
Sold to New Zealand May 1952.
 
Strahan 
14/3/44
Sold Jan 1961.
 
Tamworth
8/8/42 
Sold to Netherlands 1946.
 
Toowoomba
9/10/41
Sold to Netherlands 1946.
 
Townsville
19/12/41
Sold Sep 1956.
 
Wagga
18/12/42
Sold Mar 1962.
 
Walla

roo
15/7/42 
Sunk by collision 11/6/43.
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sp;
Warrnambool
23/9/41
Sunk while mine-clearing 13/9/47.
 
Whyalla 
8/1/42 
Sold Feb 1947.
 
Wollongong
23/10/41
Sold to Netherlands 1946.
 
 
 
 
 
AUXILIARY MINELAYER
Bungaree
Requisitioned Oct 1940
Paid off 7/8/46.
Returned to owner 5/11/47.
Survey ship Jan 1944.
Storeship Aug 1944.
 
 
 
 
TON CLASS MINE WARFARE VESSELS
Curlew 
From RN 21/8/62
Reserve 1990.
Sold for private restoration in Hobart, Tas.
 
Ex HMS Chediston.
Hawk


From RN 18/7/62
Sold 1976
Ex HMS Somerleyton.
Gull
From RN 19/7/62
Sold 1976
Broken up in 1987.
Ex HMS Swanston.
Teal
From RN 30/8/62 
Sold 1979
Ex HMS Jackton.
Snipe
From RN 11/9/62 
Paid off 3/6/83
So

ld 1985
Ex HMS Alcaston.
Ibis
From RN 7/9/62
Paid off 4/5/84
Sold 1985
ex HMS Singleton.
 
 
 
 
BAY CLASS MINEHUNTERS
Rushcutter
1/11/86
Paid off 14/8/2001
 
Shoalwater
10/10/87
Paid off 14/8/2001
&n

bsp;
 
 
 
 
AUXILIARY MINESWEEPERS
Bandicoot
1990
 
Active
Wallar

oo
1990
 
Active
Brolga 
1988
 
Active
Koraaga
1989
Sold April 2000
 
Bermagui
1994
Sold April 2000
 
 

;
 
 
 
HUON CLASS MINEHUNTERS
Huon
15/5/1999
 
Active
Hawkesbury
12/2/2000
 
Active
Norman
26/8/2000
 
Active
Gascoyne
2/6/2001
 
Active
Diamantina
4/5/2002
 
Active
Yarra
1/3/2003
 
Active


Patrol Boats

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Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
FREMANTLE CLASS PATROL BOATS
Fremantle

17/3/80 
 
Active
Warnambool
14/3/81
 
Active
Townsville
18/7/81
 
Active
Wollongong
28/11/81
 
Active
Launceston
6/3/82
 


Active
Whyalla 
3/7/82
 

Active
Ipswich 
1

3/11/82
 
Active
Cessnock
5/3/83
 
Active
Bendigo
28/5/83 
 
Active
Gawler
27/8/83
 
Active
Geraldton
10/12/83
 
Active
Dubbo
10/3/84 
 
Active

Geelong 
2/6/84 
 
Active
Gladstone
8/9/84
 
Active
Bunbury 
15/12/84
 
Active
 
 
 
 
ATTACK CLASS PATROL BOATS
Aitape
13/11/67
Given to Papua New Guinea 14/11/75.
 
Attack
17/11/67
Transferred to Indonesia 1985.
 
Advance
24/1/68
Preserved<

/td>
 
Samarai
1/3/68
Given to Papua New Guinea 14/11/75.
 
Lae
3/4/68
Given to Papua New Guinea 14/11/75.
 


Archer
15/5/68 
Given to I

ndonesia 16/11/73.
 
Acute
26/4/68 <

/font>
Transferred to Indonesia 1983
 
Awar

e
21/6/68
Paid off 7/93. 
 
Arrow 
3/7/68
Wrecked b

y Cyclone at Darwin 25/12/74
 
Assail 
12/7/68
Transferred to Indonesia 1985
 
Adroit
17/8/68
Sunk by Skyhawk aircraft in sinkex Aug 1994
 
Barbette
16/8/68
Transferred to Indonesia 1985.
 
Barricade
20/10/68
Transferred to Indonesia 1982.
 
Ladava
21/10/68
Given to Papua New Guinea 14/11/

75.
 
Ardent
26/10/68
Sold Jan 2001
 
Bombard
5/11/68 
Transferred to Indonesia 1983.
 
Madang 
28/11/68
Given to Papua New

 Guinea 14/11/75.
 
Bandolier
14/12/

68
Given to Indonesia 16/11/73.
 
Bu

ccaneer
11/1/69
?
 
Bayonet
22/2/69 
Sunk Sep 1999 

due to poor condition
 


Other Vessels

<

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td width="25%" valign="top" height="32">Lonsdale
Name
Comm'd
Fate
Notes:
ALBATROSS CLASS SEAPLANE TENDER
Albatr

oss
23/1/29 
Reserve 26/4/33 to 19/4/38. 
Transferred to RN in 1938 to part payment for HMAS

 Hobart.
 
 
 
 
 
BALIKPAPAN CLASS HEAVY LANDING CRAFT
Balikpapan
27/9/74
 
Active
Brunei
5/1/73 
 
Active
Labuan
9/3/73
 
Active
Tarakan 
15/6/73 
 
Active
Wewak
10/8/73
 
Act

ive
Betano
8/2/74 
 
Active
Buna
7/12/73
Transferred to New Guinea 14/11/74.
 
