HMAS Launceston

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Italic title prefixed Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Launceston, after the city of Launceston, Tasmania.

• Template:HMAS, a Bathurst-class corvette commissioned in 1942, and transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1946
• Template:HMAS, a Fremantle-class patrol boat laid down in 1980, and decommissioned in 2006
• Template:HMAS, an Armidale-class patrol boat commissioned in 2007, and decommissioned in 2023

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS Launceston are entitled to carry four battle honours:

• Pacific 1942–45
• Indian Ocean 1942–44
• East Indies 1944
• Okinawa 1945