The Daring Class destroyer design evolved in Britain during the Second World War. Requirements for a new fleet destroyer for the Royal...

HMAS Tobruk (D37) was a Battle class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and...

HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned into the...

A cyclone Tracy survivor tells of the HMAS Arrows deadly sprint back to Darwin wharf. Mitchell Abram, SABC News:, 9:24am Saturday 19...

HMAS Quiberon (G81/ D20/ D281/ F03) was a Q-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was named after the Battle of Quiberon...

HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F02/57) (originally HMS Queenborough (G70/D19)) was a Q-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN)...

HMAS Quality (G62/D18) was a Q-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1942, the destroyer served in several...

HMAS Stuart (F21/DE 48) was one of six River-class destroyer escorts built for the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was laid down by...

HMAS Derwent was a River Class Destroyer Escort. The decision to acquire a new generation of frigates was announced in August 1950. The...

HMAS Yarra (III) was one of six Modified Type 12 frigates built in Australia between 1957 and 1971. Her sister ships were HMA Ships...

HMAS Parramatta was laid down by Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney on 31 January 1957. She was launched on 31 January 1959 by Lady...

HMAS Warramunga (I44/D123) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering...

On this page the executive and members of the Nepean Blue Mountains Sub-Section of the Naval Association of Australia pay grateful...

Garden Island is an inner-city locality of Sydney, and the location of a major Royal Australian Navy base. It is located to the...

HMAS Brunei L127 was named after the amphibious landing of 20 Brigade troops at Brunei from HMAS Kanimbla(I) on 10 June 1945.The eight...

HMAS Canberra L02 is the first of two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships constructed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)....

A Civilian contract crew made two serious errors during sea trials for the navy’s biggest ever ship, damaging its hull and melting down...

HMAS Kimbla was built as a boom defence vessel by Walkers Ltd of Maryborough, Queensland. Laid down on 4 November 1953 she commissioned...

HMAS Banks (GPV 901/Y266/G244/244) was an Explorer class general-purpose vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN, serving in a range of...

HMAS Stalwart (A 215/D 215) was an Australian-designed and constructed Escort Maintenance ship of the Royal Australian Navy. Commissioned...