title: HMAS Gladstone
text: # HMAS Gladstone
  
  Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Gladstone, for the port city of Gladstone, Queensland:
  
  * HMAS Gladstone (J324), a Bathurst-class corvette commissioned in 1943 and paid off in 1956
  * HMAS Gladstone (FCPB 216), Fremantle-class patrol boat commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in 2007
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  Ships named HMAS Gladstone are entitled to carry two battle honours:
  
  * Pacific 1943–45
  * New Guinea 1943–44
  