HMAS Launceston

Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Launceston, after the city of Launceston, Tasmania.

• HMAS Launceston (J179), a Bathurst-class corvette commissioned in 1942, and transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1946
• HMAS Launceston (FCPB 207), a Fremantle-class patrol boat laid down in 1980 and decommissioned in 2006
• HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94), an Armidale-class patrol boat commissioned in 2007 and active as of 2016

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