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This is a list of major classes of warship operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Included are capital ships, amphibious vessels, cruisers, destroyers and frigates. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...
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The Fleet Air Arm (more formally known as the Australian Navy Aviation Group) is the operational part of the Royal Australian Navy responsible for the operation of aircraft aboard ship. ...
Crest of the Submarine Service The Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service is the collective name of the submarine element of the Royal Australian Navy. ...
Australian Patrol Boat Group crest HMAS Armidale The Australian Patrol Boat Group is a force element group of the Royal Australian Navy, the groups mission is to provide patrol boat capability for the protection of Australias national interests. ...
For other nations commando frogmen, and information about frogmen in general, see Frogman. ...
The Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Australian Navy in Australia. ...
The Royal Australian Navy was established in 1909 and has seen action in all the worlds oceans during both World Wars and numerous other conflicts. ...
The Royal Australian Navy, although a significant one in the Asia-Pacific region, is nonetheless classed as a medium sized navy. ...
This is a list of the current Royal Australian Navy ships as of 2005: // Major Surface Combatants HMAS Anzac 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 Adelaide...
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...
The following is a list of current and former commissioned bases used by the Royal Australian Navy. ...
HMAS Creswell is a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy, a part of the Australian Defence Force, and consists of the Royal Australian Naval College (RANC), The RAN School of Survivability and Ships Safety, Kalkara Flight, and the Beecroft Weapons Range and an administrative support department. ...
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. ...
The Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre is the maritime museum of the Royal Australian Navy. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The Royal Australian Navy Ensign is the ensign flown by ships of the Royal Australian Navy, correctly known as the Australian White Ensign or AWE. The ensign is based on the Australian national flag, which is flown in HMA Ships and Submarines as a jack, with...
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...
The capital ships of a navy are its important warships; the ones with the heaviest firepower and armor. ...
The USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ...
USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ...
Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
Aircraft Carriers
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Following the Second World War, the RAN began a policy of blue water operations built around an aircraft carrier. Two light fleet carriers were purchased from the Royal Navy, one of which, HMAS Melbourne, was modified with all the latest enhancements in carrier design. Melbourne continued as the RAN's flagship until 1982, when it was planned to replace her with a STOVL carrier, again purchased from the Royal Navy. However, the sale of HMS Invincible was cancelled by the British Government after the Falklands War. Soon after, the Australian Government decided to end aircraft carrier operations. The Royal Australian Navy, while a significant one in the Asia-Pacific region, has never been a major global force. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...
Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...
STOVL is an acronym for Short Take Off and Vertical Landing. ...
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Invincible. ...
Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy†Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed...
Conventional Aircraft Carriers The Majestic-class aircraft carriers were initially intended to be part of the Colossus-class, but were instead built to a modified design, still based on the Colossus design for operating heavier aircraft. ...
For other ships by her former name, see HMS Terrible. ...
HMS Majestic (R77) was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. ...
The Colossus class was a class of ten light aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Vengeance was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, laid down on 16 November 1942 at Swan Hunter, launched 23 February 1944 and commissioned in the fleet 15 January 1945. ...
Seaplane Carrier The first HMAS Albatross was a seaplane tender laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales in April 1926, launched on 23 February 1928 by Lady Stonehaven, wife of the Governor General of Australia, completed on 21 December 1928 and commissioned into the...
Capital Ships When the RAN was first founded, it was decided that a capital ship would be constructed to serve as the fleet flagship. Initially conceived as a unit of the Royal Navy, the second Indefatigable class battlecruiser was paid for and crewed by Australians, and was thus commissioned as HMAS Australia. Australia was the only true "capital ship" to serve in the RAN. The following is a list of regiments and corps of the Australian Army, as of 2005. ...
This is a list of Australian Army corps active during World War I. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (army corps) I Anzac Corps II Anzac Corps Australian Corps Desert Mounted Corps Categories: ...
List of military divisions — List of Australian divisions in WWI This is a list of Australian infantry and mounted divisions that existed during World War I. Australian 1st Division Australian 2nd Division Australian 3rd Division Australian 4th Division Australian 5th Division Australian 6th Division - broken up in September 1917...
This is a list of Australian Army divisions during World War II. Australian 1st Armoured Division Australian 2nd Armoured Division (a. ...
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...
This is a list of the current Royal Australian Navy ships as of 2005: // Major Surface Combatants HMAS Anzac 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 Adelaide...
This is a list of current and previous Royal Australian Air Force bases. ...
This is a list of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons. ...
// Australian Flying Corps 1913 - 1920 Airco/De Havilland DH.5 Airco/De Havilland DH.6 Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3 Avro 504 Bleriot XI Bristol Boxkite Bristol F.2 Fighter Bristol Scout Caudron G.III Curtiss JN Jenny Deperdussin Grahame - White Boxkite Handley Page 0/400 Martinsyde S.1 Martinsyde...
The capital ships of a navy are its important warships; the ones with the heaviest firepower and armor. ...
[[Image:HMS Hood and HMS Barham. ...
