# List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy

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.
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## Current ships

As of March 2022, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 43 commissioned vessels, plus 3 non-commissioned vessels.
| Name | k60 | Type | Class | Commissioned |
| HMAS Adelaide | L01 | Landing Helicopter Dock | Canberra | 2015 |
| HMAS Albany | ACPB 86 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
| HMAS Ararat | ACPB 89 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
| HMAS Armidale | ACPB 83 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2005 |
| HMAS Arunta | FFH 151 | Frigate | Anzac | 1998 |
| HMAS Ballarat | FFH 155 | Frigate | Anzac | 2004 |
| HMAS Bathurst | ACPB 85 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
| HMAS Benalla | A 04 | Survey launch | Paluma | 1990 |
| HMAS Brisbane | DDG 41 | Destroyer | Hobart | 2018 |
| HMAS Broome | ACPB 90 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
| HMAS Canberra | L02 | Landing helicopter dock | Canberra | 2014 |
| HMAS Childers | ACPB 93 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
| HMAS Choules | L100 | Landing ship dock | Bay | 2011 |
| HMAS Collins | SSG 73 | Submarine | Collins | 1996 |
| HMAS Dechaineux | SSG 76 | Submarine | Collins | 2001 |
| HMAS Diamantina | M 86 | Minehunter | Huon | 2002 |
| HMAS Farncomb | SSG 74 | Submarine | Collins | 1998 |
| HMAS Gascoyne | M 85 | Minehunter | Huon | 2001 |
| HMAS Glenelg | ACPB 96 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2008 |
| HMAS Hobart | DDG 39 | Destroyer | Hobart | 2017 |
| HMAS Larrakia | ACPB 84 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
| HMAS Launceston | ACPB 94 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
| HMAS Leeuwin | A 245 | Survey ship | Leeuwin | 2000 |
| HMAS Maitland | ACPB 88 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006 |
| HMAS Maryborough | ACPB 95 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
| HMAS Melville | A 246 | Survey ship | Leeuwin | 2000 |
| HMAS Parramatta | FFH 154 | Frigate | Anzac | 2003 |
| HMAS Perth | FFH 157 | Frigate | Anzac | 2006 |
| HMAS Rankin | SSG 78 | Submarine | Collins | 2003 |
| HMAS Sheean | SSG 77 | Submarine | Collins | 2001 |
| HMAS Shepparton | A 03 | Survey launch | Paluma | 1990 |
| HMAS Stalwart | A 304 | Oiler Replenishment | Supply | 2021 |
| HMAS Stuart | FFH 153 | Frigate | Anzac | 2002 |
| HMAS Supply | A 195 | Oiler Replenishment | Supply | 2021 |
| HMAS Sydney | DDG 42 | Destroyer | Hobart | 2020 |
| HMAS Toowoomba | FFH 156 | Frigate | Anzac | 2005 |
| HMAS Waller | SSG 75 | Submarine | Collins | 1999 |
| HMAS Warramunga | FFH 152 | Frigate | Anzac | 2001 |
| HMAS Wollongong | ACPB 92 | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007 |
| HMAS Yarra | M 87 | Minehunter | Huon | 2003 |

### Non-commissioned ships

| Name | Pennant no. | Type | Class | In service |
| ADV Cape Fourcroy | 310 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2017 |
| ADV Cape Inscription | 320 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2017 |
| ADV Cape Otway | 314 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
| ADV Cape Peron | 315 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
| ADV Cape Naturaliste | 316 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2022 |
| ADV Cape Capricorn | 317 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
| ADV Cape Woolamai | 318 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
| ADV Cape Pillar | 319 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2023 |
| ADV Cape Solander | 312 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2024 |
| ADV Cape Schanck | 313 | Patrol boat | Cape | 2024 |
| STS Young Endeavour | | Sail training tall ship | | 1988 |