Salamaua
19/10/73
Transferred to New Guinea 14/11/74
 
 
 
 
 
FLEET OILER
Kurumba 
From RN 13/3/19 
To reserve 5/6/28.
Used by USN from Mar 1942.
Sold Nov 1947.
Broken up 1966. 
&n

bsp;
 
 
 
 
TIDE CLASS FLEET OILER
Supply 
15/8/62
Paid off 16/12/85
 
 
 
 
 
UNDERWAY REPLENI

SHMENT SHIPS
Westralia
Transferred from the RN 1989
 
Formerly RFA Appleleaf
Active
Success 
23/4/1986
 
Active
 
 
 
 
ARMED MERCHANT CRUISERS
Kanimbla
From RN 1/6/43
Paid off 25/3/49.
Returned to owner 13/12/50.
Converted to LSI 1943
Berrima 
Requisitioned Aug 1914
Beached after

 being torpedoed in English Channel 18/2/17.
 
Manoora 
Requisitioned 14/10/39
Paid off 6/12/47.
Returned to owner 31/8/49.
LSI 

from 2/2/43.
Westralia
Requisitioned 2/11/39
Paid off 19/9/49.
Returned to owner 27/3/51.
LSI from 31/5/43.
 
 
 
 
SUB

MARINE DEPOT SHIP
Platypus
2/3/17 
Sold 20/2/58.
Renamed Penquin 16/8/29. Renamed Platypus 26/2/41.
 
 
 
 
DEPOT SHIP

Penquin 
Transferred from RN 1/7/13 
Sold 1/1/23.
Used as crane ship in Sydney Harbour until burnt out in 1960.
&nb

sp;
 
 
 
FLEET COLLIER
Biloela 
5/7/20 
Decom 14/11/27.
Sold Mar 1931.
Sunk by U-boat 21/11/40. 
 
 
 
 
 
BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL
Kookaburra 
28/2/39
Lai

d up 1958.
Sold Aug 1965.
 
 
 
 
 
OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH SHIP
Cook
28/10/80
Stricken 31/10/90
 
 
 
 
 
SURVEY VESSELS
Moresby 
20/6/25 
Paid off 14/3/46
Sold 3/2/47.
Escort vessel during WWII.
Flinders
27/4/73
Pai

d off 1999
 
Moresby
6/3/64
Paid off 1997
 
Leeuwin 
Oct 1998
 
Active
Melville
May 1999
 
Active
 
 
 
 
SURVEY MOTOR LAUNCHES
Paluma
27/2/89
 
Active
Mermaid
4/12/89
 
Active<

/font>
Shepparton
24/1/90
 
Active
Benalla
20/3/9

0
 
Active
 
&

nbsp;
 
 
BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL

 
 
 
Kimbla
26/3/56 
Paid off 15/2/85.
Converted to trials ship 1958-9
 
 
 
 
AMPHIBIOUS HEAVY LIFT SHIP
Tobruk
23/4/81 
 
Active
 
 
 
 
AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT SHIPS
Manoora
Bought from US 

29/11/1994
 
Active
Ex USS Fairfax County
Kanimbla
Bought from US 29/8/1994
 
Active
Ex USS Saginaw
 
 
 
 
LANDING SHIP (TANK)
Labuan
Transferred from RN 1/7/1946
Sold 1955
Formerly LST 3501
Tarakan 
Transf

erred from RN 1/7/1946
Sold Mar 1954
Formerly LST 3017
Lae
Transferred from RN 1/7/1946
Sold 1955


Wrecked enroute to scrapping 3/11/1956
Formerly LST 3035
 
 

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FLEET TRAINING VESSEL
Jervis Bay
25/8/77 
Sold 1996
Bought and renamed from Australian Trader. 
 
 
 
 
DESTROYER TENDER
Stalwart
9/2/66
Paid off 9/3/1990
 
 
 
 
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MISC COLONIAL SHIPS ABSORBED 10/7/1911
Cerberus

From Victoria. 
old April 1924.
Scuttled as breakwater 2/9/26
Still in existence.
Turret ship
Storeship from 1921. 
Renamed Platypus (II) on 1/4/1921
Gayundah
From Queensland.
Sold 1921.
Gunboat 

Paluma
From Queensland.
Laid up 1916. 
Sold 1918. Renamed Rip. 
Broken up 1950-51
Gunboat
Training vessel from 	1914-1916. 
Countess of Hopetoun
from Victoria.
Sold April 1924
Torpedo-boat
Childers
from Victoria.
Decom 27/4/16.
Sold 5/8/18
Torpedo-boat 
from Victoria.
Del

iberately Beached July 1912.
Broken up 1929-30.
Torpedo-boat 
Nepean
from Victoria.
Deliberately Beached July 1912.
Broken up 1929-30.
Torpedo-boat 
Mosquito
from Queensland.

Hulked March 1909
Torpedo-boat
Used for training 
TB No 191
from South Australia.
Paid off 1910
Torpedo-boat
Training hulk.
Gordon
from Victoria.
Rammed and sunk 14/11/14.
Raised and scrapped.
Torped

o-boat
Harbour duties. 
Midge
from Queensland.
Sold 1913
Torpedo-boat 
Used for training.