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This is a list of the current Royal Australian Navy ships as of 2005: The Royal Australian Navy (RAN} is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... The source for an SVG image of the Royal Australian Navy Ensign can be found at User:David Newton/SVG Graphics/Royal Australian Navy Ensign. ... // The New Zealand Wars 1861-1864 Taranaki War In 1861 the Victorian Colonial ship the HMVS Victoria went to help the New Zealand Colonial government against another Maori rebellion. ... Ships of the Royal Australian Navy, past and present: Name Type Class Dates Notes HMAS Acute Patrol boat Attack class 1968–1983 to Indonesia HMAS Adelaide Light cruiser Town class 1922–1946 Adelaide Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry class 1980–current HMAS Adroit Patrol boat Attack class 1968–1994 HMAS Advance... For other nations commando frogmen, and information about frogmen in general, see Frogman. ... The Royal Australian Navy Memorial on ANZAC Parade in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, honours the sailors who have served to protect the nation. ...

Major Surface Combatants

HMAS Anzac

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ANZAC class Frigate (6)

• HMAS Anzac (FFH 150)
• HMAS Arunta (FFH 151)
• HMAS Warramunga (FFH 152)
• HMAS Stuart (FFH 153)
• HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154)
• HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155)

HMAS Darwin

Based on a modified German MEKO 200 design, the ten Anzac class frigates are the major surface units of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... HMAS Anzac operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom The third and present HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) is the lead ship of the Anzac class frigates, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 5 November 1993, launched on 16 September 1994 and commissioned on 13 May... HMAS Arunta at Garden Island, Western Australia. ... HMAS Warramunga at Garden Island, Western Australia. ... The third HMAS Stuart (FFH-153) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 25 July 1998, launched on 17 April 1999 by Mrs. ... HMAS Parramatta (right) alongside HMAS Newcastle The fourth ship to bear the name, HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 5 June 1999. ... HMAS Ballarat The second HMAS Ballarat (pennant number 155) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 4 August 2000, launched on 25 May 2002 and commissioned on 26 June 2004. ...

Adelaide class Guided Missile Frigate (5)

• HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)
• HMAS Sydney (FFG 03)
• HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)
• HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)
• HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06)

The USS McInerney (FFG 8), an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... HMAS Adelaide (FFG-01) is an Australian Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigate laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding at Seattle, Washington 29 July 1977, launched 21 June 1978 and commissioned 15 November 1980. ... The fourth HMAS Sydney (FFG-03) is an Adelaide (Oliver Hazard Perry) class frigate laid down on 21 August 1980, launched 26 September 1980 and commissioned 29 January 1983. ... HMAS Darwin (04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile armed frigate laid down by Todd Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 2 July 1981, launched on 26 March 1982 and commissioned on 21 July 1984. ... FFG-05 officer using the ships binoculars HMAS Melbourne (FFG-05) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria on 12 July 1985, launched on 5 May 1989 and commissioned on 15 February 1992. ... HMAS Newcastle (06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, is an Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile armed frigate laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria, launched on 21 February 1992 and commissioned on 11 December 1993. ...

Amphibious Forces

HMAS Kanimbla

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Kanimbla class Landing Platform Amphibious (2)

• HMAS Kanimbla (L 51)
• HMAS Manoora (L 52)

Newport class tank landing ships are an improved class of tank landing ship (LSTs), intended to provide substantial advantages over their World War II-era predecessors. ... The tank landing ship (LST, for Landing Ship, Tank) was created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant quantities of vehicles, cargo, and troops directly onto an unimproved shore. ... HMAS Kanimbla The second HMAS Kanimbla (L-51) was acquired as a training and helicopter support ship, originally built as the Tank Landing Ship (LST) USS Saginaw for the U.S. Navy by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company at San Diego in California. ...

Landing Ship Heavy (1)

• HMAS Tobruk (L 50)

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Balikpapan class Landing Craft Heavy (6)

• HMAS Balikpapan (L 126)
• HMAS Brunei (L 127)
• HMAS Labuan (L 128)
• HMAS Tarakan (L 129)
• HMAS Wewak (L 130)
• HMAS Betano (L 133)

The Balikpapan class LCH (Landing Craft, Heavy) were originally a class of eight vessels built for the Australian Army but were subsequently transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in the early 1970s. ... HMAS Balikpapan (L-126) is the lead ship of a class of heavy landing craft. ... HMAS Brunei (L-127) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland in July 1971, launched on 5 October 1971 and commissioned on 5 January 1973. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for Labuan, an island off the east coast of Sabah. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the town of Tarakan in Borneo, site of an attack by the I Australian Corps on 1 May 1945. ... HMAS Betano (L-133) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland in September 1972, launched on 5 December 1972 and commissioned on 8 February 1974. ...