Battlecruiser The Indefatigable class of battlecruisers consisted of three ships built between 1909 and 1911. ...
HMAS Australia was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser laid down by John Brown and Company of Clydebank at Glasgow in Scotland on 26 June 1910, launched on 25 October 1911 by Lady Reid, wife of Sir George Reid, the Australian High Commissioner in London and former Prime Minister. ...
Amphibious Assault Shipping The first HMAS Kanimbla (1936) was laid down as a motor vessel for McIlwraith McEachern Limited by Harland and Wolff Limited at Belfast in Northern Ireland in July 1933, launched on 15 December 1935 and completed on 26 April 1936. ...
The first HMAS Manoora was a motor vessel laid down for the Adelaide Steamship Company by Alex Stephen and Son at Govan in Scotland in July 1934, launched on 25 October 1935 and completed in 1935. ...
The first HMAS Westralia was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Glasgow for the Huddart Parker Ltd company as a twin screw motor vessel, being completed in 1929. ...
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 landing troops directly onto an unimproved shore. ...
HMAS Brunei on the hardstand in Dili harbour Australian Army M-113 armoured personnel carriers land from a LCH during an exercise in 2001 The Balikpapan class LCH (Landing Craft, Heavy) were originally a class of eight vessels built for the Australian Army. ...
HMAS Tobruk (L 50) is a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy, based on the design of the Sir class of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. ...
For other ships of this name, see HMAS Jervis Bay. ...
HMAS Manoora The Kanimbla class is a class of two amphibious transport ships in the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Manoora. ...
HMAS Kanimbla (L 51) was acquired as a training and helicopter support ship, originally built as the Newport class tank landing ship (LST) USS Saginaw for the U.S. Navy. ...
HMAS Manoora (L 52) was acquired as a training and helicopter support ship, originally built as the Newport class tank landing ship (LST) USS Fairfax County for the U.S. Navy by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company at San Diego in California. ...
The Australian government has approved a AU$2 billion project to build two Canberra class large amphibious ships for the Royal Australian Navy. ...
Cruisers
Heavy Cruisers The County class were the first and last heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy. ...
See HMAS Canberra for other ships of this name. ...
HMAS Australia [1] , launched in 1927, was a County-class heavy cruiser in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). ...
HMS Shropshire (73) later HMAS Shropshire was a Royal Navy heavy cruiser of the London sub-class of County class cruisers. ...
Armoured Cruiser HMAS Encounter was a second-class protected cruiser laid down for the Royal Navy by HM Dockyard at Devonport in Plymouth 28 January 1901, launched on 18 June 1902, completed 21 November 1905 and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy 27 July 1915. ...
Light Cruisers The Pelorus class cruiser was a class of 11 light cruiser ships designed by Sir William White (Director of Naval Construction from 1885 til 1902), built for the Royal Navy. ...
The Town class was a class of light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and were good long-range cruisers, perfect for the vast Empire that the RN had to patrol . ...
The Leander class was a class of eight (including modified Australian Leanders) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN), named after the character from Greek mythology. ...
Destroyers The River class was the name given to a class of six torpedo boat destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy during World War I. All six ships of the class were named after famous Australian rivers (one from each state), starting a tradition in the RAN of naming ships...
// Summary The S class (World War I) were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1916 for the Royal Navy. ...
The Marksman class (sometimes known as Lightfoot class[1]) were a class of flotilla leaders built for the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Wolverine from astern The V and W class was an amalgam of very similar oil-fueled destroyer classes built around the end of the First World War for the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Wolverine from astern The V and W class was an amalgam of very similar oil-fueled destroyer classes built around the end of the First World War for the Royal Navy. ...
The N class was a class of eight destroyers of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy launched in 1940–1941. ...
HMS Quality The Q and R class was a class of sixteen destroyer escorts of the Royal Navy launched in 1941–1942. ...
The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II. // From 1926 all Royal Navy destroyers had descended from a common lineage based upon the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade. ...
// Summary The Battle class were destroyers of the British Royal Navy (RN). ...
The Daring class were an eight-ship class of destroyers of the Royal Navy (RN) that were laid down during and after World War II, though like many other classes, their construction was halted for quite a while, indeed, the Darings were not commissioned until the 1950s. ...
HMAS Perth HMAS Perth and HMAS Brisbane in 1995 The Perth class is the name given to the modified class destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy. ...
The Hobart class of destroyers, known during their planning phase as the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer or SEA 4000, is a class of three ships scheduled to enter service with the Royal Australian Navy in 2013. ...
Frigates The River class frigates were 151 frigates launched in 1941–1944. ...
The River class was the name given to a class of six related Type 12 and Leander class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy. ...
The Adelaide class is the name given to the Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates in service in the Royal Australian Navy. ...
HMAS Anzac operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. ...
Sloops - Flower class - three ships
- Grimsby class - four ships
The Flower class comprised five classes of sloops built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy during World War I, all of which were named after various flowers. ...
With the realisation that war was approaching, 13 Grimsby class sloops were laid down in the mid to late 1930s. ...
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