## Past ships
### A

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| Aase Maersk | Fleet oiler | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1945 | |
| HMAS Abraham Crijnssen | Minesweeper | Jan van Amstel | 1942–1943 | Transferred from Royal Netherlands Navy in August 1942, returned in May 1943 |
| HMAS Acute | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1983 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Adelaide | Light cruiser | Town | 1922–1946 | |
| HMAS Adelaide | Frigate | Adelaide | 1980–2008 | Scuttled off Avoca as a dive wreck in April 2011 |
| HMAS Adele | Examination vessel | | 1939–1943 | Formerly HMAS Franklin 1915–1922 |
| HMAS Adroit | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1994 | |
| HMAS Advance | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1988 | museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney |
| HMAS AE1 | Submarine | E | 1914 | |
| HMAS AE2 | Submarine | E | 1914–1915 | |
| HMAS Air Bird | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949 |
| HMAS Air Chief | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1966 | |
| HMAS Air Clan | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Cloud | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1949 | |
| HMAS Air Faith | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Foam | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1944 | ex-HMAS Air Wave |
| HMAS Air Guide | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | ex-HMAS Air Hope (913) |
| HMAS Air Hope | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Host | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | renamed HMAS Air Guide |
| HMAS Air Master | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1968 | |
| HMAS Air Mercy | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1957 | |
| HMAS Air Mist | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1945 | |
| HMAS Air Nymph | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1949–1962 | ex-HMAS Air Save |
| HMAS Air Rest | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1949 | Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950 |
| HMAS Air Sailor | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Save | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1949–1962 | renamed HMAS Air Nymph |
| HMAS Air Sense | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Spray | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Sprite | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1960–1976 | sunk as target |
| HMAS Air Trail | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1945-1968 | |
| HMAS Air View | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Watch | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1946 | |
| HMAS Air Wave | Air-Sea Rescue Launch | Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel | 1944-1944 | renamed HMAS Air Foam |
| HMAS Aitape | Patrol boat | Attack | 1967–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
| Ajax | Examination vessel | | 1874-1928 | Returned to New South Wales Government |
| HMAS Alatna | Fast Supply/sea Ambulance Launch | | 1944-1946 | |
| Alacrity | Patrol vessel/minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1917–1925 | |
| HMAS Albatross | Seaplane tender | | 1929–1933 | to Royal Navy |
| HMAS Alert | | | | |
| HMAS Alfie Cam | Minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940-1946 | |
| HMAS Allenwood | Minesweeper | | 1941-1944 | |
| Alvina | Examination vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1914-1918 | to the Launceston Company of the Australian Sea Cadet Corps |
| HMAS Amohine | Auxiliary Schooner | Auxiliary vessel | 1943-1945 | Returned to owners |
| HMAS Anaconda | Stores Carrier | | 1944-1945 | Sold in 1946 |
| HMAS Anchorite | | | | |
| HMAS Anzac | Destroyer | Parker | 1920–1935 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Anzac | Destroyer | Battle | 1951–1974 | Sold for breaking in 1975 |
| HMAS Anzac | Frigate | Anzac | 1996-2024 | |
| Aorangi | Supply ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1915 | |
| HMAS Ararat | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1961 | |
| HMAS Archer | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1973 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Ardent | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1984 | |
| HMAS Armidale | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1942 | |
| HMAS Arrow | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1974 | wrecked by Cyclone Tracy |
| HMAS Arunta | Destroyer | Tribal | 1942–1968 | |
| HMAS Assail | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1985 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Attack | Patrol boat | Attack | 1967–1985 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Australia | Battlecruiser | Indefatigable | 1913–1921 | |
| HMAS Australia | Heavy cruiser | County | 1928–1954 | |
| HMAS Avalon | | | 1942-1945 | |
| HMAS Avonita | | | 1942-1945 | |
| HMAS Aware | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1993 | Scrapped in 2011 |

### B

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Balikpapan | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1974–2012 | |
| HMAS Ballarat | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | |
| MSA Bandicoot | Minesweeper | Bandicoot | 1991-2010s | |
| HMAS Bandolier | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1973 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Banks | General purpose vessel | Explorer | 1960–1995 | Charter vessel MV Banks |
| HMAS Baralaba | Stores carrier | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1943 | Returned to owner |
| HMAS Barbette | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1985 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Barcoo | Frigate | River | 1944–1963 | |
| Barcoo | Coal hulk | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1924 | Scuttled off Sydney in 1924. |
| HMAS Barricade | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1982 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Barwon | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
| HMAS Bass | General purpose vessel | Explorer | 1960–1994 | |
| HMAS Bataan | Destroyer | Tribal | 1945–1958 | |
| HMAS Bathurst | Corvette | Bathurst | 1940–1948 | |
| HMAS Bayonet | Patrol boat | Attack | 1969–1988 | |
| HMAS Benalla | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1958 | |
| HMAS Bendigo | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | |
| HMAS Bendigo | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1983–2006 | |
| HMAS Bermagui | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939–1946 | |
| MSA Bermagui | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1994–2000 | |
| HMAS Berrima | Armed merchant ship | | 1914–1917 | |
| HMAS Beryl II | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939–1945 | |
| HMAS Betano | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1974–2012 | |
| HMAS Biloela | Collier | | 1920–1927 | |
| HMAS Bingera | Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1946 | Returned to owner |
| HMAS Birchgrove Park | Auxiliary minesweeper | | | |
| Bishopdale | Fleet oiler | Dale | 1942–1945 | On loan from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Black Snake | | Snake | 1944–1945 | Transferred to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit in 1945 |
| HMAS Bombard | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1983 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Bombo | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1940-1946; | Returned to civilian service |
| HMAS Bonthorpe | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939–1945 | |
| HMAS Boonaroo | Cargo ship | | 1967–1967 | Charter vessel MV Boonaroo |
| Boronia | Crane stores lighter | Wattle | 1972–1997 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
| HMAS Bowen | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1956 | |
| HMAS Brisbane | Light cruiser | Town | 1916–1929 | |
| HMAS Brisbane | Destroyer | Charles F. Adams | 1967–2001 | |
| Brolga | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1917–1919 | Returned to owners |
| MSA Brolga | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1988–2002 | |
| HMAS Bronzewing | Tug | | | |
| HMAS Broome | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
| HMAS Brunei | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1971–2014 | to the Philippines |
| HMAS Buccaneer | Patrol boat | Attack | 1969–1985 | to Indonesia |
| HMAS Buna | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–1974 | to Papua New Guinea |
| HMAS Bunbury | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
| HMAS Bunbury | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1984–2005 | |
| HMAS Bundaberg | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
| HMAS Bundaberg | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2007–2014 | Scrapped due to extensive fire damage |
| HMAS Bungaree | Auxiliary minelayer | | 1940–1946 | |
| HMAS Burdekin | Frigate | River | 1944–1946 | |
| HMAS Burnie | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Netherlands |
| HMAS Burra Bra | Training ship | | 1943-1947 | |

