Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Launceston, after the city of Launceston, Tasmania.
, a Bathurst-class corvette commissioned in 1942, and transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1946 , a Fremantle-class patrol boat laid down in 1980, and decommissioned in 2006 , 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
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