• Source: List of warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy

    • 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.


    Aircraft carriers


    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.


    = Conventional aircraft carriers

    =
    Majestic class
    HMAS Sydney
    HMAS Melbourne
    Colossus class
    HMAS Vengeance


    = Seaplane

    =
    HMAS Albatross


    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.


    = Battlecruiser

    =
    Indefatigable class
    HMAS Australia


    Amphibious assault shipping


    Landing Ship Infantry
    HMAS Kanimbla
    HMAS Manoora
    HMAS Westralia
    Mark III Landing Ship Tank – six ships
    Landing Craft Heavy
    Balikpapan class - eight ships
    Heavy Landing Ship
    HMAS Tobruk
    High Speed Catamaran
    HMAS Jervis Bay
    Kanimbla class
    HMAS Kanimbla
    HMAS Manoora
    Bay class
    HMAS Choules
    Canberra class
    HMAS Canberra
    HMAS Adelaide


    Cruisers




    = Heavy cruisers

    =
    The RAN ordered two County-class cruisers in 1924 which were included with the Royal Navy's order for five; the loss of Canberra during the Second World War. Shropshire was transferred from the RN to the RAN to replace the lost ship.
    HMAS Canberra
    HMAS Australia
    HMAS Shropshire


    = Protected cruiser

    =
    HMAS Encounter


    = Light cruisers

    =
    Pelorus class – two ships
    Town class – four ships
    Leander class – three ships


    Destroyers


    River class (1910) – six ships
    S class (1919) – five ships
    Marksman class (1919) – one ship
    V class (1933) – three ships
    W class (1933) – one ship
    Scott class (1933) – one ship
    N class (1940) – five ships
    Q class (1942) – five ships
    Tribal class (1942) – three ships
    Battle class (1950) – two ships
    Daring class (1957) – four ships
    Perth class (1965) – three ships
    Hobart class (2017) – three ships


    Frigates


    River class (1943) – twelve ships
    River class (1961) – six ships
    Adelaide class (1980) – six ships
    Anzac class (1996) – eight ships


    Corvettes


    Bathurst class (1940) - fifty-six ships


    Sloops


    Flower class – three ships
    Grimsby class – four ships


    Footnotes




    External links


    MaritimeQuest Royal Australian Navy Index
    Current Ships – Royal Australian Navy

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