### C

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Cairns | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Netherlands |
| Caledonian Salvor | Ocean salvage tug | | 1942-1958 | |
| Cambrian Salvor | Ocean salvage tug | | 1942-1958 | |
| HMAS Canberra | Heavy cruiser | County | 1928–1942 | Sunk at Battle of Savo Island |
| HMAS Canberra | Frigate | Adelaide | 1981–2005 | |
| HMAS Cape Leeuwin | Lighthouse tender | | 1943–1945 | |
| Captain Cook | Examination vessel | | | |
| Captain Cook II | Examination vessel | | | |
| Captain Cook III | Examination vessel | | | |
| HMAS Carroo | Lighter | | 1942–1946 | |
| MSA Carole-S | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1993–1994 | |
| HMAS Castlemaine | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1945 | museum ship at Williamstown |
| HMAS Cerberus | Monitor | | 1911–1921 | from colonial navy of Victoria. Hulk partially submerged Port Philip Bay |
| HMAS Cessnock | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1947 | |
| HMAS Cessnock | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1983–2005 | |
| HMVS Childers | Torpedo boat | | 1911–1918 | from colonial navy of Victoria |
| HMAS Colac | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1983 | |
| HMAS Condamine | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
| HMAS Coogee | Armed patrol vessel/minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1918–1919 | |
| HMAS Cook | Survey ship | | 1980–1990 | |
| HMAS Coolebar | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939-1945 | |
| HMAS Coombar | Auxiliary minesweeper | | | |
| HMAS Cootamundra | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1962 | |
| HMAS Countess of Hopetoun | Torpedo boat | | 1911–1924 | from colonial navy of Victoria |
| HMAS Cowra | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1961 | |
| HMAS Culgoa | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
| HMAS Curlew | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1991 | ex-HMS Chediston |

### D

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Darwin | Frigate | Adelaide | 1984-2017 | |
| HMAS Deloraine | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
| HMAS Derwent | Destroyer escort | River | 1964–1994 | |
| HMAS Diamantina | Frigate | River | 1945–1981 | museum ship at Queensland Maritime Museum |
| HMAS Diamond Snake | | | 1945-1945 | |
| HMAS Doomba | Auxiliary minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel | Hunt | 1939–1946 | |
| HMAS Dubbo | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1958 | |
| HMAS Dubbo | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1984–2006 | |
| HMAS Duchess | Destroyer | Daring | 1964–1977 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Durraween | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1940-1945 | |

