Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Swan, for the Swan River in Western Australia.
, a River-class destroyer launched in 1915, decommissioned in 1928, and broken up for scrap , a Grimsby-class sloop launched in 1936, decommissioned in 1962, and broken up for scrap , a River-class destroyer escort launched in 1967, decommissioned in 1996, and scuttled as a dive wreck in 1997
Battle honours Ships named HMAS Swan are entitled to carry four battle honours: Adriatic 1917–18 Darwin 1942 Pacific 1941–45 New Guinea 1943–44
See also , twenty ships of the Royal Navy. , three ships of the United States Navy.
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