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.

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