### E

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

### F

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

### G

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

### H

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Hankow | Coal hulk | | 1913–1932 | sunk as target by HMAS Albatross. |
| HMAS Hawk | Auxiliary patrol boat | | 1940–1945 | Ex-HMAS Sleuth. |
| HMAS Hawk | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1976 | ex-HMS Somerleyton |
| HMAS Hawkesbury | Frigate | River | 1944–1955 | |
| HMAS Hawkesbury | Minehunter Coastal | Huon | 2000-2018 | |
| HMAS HDML 1074 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1942–1948 | ex Royal Navy |
| HMAS HDML 1125 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1943-1944 | |
| HMAS HDML 1129 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1942–1947 | ex Royal Navy |
| HMAS HDML 1161 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1943–1947 | ex Royal Navy |
| HMAS HDML 1321 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1943-1971 | served with Allied Intelligence Bureau |
| HMAS HDML 1322 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1944-1952 | Wrecked on North Head, Sydney |
| HMAS HDML 1323 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1944-1950 | Gifted to Philippines |
| HMAS HDML 1324 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1944-1982 | |
| HMAS HDML 1325 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1943 1988 | |
| HMAS HDML 1326 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1944-1950 | Gifted to Philippines |
| HMAS HDML 1327 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1944-1958 | served with Allied Intelligence Bureau |
| HMAS HDML 1328 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1945-2950 | Gifted to Philippines |
| HMAS HDML 1329 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1945–1946 | Gifted to Philippines |
| HMAS HDML 1343 | 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 |
| HMAS HDML 1347 | Harbour defence motor launch | | 1945–1946 | |
| HMAS HDML 1359 | Harbour defence motor launch | | | served with Far East Liaison Officer |
| HMAS Heros | Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel and tugboat | Rescue/Saint | 1940–1942, 1943–1947 | |
| HMAS Hobart | Light cruiser | Leander | 1938–1947 | ex-HMS Apollo |
| HMAS Hobart | Destroyer | Charles F. Adams | 1965–2000 | Sunk as dive wreck |
| HMAS Horsham | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
| HMAS Huon | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1915–1928 | |
| HMAS Huon | Minehunter | Huon | 1999-2024 | |

### I

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Ibis | | | | Requisitioned during World War II |
| HMAS Ibis | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1984 | ex-HMS Singleton |
| HMAS Inverell | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1952 | to New Zealand |
| HMAS Ipswich | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Royal Netherlands Navy |
| HMAS Ipswich | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1982–2007 | |

### J

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS J1 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS J2 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS J3 | Submarine | J | 1919–1926 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS J4 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS J5 | Submarine | J | 1919–1924 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS J7 | Submarine | J | 1919–1929 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Jeparit | Bulk carrier | | 1969–1971 | from and returned to Australian National Line |
| HMAS Jervis Bay | Training ship | | 1977–1996 | |
| HMAS Jervis Bay | Troop transport | | 1999–2001 | |
| HMAS John Oxley | Examination vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1943–194? | Returned to owners |
| HMAS Junee | Corvette | Bathurst | 1944–1958 | |

### K

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS K9 | Submarine | K VIII | 1943–1944 | From the Netherlands |
| HMAS Kalgoorlie | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | |
| HMAS Kangaroo | Boom defence vessel | Bar | 1940–1955 | |
| HMAS Kanimbla | Landing ship | | 1943–1949 | from and to Royal Navy |
| HMAS Kanimbla | Landing ship | Kanimbla | 1994–2011 | from US Navy, ex-USS Saginaw |
| HMAS Kapunda | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | |
| HMAS Kara Kara | Auxiliary boom defense vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1941–1972 | Sold for scrap in 1972, hulk sunk as target off Jervis Bay in 1973 |
| HMAS Karangi | Boom defense vessel | Bar | 1941-1957 | |
| HMAS Katoomba | Corvette | Bathurst | 1940–1957 | |
| Kelat | Coal hulk | Auxiliary vessel | 1941–1942 | Sunk after air raid in Darwin |
| HMAS Kianga | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1941-1946 | |
| HMAS Kiama | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1952 | to New Zealand |
| HMAS Kimbla | Trials ship | | 1956–1985 | |
| HMAS Kinchela | Net layer | | 1942-1946 | |
| HMAS King Bay | Examination vessel | | 1940–1946 | |
| HMAS Koala | Boom defense vessel | Bar | 1940-1969 | |
| HMAS Kookaburra | Boom defence vessel | Net | 1939–1958 | |
| HMAS Koolonga | Collier and supply ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1915 | |
| HMAS Koompartoo | Auxiliary boom defence vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1942-1962 | |
| HMAS Koopa | Training depot ship and Fairmile Motor Launch depot ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1947 | returned to owners in 1947 |
| HMAS Kooronga | Tug/Training ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1924–1948 | sold to private owners and converted into a schooner |
| HMAS Korowa | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939-1945 | |
| Koraaga | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1917–1918 | Returned to owner |
| MSA Koraaga | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1989–2000 | |
| HMAS Kuramia | Auxiliary netlayer | | 1942-1945 | |
| HMAS Kuru | Patrol boat | | 1941–1943 | From Northern Territory Patrol Service |
| HMAS Kurumba | Oiler | | 1919–1947 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Kuttabul | Accommodation ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1942 | sunk on 31 May 1942 in Sydney Harbour |
| HMAS Kweena | | | 1943 | |
| HMAS Kybra | Auxiliary anti-submarine vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1940-1945 | |

