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- A.N. Other and NHSA Webmaster
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- RAN Ships
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- Publication
- September 1991 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
The undermentioned ships of the Fleet and commissioned shore establishments have been awarded the Battle Honours noted against their names
| Ship | Battle Honour |
| ACUTE | North Sea 1942 |
| North Africa 1942-43 | |
| Sicily 1943 | |
| Salerno 1943 | |
| Atlantic 1943 | |
| ALBATROSS | Atlantic 1942-43 |
| Normandy 1944 | |
| ANZAC | Korea 1951-53 |
| ARARAT | New Guinea 1943 |
| ARCHER | Baltic 1854-5 |
| ARDENT | Heligoland 1914 |
| Atlantic 1943-44 | |
| Biscay 1943 | |
| Camperdown 1797 | |
| Copenhagen 1801 | |
| Crimea 1854-55 | |
| Jutland 1916 | |
| Atlantic 1939-40 | |
| Norway 1940 | |
| ‘Scharnhorst’ 1940 | |
| ARMIDALE | Pacific 1942 |
| ARROW | Copenhagen 1801 |
| Cape Tenez 1805 | |
| San Sebastian 1813 | |
| Crimea 1854-55 | |
| Atlantic 1940-43 | |
| Norway 1940 | |
| North Sea 1942 | |
| Libya 1942 | |
| Malta Convoys 1942 | |
| Sicily 1943 | |
| ARUNTA | Guadalcanal 1942 |
| ATTACK | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| Pacific 1943-45 | |
| Leyte Gulf 1944 | |
| Lingayen Gulf 1945 | |
| Heligoland 1914 | |
| Dogger Bank 1915 | |
| Jutland 1916 | |
| AUSTRALIA | Atlantic 1940-41 |
| Coral Sea 1942 | |
| Savo Island 1942 | |
| Guadalcanal 1942-43 | |
| New Guinea 1942-44 | |
| Leyte Gulf 1944 | |
| Lingayen Gulf 1945 | |
| BALLARAT | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| BARCOO | Okinawa 1945 |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| BATAAN | Korea 1950-52 |
| BENALLA | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| BENDIGO | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| BRISBANE | Okinawa 1945 |
| Vietnam 1969-71 | |
| BROOME | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| BUNBURY | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| BUNDABERG | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| BURDEKIN | Pacific 1945 |
| BURNIE | Okinawa 1945 |
| CAIRNS | Sicily 1943 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| CANBERRA | Savo Island 1942 |
| Guadalcanal 1942 | |
| CERBERUS | Havana 1762 |
| Lissa 1811 | |
| CESSNOCK | Sicily 1943 |
| CHILDERS | China 1842 |
| COLAC | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| CONDAMINE | Korea 1952-53 |
| COOTAMUNDRA | New Guinea 1944 |
| COWRA | New Guinea 1944 |
| CULGOA | Korea 1953 |
| CURLEW | Crimea 1854-55 |
| Norway 1940 | |
| DELORAINE | Pacific 1942 |
| New Guinea 1942-44 | |
| DERWENT | Atlantic 1942 |
| Malta Convoys 1942 | |
| DIAMANTINA | Pacific 1945 |
| DUBBO | Pacific 1945 |
| DUCHESS | Portland 1653 |
| Gabbard 1653 | |
| Schevingen 1653 | |
| Barfleur 1692 | |
| ECHUCA | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| ENCOUNTER | Cape of Good Hope 1806 |
| Basque Roads 1809 | |
| China 1856-60 | |
| Pei-Ho Forts 1859 | |
| Atlantic 1939 | |
| Norway 1940 | |
| Spartivento 1940 | |
| Libya 1941 | |
| Mediterranean 1941 | |
| Malta Convoys 1941 | |
| Ashantee 1873-74 | |
| GASCOYNE | New Guinea 1944 |
| Leyte Gulf 1944 | |
| Lingayen Gulf 1945 | |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| GAWLER | Sicily 1943 |
| GEELONG | New Guinea 1944 |
| GERALDTON | Sicily 1943 |
| GLADSTONE | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| GLENELG | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| GOULBURN | New Guinea 1944 |
| GYMPIE | New Guinea 1944 |
| HAWK | Barfieur 1692 |
| Vigo 1702 | |
| HAWKESBURY | Atlantic 1944-45 |
| New Guinea 1944 | |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| HOBART | Mediterranean 1941 |
| Coral Sea 1942 | |
| Savo Island 1942 | |
| Guadalcanal 1942-43 | |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| Vietnam 1967-70 | |
| IBIS | Atlantic 1941-42 |
| North Africa 1942 | |
| Normandy 1944 | |
| IPSWICH | Sicily 1943 |
| KALGOORLIE | Pacific 1942 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| KANGAROO | Egypt 1801 |
| Belgian Coast 1914-16 | |
| KAPUNDA | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| KATOOMBA | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| KIAMA | New Guinea 1944 |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| LABUAN | English Channel 1945 |
| LACHLAN | Pacific 1945 |
