HMAS Diamantina, Brisbane, Australia

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Opening hours

Sunday	Closed
Monday	Closed
Tuesday	Closed
Wednesday	10:00 – 16:15
Thursday	10:00 – 16:15
Friday	10:00 – 16:15
Saturday	10:00 – 16:15

Checked 2026-09-02 · Source

Today: Open today, 10:00 – 16:15
Visit duration: 45 min
Accessibility: Not recorded
Price: Not recorded
Standing: Must see · Heritage site
Rank: Rank 56 of 9,969

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Place details and sources

This place is a Attraction. It carries the listed on the Australian National Heritage List heritage designation. It is run by Royal Australian Navy.

Type of place: Attraction OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Heritage designation: listed on the Australian National Heritage List Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Operator: Royal Australian Navy Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Operator: Queensland Maritime Museum OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Wikipedia article: HMAS Diamantina (K377) Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09

HMAS Diamantina is a preserved River-class frigate and museum ship at the Queensland Maritime Museum in South Brisbane. Built in Queensland, she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 27 April 1945 and served in New Guinea waters during the final months of the Second World War. Japanese surrender documents for Nauru and Ocean Island were signed aboard the ship in 1945.

After being placed in reserve in 1946, Diamantina was recommissioned in 1959 as an oceanographic, meteorological and hydrographic research vessel. Her research voyages covered the Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Timor Sea, Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. In 1960, scientists aboard the ship identified the Diamantina Fracture Zone in the Indian Ocean.

The ship was presented to the Queensland Maritime Museum in 1980 and placed in the South Brisbane dry dock in 1981. Visitors can tour much of the vessel, including the bridge, engine room, radio room and cramped crew quarters. The ship retains wartime machinery and equipment, and its quarterdeck marks the location of the 1945 surrender ceremonies. The museum is beneath the Goodwill Bridge at the southern end of the South Bank Parklands, within walking distance of South Bank Station and Brisbane River ferry terminals.

Practical details

Website: https://maritimemuseum.com.au/learn/collections/vessels/ww2-frigate-hmas-diamantina/
Phone: +61 7 3844 5361
Full address: Cnr Stanley & Sidon Streets, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia
Operating status: Open
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 10:00 – 16:15
Thursday: 10:00 – 16:15
Friday: 10:00 – 16:15
Saturday: 10:00 – 16:15