### L

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Labuan | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1955 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Labuan | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–2014 | |
| HMAS Lachlan | Frigate | River | 1945–1949 | to New Zealand |
| HMAS Ladava | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
| HMAS Lae | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1955 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Lae | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
| HMAS Latrobe | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1956 | |
| HMAS Launceston | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
| HMAS Launceston | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1982–2006 | |
| HMAS Leilani | Channel patrol boat/Pilot vessel | Auxiliary vessel | 1941-1945 | |
| HMAS Limicola | Anti-submarine indicator loop repair ship | | | |
| HMAS Lismore | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Netherlands |
| HMAS Lithgow | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
| HMAS Lolita | Channel patrol boat | | 1941–1945 | |
| HMAS Lonsdale | Torpedo boat | | 1901–1912 | from colonial navy of Victoria |
| HMAS LST 3008 | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1950 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS LST 3014 | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1950 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS LST 3022 | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1950 | from Royal Navy |

### M

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Macquarie | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
| HMAS Madang | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
| HMAS Mallina | Store carrier and collier | Auxiliary vessel | 1914–1915 | |
| HMAS Mallow | Corvette | Acacia | 1919–1925 | from Royal Navy |
| Mamutu | | Auxiliary vessel | 1941-1941 | |
| HMAS Manoora | Armed merchant ship | | 1939–1947 | |
| HMAS Manoora | Landing ship | Kanimbla | 1994–2011 | From US Navy, ex-USS Fairfax County |
| HMAS Marguerite | Sloop | Arabis | 1919–1929 | ex-HMS Marguerite from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 1 August 1935. |
| HMAS Marlean | Channel patrol boats | Converted civilian pleasure boat | 1941-1944 | |
| HMAS Maroubra | Cutter | Converted civilian cutter | 1942–1943 | Sunk in a Japanese air raid on Milingimbi, NT |
| HMAS Marrawah | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1941-1943 | |
| HMAS Maryborough | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | |
| HMAS Mary Cam | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939-1945 | |
| HMAS Matafele | Stores carrier | Auxiliary vessel | 1943–1944 | ex-Burns Philp & Company cargo and passenger vessel, lost without trace with all hands in June 1944. |
| HMAS Mavie | Patrol boat | Converted lugger | 1941–1942 | Sunk Darwin, 1942. |
| HMAS Medea | Minesweeper | | 1942–1945 | ex-HMS Circe, scuttled off Sydney on 20 January 1948. |
| HMAS Melbourne | Light cruiser | Town | 1913–1928 | |
| HMAS Melbourne | Aircraft carrier | Majestic | 1955–1982 | ex-HMS Majestic |
| HMAS Melbourne | Frigate | Adelaide | 1992-2019 | |
| HMAS Mercedes | Minesweeper | | 1942–1945 | ex-HMS Medusa, scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948. |
| Merkur | Victualling Store Issue Supply Ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1949 | returned to her owners Burns Philp & Company. |
| HMAS Mermaid | Survey launch | Paluma | 1989-2021 | |
| HMAS Midge | Torpedo boat | | 1911–1912 | from Queensland Maritime Defence Force |
| HMAS Mildura | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
| HMAS ML 827 | | Fairmile B motor launch | 1943–1944 | Capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain. |
| HMAS Mollymawk | Tug | | 1946-1957 | |
| HMAS Mombah | Stores ship | | 1923–1930 1940–1948 | |
| HMAS Moresby | Survey ship/Sloop | 24 | 1925–1946 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Moresby | Survey ship | Moresby | 1964–1997 | |
| HMAS Mother Snake | | | 1945-1945 | |
| HMAS Murchison | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
| Murex | Oiler | Auxiliary vessel | 1914-1916 | |

### N

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

### O

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| ADV Ocean Shield | Humanitarian and disaster relief vessel | | 2012-2014 | Transferred to Customs |
| OFL No. 1 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1916-1942 | |
| OFL No. 2 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1916-?? | |
| OFL No. 3 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1915-?? | |
| OFL No. 4 | Oil fuel lighter | 500-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1915-?? | |
| OFL 1201 (Rocklea) | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | | |
| OFL 1202 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | | |
| OFL 1203 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | | |
| OFL 1204 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | | |
| OFL 1205 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | | |
| OFL 1206 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | 1945-1964 | |
| OFL 1207 | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | | |
| OFL 1208 (Karpoint) | Oil fuel lighter | 1200-ton Oil Fuel Lighter | | |
| HMAS Olive Cam | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939-1945 | |
| HMAS Onslow | Submarine | Oberon | 1969–1999 | museum ship Australian National Maritime Museum |
| HMAS Orara | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1939-1945 | |
| HMAS Orion | Submarine | Oberon | 1977–1997 | |
| HMAS Otama | Submarine | Oberon | 1978–1999 | museum ship at Western Port, VIC |
| Otter | Examination vessel | Auxiliary vessel | (1914–1918) & (1939–1940) | returned to owner |
| HMAS Otway | Submarine | Odin | 1927–1937 | to Royal Navy |
| HMAS Otway | Submarine | Oberon | 1968–1994 | |
| HMAS Ovens | Submarine | Oberon | 1969–1995 | |
| HMAS Oxley | Submarine | Odin | 1927–1937 | to Royal Navy |
| HMAS Oxley | Submarine | Oberon | 1967–1992 | |

