Royal Australian Navy - vessel size
Measurements below are represented as GT for gross tonnage and length in metres.
Class |
Vessels |
Size category (GT) |
Length (metres) |
---|---|---|---|
Destroyers (DDG) |
Perth, Hobart, Brisbane (all decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
133 |
Destroyers (DDGHM) |
Hobart, Brisbane, Sydney |
greater than 3000 GT |
146.7 |
Frigates (FFG) |
Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Darwin, Melbourne, Newcastle (all decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
138.1 |
ANZAC (FFH) |
Anzac, Arunta, Warramunga, Stuart, Parramatta, Ballarat, Toowoomba, Perth. |
greater than 3000 GT |
118 |
Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) |
Canberra, Adelaide |
greater than 3000 GT |
230.8 |
Landing Platform Assault (LPA) |
Kanimbla, Manoora (both decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
159 |
Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) |
Success (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
157.2 |
Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) |
Sirius |
greater than 3000 GT |
189.5 |
Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) | Supply Stalwart (NUSHIP) |
greater than 3000 GT | 173.9 |
Destroyer Tender (AD) |
Destroyer Tender (AD) (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
157.1 |
Auxiliary Oiler (AO) |
Westralia (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
171 |
Training Ship (GT) |
Jervis Bay (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
135.6 |
Fast Transport (AKR) |
Jervis Bay (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
86.6 |
Survey Ships (AGS) |
Moresby (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
95.7 |
Survey Ships (AGS) |
Flinders (decommissioned) |
less than 3000 GT |
49 |
Survey Ships (AGS) |
Cook (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
96.5 |
Survey Ships (AGS) |
Melville, Leeuwin |
greater than 3000 GT |
71.2 |
Survey Ships (AGSC) |
Paluma, Mermaid, Shepparton, Benalla |
less than 500 GT |
36.6 |
Survey Motor Boats (SMB) |
Fantome, Tom Thumb, Casuarina, Meda, John Gowlland, Conder, Duyfken, Geographe, Wyatt Earp (all decommissioned) (Note: not acceptable for Marine Order 71 (Masters and deck officers) 2014 qualifying sea service as vessels less than 12 metres in length) |
less than 10 GT |
10.7 |
Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) |
Tobruk (decommissioned) |
greater than 3000 GT |
127 |
Landing Ship, Dock (LSD) | Choules | greater than 3000 GT | 177 |
Destroyer Escorts (DE) |
Swan, Torrens, Derwent, Parramatta, Yarra (all decommissioned) |
less than 3000 GT |
112.8 |
Mine Hunter Coastal (MHC) |
Huon, Gascoyne, Diamantina, Yarra. Hawkesbury, Norman (both decommissioned) |
less than 3000 GT |
52.5 |
Landing Craft Heavy (LCH) |
Balikpapan, Brunei, Labuan, Tarakan, Wewak, Betano (all decommissioned) |
less than 3000 GT |
44.5 |
Landing Craft Light (LCVP) |
T4, T5, T6, T7. |
less than 500 GT |
13.2 |
Patrol Boats (PB) Fremantle Class |
Fremantle, Warrnambool, Townsville, Wollongong, Launceston, Whyalla, Ipswich, Cessnock, Bendigo, Gawler, Geraldton, Dubbo, Geelong, Gladstone, Bunbury (all decommissioned) |
less than 500 GT |
42 |
Patrol Boats (PB) Armidale Class (ACPB) |
Armidale, Larrakia, Bathurst, Albany, Pirie, Maitland, Ararat, Broome, Bundaberg, Wollongong, Childers, Launceston, Maryborough, Glenelg |
less than 3000 GT |
56.8 |
Patrol Boats (PB) Australian Defence Vessel Cape Class (ADV) | Cape Fourcroy, Cape Inscription | less than 3000 GT | 58.1 |
Mine Hunter Inshore (MHI) |
Rushcutter, Shoalwater (both decommissioned) |
less than 500 GT |
30.9 |
Mine Sweeper Aux (MSA (Small) |
Brolga (decommissioned) |
less than 500 GT |
28.4 |
Mine Sweeper Aux (Tug) |
Bandicoot, Wallaroo (both decommissioned) |
less than 500 GT |
29.6 |
Sail Training Ship (AXS) |
Young Endeavour |
greater than 24 metres |
44 |
Operated by Teekay Australia on behalf of RAN | |||
Multi-role aviation training vessel | Sycamore | greater than 3000 GT | 94 |