List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy

Columns: Name | Type | Class | Dates | Notes
HMAS Paluma | Gunboat | 1911-1916 | from Queensland Maritime Defence Force | HMAS Paluma ( 1941 ) | Auxiliary patrol vessel | 1941-1945 | Motor Boat | HMAS Paluma ( 1946 ) | Survey vessel | Unnamed class of 18 MSLs | 1946-1973 | Converted from Motor Store Lighter No 252 MSL 252 ) | HMAS Parkes | Corvette | Bathurst | 1944-1957 | HMAS Parramatta ( D55 ) | Torpedo boat destroyer | River | 1910-1928 | HMAS Parramatta ( U44 ) | Sloop | Grimsby | 1940-1941 | HMAS Parramatta ( DE 46 ) | Destroyer escort | River | 1961-1991 | HMAS Patricia Cam | Auxiliary minesweeper | 1942-1943 | Converted from a commercial trawler | 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

Example questions:
What was a ship of the Royal Australian Navy renamed that is noted for a country that Ankara is the capital ? | What Battle was a ship of the Royal Australian Navy sunk at that was of the class of ships that were named after mythological figures ? | What Programme was a ship of the Royal Australian Navy ordered under that was scuttled outside Sydney Heads in 1931 ? | What German submarine sank a ship of the Royal Australian Navy of the class where one ship , the Wellington , is preserved as a headquarters ?

Answers:
TCG Amasra | Sunda Strait | Spencer | U-559