### P

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Paluma | Gunboat | | 1911–1916 | from Queensland Maritime Defence Force |
| HMAS Paluma | Auxiliary patrol vessel | | 1941–1945 | Motor Boat |
| HMAS Paluma | Survey vessel | Unnamed class of 18 MSLs | 1946–1973 | Converted from Motor Store Lighter No 252 (MSL 252) |
| HMAS Paluma | Survey launch | Paluma | 1989-2021 | |
| HMAS Parkes | Corvette | Bathurst | 1944–1957 | |
| HMAS Parramatta | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1910–1928 | |
| HMAS Parramatta | Sloop | Grimsby | 1940–1941 | |
| HMAS Parramatta | Destroyer escort | River | 1961–1991 | |
| HMAS Patricia Cam | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1942–1943 | Converted from a commercial trawler |
| HMAS Paterson | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1941-1945 | |
| HMAS Penguin | Depot ship | Osprey | 1913–1923 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Penguin | Depot ship | Challenger | 1923–1929 | ex-HMAS Encounter, scuttled off Sydney on 14 September 1932. |
| HMAS Penguin | Depot ship | | 1929–1941 | ex-HMAS Platypus (1917) |
| HMAS Perth | Light cruiser | Leander | 1939–1942 | ex-HMS Amphion |
| HMAS Perth | Destroyer | Charles F. Adams | 1965–1999 | diving wreck |
| HMAS Peter Pan | Tender | | 1942–1945 | Attached to the Naval Auxiliary Patrol. |
| HMAS Phillip | Depot tender | | 1916–1921 | ex-HMAS Togo, sold to commercial interests. |
| HMAS Pioneer | Light cruiser | Pelorus | 1915–1916 | ex HMS Pioneer from Royal Navy, scuttled off Sydney on 18 February 1931. |
| HMAS Ping Wo | Repair ship/Stores ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1946 | Returned to owners in 1946 |
| HMAS Pirie | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Turkey |
| HMAS Pirie | Patrol boat | Armidale | 2006-2021 | |
| HMAS Platypus | Submarine tender | | 1917–1958 | |
| HMAS Polaris | Surveying tender | | 1942–1945 | returned to owners |
| HMAS Porpoise | Diving tender | Modified Ham | 1973–1989 | ex-HMS Neasham |
| HMAS Potrero | | Auxiliary vessel | | |
| HMAS Poyang | Stores ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1946 | Returned to owners in 1946 |
| HMAS Protector | Light cruiser | | 1911–1924 | from colonial navy of South Australia |
| HMAS Protector | Trials ship | | 1990–1998 | |
| HMAS Psyche | Light cruiser | Pelorus | 1915–1918 | from Royal Navy |

### Q

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Quadrant | Destroyer | Q | 1945–1963 | ex-HMS Quadrant from Royal Navy, sold in 1963 for breaking up |
| HMAS Quality | Destroyer | Q | 1945–1958 | ex-HMS Quality from Royal Navy, sold in 1958 for breaking up |
| HMAS Queenborough | Destroyer | Q | 1945–1975 | ex-HMS Queenborough from Royal Navy, sold in 1975 for breaking up |
| HMAS Quiberon | Destroyer | Q | 1942–1972 | from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up |
| HMAS Quickmatch | Destroyer | Q | 1942–1972 | from Royal Navy, sold in 1972 for breaking up |
| DT Quokka | Tugboat | | 1984–1998 | sold to Defence Maritime Services in 1998 |

### R

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| ASRV Remora | Submarine rescue vehicle | Remora | 1995–2006 | inactive since an accident in 2006 |
| HMAS Reserve | Tugboat | Salvage tug | 1943–1961 | ex-USS BAT-11, sold in 1961 |
| HMAS River Snake | Junk | Snake | 1945-1945 | transferred in 1945 to the British Civil Administration Unit, Borneo |
| HMAS Rockhampton | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1961 | sold in 1961 for breaking up |
| Rona | Coal hulk | Auxiliary vessel | 1943–1946 | returned to owners |
| HMAS Rushcutter | Minehunter | Bay | 1986–2001 | sold in 2002 |