Mine Warfare Forces

Huon class minehunter (6)

• HMAS Huon (M 82)
• HMAS Hawkesbury (M 83)
• HMAS Norman (M 84)
• HMAS Gascoyne (M 85)
• HMAS Diamantina (M 86)
• HMAS Yarra (M 87)

Minehunters are mine-countermeasure ships that detects and destroys individual naval mines. ... There have been two ships of the Royal Australian Navy named for the Huon River in Tasmania. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Norman. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Gascoyne River, the longest river in Western Australia which rises west of the Carnarvon Range and flows to the Indian Ocean. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Diamantina River in Queensland. ... Four ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Yarra River in Victoria. ...

Patrol Vessels

Fremantle class patrol boat (12)

• HMAS Fremantle (FCPB 203)
• HMAS Townsville (FCPB 205)
• HMAS Wollongong (FCPB 206)
• HMAS Launceston (FCPB 207)
• HMAS Ipswich (FCPB 209)
• HMAS Bendigo (FCPB 211)
• HMAS Gawler (FCPB 212)
• HMAS Geraldton (FCPB 213)
• HMAS Dubbo (FCPB 214)
• HMAS Geelong (FCPB 215)
• HMAS Gladstone (FCPB 216)
• HMAS Bunbury (FCPB 217)

The Fremantle-class patrol boats have been the Royal Australian Navys coastal patrol vessels since 1979. ... Categories: Ship types ... Two vessels of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Fremantle in Western Australia. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Townsville, Queensland. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Queensland city of Ipswich. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Bendigo, for a city in Victoria. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the town of Gawler in South Australia. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the port of Geraldton in Western Australia. ... Two vessels of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Dubbo, for a town in New South Wales. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Geelong in Victoria. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the port of Gladstone in Queensland. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Bunbury, for a port in Western Australia. ...

Armidale class patrol boat (1)

• HMAS Armidale (FCPB 83)

Armidale class patrol boat are a new class of patrol boats in construction for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to replace the Fremantle class patrol boats. ... Categories: Ship types ... HMAS Armidale (J-240) was a Bathurst class corvette, named for the city of Armidale, laid down by Morts Dock and Engineering Company at Balmain in New South Wales on 1 September 1941. ...

Survey Vessels

Leeuwin class ocean survey vessel (2)

• HMAS Leeuwin (A 245)
• HMAS Melville (A 246)

Paluma class coastal survey vessel (4)

• HMAS Paluma (A 01)
• HMAS Mermaid (A 02)
• HMAS Shepparton (A 03)
• HMAS Benalla (A 04)

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Shepparton in Victoria. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Benalla, for a town in Victoria. ...

Submarines

Collins class submarine (6)

• HMAS Collins (SSG 73)
• HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74)
• HMAS Waller (SSG 75)
• HMAS Decaineux (SSG 76)
• HMAS Sheean (SSG 77)
• HMAS Rankin (SSG 78)

Collins Class submarines are a class of submarine built in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy. ... HMS Vanguard, a Vanguard class nuclear ballistic missile (SSBN) submarine HMCS Windsor, a Victoria class diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine HMAS Rankin, a Collins class diesel-electric guided missile (SSG) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate... HMAS Collins (SSG 73), named for Vice Admiral Sir John Collins (1899-1989), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 14 February 1990, launched on 28 August 1993 and commissioned on 27 July 1996. ... HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74), named for Rear Admiral Harold Farncomb (1899-1971), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 1 March 1991, launched on 15 December 1995 and commissioned on 31 January 1998. ... HMAS Waller (SSG 75), named for Captain Hector Waller (1900-1942), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 7 February 1992, launched on 14 March 1997 and commissioned on 10 July 1999. ... HMAS Dechaineux (SSG 76) is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 4 March 1993, launched on 12 March 1998 and commissioned on 23 February 2001. ... HMAS Sheean at Fremantle, Western Australia. ... HMAS Rankin entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii HMAS Rankin (SSG 78), named for Lieutenant Commander John Rankin, is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 12 May 1995, launched on 7 November 2001 and commissioned on 29 March 2003. ...

Replenishment Vessels

Fleet Oiler (1)

• HMAS Westralia (O 195)

Dual Stores Replenishment Vessel (1)

• HMAS Success (OR 304)

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named Success. ...

Other Vessels

Sail Training Ship

• STS Young Endeavour (operated and maintained by the RAN on behalf of the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme)

External Links

• Royal Australian Navy website