HMAS Hobart
Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Hobart, for Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania.
- HMAS Hobart (D63), a Leander-class light cruiser acquired from the Royal Navy in 1938, and operating until 1947.
- HMAS Hobart (D 39), a Perth-class guided missile destroyer commissioned in 1965 and decommissioned in 2000.
- HMAS Hobart (DDG 39), lead ship of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers, commissioned in 2017.
- see also
- HMS Hobart (1794), an 18-gun sloop built by the French, captured by the Royal Navy in 1794, and operated until her sale in India in 1803.
Battle honours
Ships named Hobart have earned the following battle honours:
- East Indies, 1940
- Indian Ocean, 1941
- Mediterranean, 1941
- Coral Sea, 1942
- Savo Island, 1942
- Guadalcanal, 1942
- Pacific, 1942−45
- Borneo, 1945
- Vietnam, 1967−70
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