title: HMAS Launceston
text: # HMAS Launceston
  
  Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Launceston, after the city of Launceston, Tasmania.
  
  * HMAS Launceston (J179), a Bathurst-class corvette commissioned in 1942, and transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1946
  * HMAS Launceston (FCPB 207), a Fremantle-class patrol boat laid down in 1980 and decommissioned in 2006
  * HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94), an Armidale-class patrol boat commissioned in 2007 and active as of 2016
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  Ships named HMAS Launceston are entitled to carry four battle honours:
  
  * Pacific 1942–45
  * Indian Ocean 1942–44
  * East Indies 1944
  * Okinawa 1945
  