### S

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Salamaua | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–1974 | to Papua New Guinea |
| HMAS Samarai | Patrol boat | Attack | 1968–1975 | to Papua New Guinea |
| HMAS Samuel Benbow | Auxiliary minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1946 | returned to owners |
| HMAS Sea Mist | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | 1942–c1945 | returned to owners |
| HMAS Sea Snake | | Snake | 1945-1945 | transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit |
| HMAS Seal | Diving tender | Modified Ham | 1968–1988 | ex-HMS Wintringham |
| HMAS Shepparton | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1958 | |
| HMAS Shoalhaven | Frigate | River | 1945–1962 | |
| HMAS Shoalwater | Minehunter | Bay | 1987–2001 | |
| HMAS Shropshire | Heavy cruiser | County | 1943–1949 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Siesta | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | ?-1942 | destroyed in explosion in 1942 |
| HMAS Silver Cloud | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | ?-1943 | burnt to the waterline in 1943 |
| HMAS Sirius | Supply ship | Modified commercial tanker | 2006-2021 | |
| HMAS Sirocco | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | ?-1942 | burnt to the waterline in 1942 |
| HMAS Sleuth | Patrol vessel | | 1917–1920, 1990 | |
| HMAS Sleuth | Auxiliary patrol boat | | 1940–1945 | ex-HMAS Vigilant, renamed HMAS Hawk in 1945. |
| HMAS Snipe | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1983 | ex-HMS Alcaston |
| HMAS Southern Cross | Examination vesses | | 1941–?? | |
| HMAS Sprightly | Tug | | 1944-1958 | ex USS BAT-12 |
| HMAS Stalwart | Destroyer | S | 1920–1925 | scuttled off Sydney on 21 July 1939. |
| HMAS Stalwart | Destroyer tender | | 1966–1989 | |
| HMAS Stawell | Corvette | Bathurst | 1943–1952 | New Zealand |
| HMAS Steady Hour | Channel patrol boat | Requisitioned civilian vessel | 1941–1945 | burnt to the waterline in 1945 |
| HMAS Stella | Survey vessel | Requisitioned civilian vessel | 1942–1945 | recommissioned in 1952 as HMAS Warreen |
| HMAS Strahan | Corvette | Bathurst | 1944–1961 | |
| HMAS Stuart | Destroyer | Scott | 1933–1946 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Stuart | Destroyer escort | River | 1963–1991 | |
| HMAS St Giles | Auxiliary patrol vessel/tug boat | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1942, 1945–1946 | returned to owners in 1947 |
| HMAS Success | Destroyer | S | 1920–1930 | |
| HMAS Success | Supply ship | Durance | 1986-2019 | |
| HMAS Supply | Oiler | Tide | 1962–1985 | |
| HMAS Suva | Special service vessel | | 1919-1919 | ex HMS Suva. |
| HMAS Swan | Destroyer | River-class torpedo-boat destroyer | 1916–1928 | |
| HMAS Swan | Sloop | Grimsby | 1937–1964 | |
| HMAS Swan | Destroyer escort | River-class destroyer escort | 1970–1996 | diving wreck |
| HMAS Swordsman | Destroyer | S | 1920–1929 | |
| HMAS Sydney | Light cruiser | Town | 1913–1928 | |
| HMAS Sydney | Light cruiser | Leander | 1935–1941 | ex-HMS Phaeton |
| HMAS Sydney | Aircraft carrier/troopship | Majestic | 1948–1973 | ex-HMS Terrible |
| HMAS Sydney | Frigate | Adelaide | 1983-2015 | |

