During WW2 a large number of vessels were requisitioned by the Government for war service and by the end of the war in 1945 the total number was 679. During World War Two the RAN lost 38 Ships, of which 14 were combatants and 24 were requisitioned ships. There were 39 more ships under construction in Australia when war ended in August 1945. Related Links and More Ship Listis in this Site Overall Alphabetical Ship List of the RAN R.A.N. Ship Losses WW2 The R.A.N's Current Order Of Battle Today List of RAN Vessels 1911 - 1939 Full list of R.A.N. Ships and their Pendant Numbers in WW1 & WW2 Ship Listing of RAN Combatants in World War 2

Cruisers HMAS Australia HMAS Canberra - Lost off Savo Island 1942 HMAS Perth - Lost in Sunda Strait 1942 HMAS Sydney - Lost with all hands 1941 HMAS Shropshire HMAS Hobart HMAS Adelaide Destroyers HMAS Arunta HMAS Bataan HMAS Napier HMAS Nepal HMAS Nestor -Sunk in Med. Sea. 1942 HMAS Nizam HMAS Norman HMAS Quiberon HMAS Quickmatch HMAS Stuart HMAS Vampire - Sunk in Bay of Bengal 1942 HMAS Vendetta HMAS Voyager - Lost off Timor 1942 HMAS Waterhen - Sunk in Mediterraean Sea 1941 HMAS Warramunga Sloops HMAS Moresby HMAS Swan HMAS Warrego HMAS Parramatta -Sunk in Med. Sea 1941 HMAS Yarra - Sunk off Java -1942. Armed Merchant Cruisers HMAS Manoora HMAS Westralia Frigates - River Class HMAS Barcoo HMAS Burdekin HMAS Diamantina HMAS Gascoyne HMAS Hawkesbury HMAS Lachlan - Transferred to RNZN 1949 Support Ships HMAS Kanimbla

Minesweeper/Corvettes (AMS) HMAS Ararat HMAS Armidale - Lost off Timor 1942 HMAS Ballarat HMAS Bathurst HMAS Benalla HMAS Bendigo HMAS Bowen HMAS Broome HMAS Bunbury HMAS Bundaberg HMAS Burnie HMAS Cairns HMAS Castlemaine HMAS Cessnock HMAS Colac HMAS Cootamundra HMAS Cowra HMAS Deloraine HMAS Dubbo HMAS Echuca - Transferred to RNZN 1952 HMAS Fremantle HMAS Gawler HMAS Geelong - Sunk in Collision New Guinea 1944 HMAS Geraldton HMAS Gladstone HMAS Glenelg HMAS Goulburn HMAS Gympie HMAS Horsham HMAS Inverell - Transferred to RNZN 1952 HMAS Ipswich HMAS Junee HMAS Kalgoorlie HMAS Kapunda HMAS Katoomba HMAS Kiama - Transferred to RNZN 1952 HMAS Latrobe HMAS Launceston HMAS Lismore HMAS Maryborough HMAS Mildura HMAS Parkes HMAS Pirie HMAS Rockhampton HMAS Shepparton HMAS Stawell - Transferred to RNZN 1952 HMAS Strahan HMAS Tamworth HMAS Toowoomba HMAS Townsville HMAS Wagga HMAS Wallaroo - Sunk collision off Fremantle 1943 HMAS Warrnambool - Sunk minesweeping off QLD 1947 HMAS Whyalla HMAS Wollongong

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