# List of recent Australian warship deployments to the Middle East

The Royal Australian Navy has deployed ships to the Middle East over 57 times since 1990. These ships have participated in the 1991 Gulf War, enforced sanctions against Iraq, taken part in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and provided security for Iraq's oil exports. Since 2009 Australian ships have also been involved in counter piracy operations.
The dates provided are the dates the ship arrived and departed from the Middle East Area of Operations. Please see the Database of Royal Australian Navy Operations 1990–2005 for the dates the ships arrived and departed from Australia. Except where otherwise noted, all ships mainly operated in the Persian Gulf.

## Deployments

| Ship | Operation(s) | Arrived | Departed | Notes |
| Adelaide | Damask I | 3 September 1990 | 3 December 1990 | Gulf of Oman |
| Darwin | Damask I | 3 September 1990 | 3 December 1990 | Gulf of Oman |
| Success | Damask I/II | 3 September 1990 | 25 January 1990 | |
| Sydney | Damask II | 3 December 1990 | 26 March 1991 | |
| Brisbane | Damask II | 3 December 1990 | 26 March 1991 | |
| Westralia | Damask II/III | 25 January 1991 | June 1991 | |
| Darwin | Damask III | 13 June 1991 | 4 September 1991 | |
| Sydney | Damask IV | 25 September 1991 | 31 January 1992 | Red Sea |
| Darwin | Damask V | 11 March 1992 | 16 July 1992 | Red Sea |
| Canberra | Damask VI | 13 November 1992 | 12 March 1993 | Red Sea |
| Sydney | Damask VII | 30 July 1993 | 9 November 1993 | Red Sea |
| Melbourne | Damask VIII | 7 May 1996 | 15 August 1996 | |
| Melbourne | Damask IX | 30 May 1999 | 13 August 1999 | |
| Anzac | Damask X/Slipper | 30 July 2001 | November 2001 | |
| Sydney | Slipper | 9 November 2001 | 23 February 2002 | |
| Adelaide | Slipper | 2 December 2001 | 4 March 2002 | |
| Kanimbla | Slipper | 2 December 2001 | 4 March 2002 | |
| Canberra | Slipper | 14 March 2002 | 8 July 2002 | |
| Manoora | Slipper | 28 February 2002 | 24 June 2002 | |
| Newcastle | Slipper | 8 February 2002 | 24 June 2002 | |
| Melbourne | Slipper | 24 June 2002 | 8 November 2002 | |
| Arunta | Slipper | 8 July 2002 | 20 November 2002 | |
| Anzac | Slipper/Bastille/Falconer | 8 November 2002 | 27 April 2003 | |
| Darwin | Slipper/Bastille/Falconer | 10 November 2002 | 26 April 2003 | |
| Kanimbla | Bastille/Falconer | 13 February 2003 | 14 June 2003 | |
| Sydney | Falconer/Catalyst | 29 April 2003 | 2 August 2003 | |
| Manoora | Falconer | 3 June 2003 | 16 June 2003 | Returned equipment to Australia |
| Newcastle | Catalyst | 5 August 2003 | 17 November 2003 | |
| Melbourne | Catalyst | 27 October 2003 | 1 April 2004 | |
| Stuart | Catalyst | 3 April 2004 | 13 August 2004 | |
| Adelaide | Catalyst | 13 July 2004 | 12 January 2005 | |
| Darwin | Catalyst | 12 January 2005 | 11 June 2005 | |
| Tobruk | Catalyst | May 2005? | 16 May 2005 | Transported the Al Muthanna Task Group's vehicles to Kuwait |
| Newcastle | Catalyst | 14 June 2005 | November 2005 | |
| Parramatta | Catalyst | November 2005 | March 2006 | |
| Ballarat | Catalyst | March 2006 | August 2006 | |
| Warramunga | Catalyst | July 2006 | January 2007? | |
| Tobruk | Catalyst and Slipper | January 2007? | March 2007? | Transported military stores and equipment |
| Toowoomba | Catalyst | January 2007 | June 2007 | |
| Anzac | Catalyst | June 2007? | December 2007 | |
| Arunta | Catalyst | December 2007 | April 2008 | |
| Stuart | Catalyst | April 2008 | August 2008 | |
| Parramatta | Catalyst | August 2008 | 23 January 2009 | |
| Warramunga | Slipper | 23 January 2009 | June 2009 | last ship assigned exclusively in the Persian Gulf |
| Toowoomba | Slipper | June 2009 | November 2009 | first ship to be assigned to anti-piracy, off Somalia |
| Stuart | Slipper | November 2009 | April 2010 | anti-piracy |
| Parramatta | Slipper | April 2010 | October 2010 | anti-piracy |
| Melbourne | Slipper | October 2010 | January 2011 | anti-piracy |
| Stuart | Slipper | January 2011 | June 2011 | anti-piracy |
| Melbourne | Slipper | February 2012 | July 2012 | anti-piracy |
| Anzac | Slipper | July 2012 | January 2013 | anti-piracy/anti-terrorism |
| Toowoomba | Slipper | January 2013 | April 2013 | anti-piracy |
| Darwin | Slipper/Manitou | February 2014 | August 2014 | anti-piracy – last warlike/Slipper deployment |