HMAS Ballarat
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{{ship|HMT|Ballarat}}, built for P&O in 1911 to expand its Blue Anchor Line subsidiary. Requisitioned as a troopship in the First World War. On 25 April 1917 a German submarine torpedoed her in the English Channel. All her passengers and crew were rescued and she was taken in tow, but she sank the next day.{{Cite web|url=https://alh-research.tripod.com/ships_lh.htm|title = His Majesty's Australian Transports [HMAT] Ships, Transporting the AIF}}
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Ballarat, for the city of Ballarat, Victoria.
- {{HMAS|Ballarat|J184}}, a Bathurst-class corvette serving from 1940 to 1947
- {{HMAS|Ballarat|FFH 155}}, an Anzac-class frigate commissioned in 2004 and active as of 2019
Battle honours
Three battle honours are carried by ships named HMAS Ballarat:{{cite news |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |title=Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |archivedate=13 June 2011 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |accessdate=23 December 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archivedate=14 June 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2012}}
- Pacific 1941–45
- New Guinea 1942–44
- Okinawa 1945