HMAS Cook (A 219), named for Captain James Cook, was an oceanographic survey vessel of the Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

 (RAN).

Cook was laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria

Williamstown, Victoria

Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733....

on 30 September 1974, launched on 27 August 1977 and commissioned into the RAN on 30 April 1981.

Cook paid off on 31 October 1990 and was sold for conversion to a merchant vessel.