title: HMAS Hawk
text: # HMAS Hawk
  
  Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Hawk:
  
  * HMAS Hawk, formerly HMAS Vigilant, an auxiliary patrol boat commissioned in 1940 and operating under the Hawk name from March until November 1945, when she was decommissioned
  * HMAS Hawk (M 1139), formerly HMS Gamston and HMS Somerlyton, was commissioned into the RAN in 1961, and decommissioned in 1972
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  Ships named HMAS Hawk are entitled to carry a single battle honour:
  
  * Malaysia 1964–66
  