| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | N |
| Pennant | G 49 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 15 Apr 1939 |
| Laid down | 27 Jul 1939 |
| Launched | 30 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 29 Sep 1941 |
| End service | Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Returned to the Royal Navy in October 1945. |
| Former name | HMS Norman |
Commands listed for HMAS Norman (G 49)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Henry Mackay Burrell, RAN | 15 Sep 1941 | 22 Jun 1943 |
| 2 | Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, DSO, RAN | 23 Jun 1943 | 1 Nov 1944 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. John Plunkett-Cole, RAN | 2 Nov 1944 | 2 Sep 1945 |
| 4 | A/Cdr. Arnold Holbrook Green, DSC, RAN | 3 Sep 1945 | 28 Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Norman include:
21 Oct 1942
HMAS Norman (Cdr. H.M. Burrell, RAN) picks up 14 survivors from the British merchant Empire Nomad that was torpedoed and sunk eight days earlier by the German submarine U-159 about 230 nautical miles south of Cape Point, Cape Colony.
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