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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