### T

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| TRV Tailor | Torpedo recovery vessel | | 1971–1988 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
| HMAS Taipan | | | 1945-1947 | transferred to Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| HMAS Tambar | Minesweeper | | 1942-1946 | |
| DT Tammar | Coastal tug | | 1984–1998 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
| HMAS Tamworth | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1946 | to Royal Netherlands Navy |
| HMAS Tarakan | Landing ship | LST(3) | 1946–1954 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Tarakan | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–2014 | to the Philippines |
| HMAS Tasmania | Destroyer | S | 1920–1928 | |
| HMAS Tattoo | Destroyer | S | 1920–1933 | |
| TB 191 | Torpedo boat | | 1911–1918 | from colonial navy of South Australia |
| HMAS Teal | Minesweeper | Ton | 1962–1979 | ex-HMS Jackton |
| Telopea | Crane stores lighter | Wattle | 1972–1997 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
| HMAS Terka | Minesweeper | | 1940–1945 | |
| HMAS Tiger Snake | Snake | | 1944–1945 | transferred to the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit |
| HMAS Tingira | Training ship | | 1911–1927 | |
| HMAS Tobruk | Destroyer | Battle | 1950–1972 | |
| HMAS Tobruk | Landing ship | Modified Round Table | 1981–2015 | |
| HMAS Tolga | Minesweeper | | 1940-1946 | |
| HMAS Togo | Depot tender | | 1916–1921 | renamed HMAS Phillip |
| HMAS Tongkol | Minesweeper | | 1939-1944 | |
| HMAS Toorie | Minesweeper | | 1941-1943 | |
| HMAS Toowoomba | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Netherlands |
| HMAS Toomaree | Channel patrol boat | | 1942–1946 | |
| HMAS Torrens | Destroyer | River-class torpedo-boat destroyer | 1916–1926 | |
| HMAS Torrens | Destroyer escort | River | 1971–1998 | |
| HMAS Townsville | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1956 | |
| HMAS Townsville | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1981–2007 | Museum ship at Maritime Museum of Townsville |
| TRV Trevally | Torpedo recovery vessel | | 197?–1988 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
| TRV Tuna | Torpedo recovery vessel | | 197?–1988 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |

### U

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

### V

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

### W

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| HMAS Wagga | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1962 | |
| Wallaby | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1983–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |
| HMAS Wallaroo | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1943 | |
| MSA Wallaroo | Minesweeper | Bandicoot | 1991-2010s | |
| HMAS Waree | Tugboat | Auxiliary vessel | 1942–1946 | Sank on 17 October 1946 |
| HMAS Warramunga | Destroyer | Tribal | 1942–1963 | |
| HMAS Warrawee | Auxiliary minesweeper | | 1941-1946 | |
| HMAS Warrego | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1912–1928 | |
| HMAS Warrego | Sloop | Grimsby | 1940–1963 | |
| Warrigal | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1984–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |
| HMAS Warrnambool | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1947 | Sank after collision with mine |
| HMAS Warrnambool | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1981–2005 | |
| HMAS Wato | Tug | | 1941–1945 | |
| Wattle | Tug | | 1934–1971 | |
| Wattle | Crane stores lighter | Wattle | 1972–1997 | sold to Defence Maritime Services |
| HMAS Waterhen | Destroyer | V | 1933–1941 | from Royal Navy |
| HMAS Westralia | Armed merchant ship | | 1939–1949 | |
| HMAS Westralia | Underway replenishment ship | Leaf | 1989–2006 | from Royal Navy; ex-RFA Appleleaf |
| HMAS Wewak | Landing craft | Balikpapan | 1973–2012 | |
| Whangape | Oiler/supply ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1914 | |
| HMAS Whang Pu | Mobile repair ship/Stores ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1944–1946 | |
| HMAS Whyalla | Corvette | Bathurst | 1942–1947 | Museum ship in Whyalla, South Australia |
| HMAS Whyalla | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1982–2005 | |
| HMAS Wilcannia | | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1947 | |
| HMAS Wollongong | Corvette | Bathurst | 1941–1946 | to Royal Netherlands Navy |
| HMAS Wollongong | Patrol boat | Fremantle | 1981–2005 | |
| Wombat | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1983–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |
| HMAS Wongala | Armoured auxiliary/Guard ship | | 1939–1944 | recommissioned in 1947 as HMAS Wyatt Earp |
| HMAS Woomera | Armament store carrier | | 1946–1960 | Sank following an accidental explosion |
| HMAS Wyatt Earp | Converted trawler | | 1947–1951 | Returned to commercial service |
| HMAS Wyrallah | Auxiliary patrol vessel | | 1940–1947 | Renamed to HMAS Wilcannia |
| Wyulda | Water/Fuel Lighter | Wallaby | 1984–1997 | Transferred to DMS Maritime |

### Y

| Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes |
| Yampi Lass | Stores lighter | Auxiliary vessel | 194?–1943 | Sunk during a storm at Darwin on 11 April 1943 |
| HMAS Yandra | Patrol craft/minesweeper | Auxiliary vessel | 1940–1946 | Returned to owners |
| HMAS Yarra | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1910–1919 | Sunk as a target off Sydney Heads in 1931 |
| HMAS Yarra | Sloop | Grimsby | 1936–1942 | Sunk on 4 March 1942 |
| HMAS Yarra | Destroyer escort | River | 1961–1985 | Sold and broken up |
| HMAS Yarroma | Channel patrol boat | | 1941-1945 | |
| STS Young Endeavour I | Sail training ship | Tall ship | 1988–present | Bicentenary gift to Australia by the British government in 1988 |
| HMAS Yunnan | Ammunition stores issuing ship | Auxiliary vessel | 1944–1946 | Returned to her owners |