| LATROBE | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| LAUNCESTON | Belle Isle 1761 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| LISMORE | Sicily 1943 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| LITHGOW | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| MARYBOROUGH | Sicily 1943 |
| MELBOURNE | Norway 1940 |
| MELVILLE | China 1841 |
| Atlantic 1942-45 | |
| MILDURA | New Guinea 1944 |
| MORESBY | Jutland 1916 |
| MURCHISON | Korea 1951-52 |
| NAPIER | Crete 1941 |
| Libya 1941 | |
| Burma 1944-45 | |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| NEPAL | Burma 1944-45 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| NESTOR | Jutland 1916 |
| ‘Bismarck’ 1941 | |
| Atlantic 1941 | |
| Malta Convoys 1941-42 | |
| NIZAM | Malta Convoys 1941-42 |
| Crete 1941 | |
| Libya 1941 | |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| NORMAN | Burma 1944-45 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| OTWAY | Atlantic 1940 |
| ONSLOW | Jutland 1916 |
| Arctic 1941-45 | |
| North Africa 1942-43 | |
| Atlantic 1942 | |
| Barents Sea 1942 | |
| Malta Convoys 1942 | |
| Biscay 1944 | |
| Normandy 1944 | |
| Norway 1945 | |
| ORION | First of June 1794 |
| Groix Island 1795 | |
| St. Vincent 1797 | |
| Nile 1798 Trafalgar 1805 | |
| Baltic 1855 | |
| Jutland 1916 | |
| Atlantic 1939 | |
| Mediterranean 1940-44 | |
| Calabria 1940 | |
| Malta Convoys 1941 | |
| Matapan 1941 | |
| Greece 1941 | |
| Crete 1941 | |
| Sicily 1943 | |
| Salerno 1943 | |
| Aegean 1944 | |
| Anzio 1944 | |
| Normandy 1944 | |
| South France 1944 | |
| PARKES | New Guinea 1944 |
| PARRAMATTA | Libya 1941 |
| PERTH | Atlantic 1939 |
| Crete 1941 | |
| Greece 1941 | |
| Malta Convoys 1941 | |
| Matapan 1941 | |
| Sunda Strait 1942 | |
| Vietnam 1967-71 | |
| PIONEER | China 1860 |
| PIRIE | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| PSYCHE | Java 1811 |
| QUADRANT | Arctic 1942-43 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| QUALITY | North Africa 1942-43 |
| Sabang 1944 | |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| QUEENBOROUGH | Sadras 1758 |
| Negapatam 1758 | |
| Porto Novo 1759 | |
| Arctic 1942-43 | |
| Sicily 1943 | |
| Salerno 1943 | |
| Mediterranean 1943 | |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| QUIBERON | Mediterranean 1942 |
| North Africa 1942-43 | |
| Atlantic 1943 | |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| QUICKMATCH | English Channel 1942 |
| Atlantic 1943 | |
| Sabang 1944 | |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| RESERVE | Lowestoft 1665 |
| Four Days Battle 1666 | |
| New Guinea 1943-44 | |
| ROCKHAMPTON | New Guinea 1944 |
| SHEPPARTON | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| SHOALHAVEN | Korea 1950 |
| SHROPSHIRE | Atlantic 1941 |
| Arctic 1941 | |
| New Guinea 1943-44 | |
| Leyte Gulf 1944 | |
| Lingayen Gulf 1945 | |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| STAWELL | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| SPRIGHTLY | Dogger Bank 1731 |
| STRAHAN | New Guinea 1944 |
| STUART | Mediterranean 1940 |
| Calabria 1940 | |
| Libya 1940-41 | |
| Matapan 1941 | |
| Greece 1941 | |
| Crete 1941 | |
| New Guinea 1942-44 | |
| SUCCESS | Portland 1653 |
| Gabbard 1653 | |
| Porto Farina 1655 | |
| Lowestoft 1665 | |
| Sole Bay 1672 | |
| Texe11673 | |
| Passero 1718 | |
| SWAN | Cadiz 1596 |
| Gabbard 1653 | |
| New Guinea 1942-44 | |
| SYDNEY | ‘Emden’ 1914 |
| Calabria 1940 | |
| Spada 1940 | |
| Mediterranean 1940 | |
| ‘Kormoran’ 1941 | |
| Korea 1951-52 | |
| TOBRUK | Korea 1951-53 |
| TOWNSVILLE | New Guinea 1944 |
| VAMPIRE | Calabria 1940 |
| Libya 1940-41 | |
| Greece 1941 | |
| Crete 1941 | |
| Aegean 1944 | |
| VENDETTA | Libya 1940-41 |
| Matapan 1941 | |
| Greece 1941 | |
| Crete 1941 | |
| Mediterranean 1941 | |
| New Guinea 1943-44 | |
| Vietnam 1969-70 | |
| VOYAGER | Calabria 1940 |
| Libya 1940-41 | |
| Greece 1941 | |
| Crete 1941 | |
| Mediterranean 1941 | |
| Pacific 1942 | |
| WAGGA | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| WARRAMUNGA | New Guinea 1943-44 |
| Leyte Gulf 1944 | |
| Lingayen Gulf 1945 | |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| Korea 1950-52 | |
| WARREGO | New Guinea 1942 |
| Lingayen Gulf 1945 | |
| Pacific 1945 | |
| WARRNAMBOOL | Pacific 1942 |
| WATERHEN | Libya 1940-41 |
| Greece 1941 | |
| Vietnam 1967-71 (CDT 3) | |
| WHYALLA | New Guinea 1942-44 |
| Okinawa 1945 | |
| YARRA | Libya 1941 |