There were four CO's of PERTH (1) and twenty eight CO's of PERTH (2)
HMAS PERTH (3) commissioned in August 2006.
Listed ranks and
decorations are as at the time in Command.
| CAPT | Harold Farncomb MVO RAN | 29-Jun-39 | 6-Jun-40 |
| CAPT | Sir Philip Bowyer-Smyth Bt RN | 6-Jun-40 | 1-Sep-41 |
| CMDR | Charles Reid RAN | 1-Sep-41 | 24-Oct-41 |
| CAPT | Hec Waller DSO RAN | 24-Oct-41 | 1-Mar-42 |
| CAPT | Ian Cartwright RAN | 17-Jul-65 | 11-Jul-66 |
| CAPT | Peter Doyle RAN | 11-Jul-66 | 27-Nov-66 |
| LCDR | Ian Knox RAN | 27-Nov-66 | 10-Dec-66 |
| CAPT | Peter Doyle RAN | 10-Dec-66 | 10-Apr-68 |
| CAPT | David Leach RAN | 15-Apr-68 | 2-Jun-69 |
| CMDR | David Thompson RAN | 2-Jun-69 | 9-Jan-70 |
| CAPT | Ian Burnside RAN | 9-Jan-70 | 14-Nov-71 |
| LCDR | Michael Freeman RAN | 14-Nov-71 | 30-Nov-71 |
| CAPT | Robert Percy RAN | 1-Dec-71 | 28-May-73 |
| CAPT | Ian Nicholson RAN | 29-May-73 | 8-Feb-74 |
| CAPT | Peter Hutson RAN | 9-Feb-74 | 15-May-76 |
| CAPT | Eric Johnston AM OBE RAN | 15-May-76 | 5-Jan-78 |
| CAPT | Howard Berger RAN | 6-Jan-78 | 6-Jan-80 |
| CAPT | Adrian Cummins AM RAN | 29-Jan-80 | 18-Nov-81 |
| CMDR | Don Chalmers RAN | 18-Nov-81 | 26-Sep-82 |
| LCDR | Jim Parsons RAN | 27-Sep-82 | 8-Nov-82 |
| CMDR | Don Chalmers RAN | 9-Nov-82 | 13-Mar-83 |
| CMDR | Ian Pfennigwerth RAN | 13-Mar-83 | 19-Dec-84 |
| CMDR | Graham Sloper RAN | 19-Dec-84 | 14-Jan-86 |
| CAPT | Leonard Sulman RAN | 14-Jan-86 | 7-Jan-87 |
| CMDR | Ian Whitehouse RAN | 8-Jan-87 | 9-Dec-87 |
| CMDR | Martin Smith RAN | 9-Dec-87 | 31-May-89 |
| CAPT | Chris Oxenbould RAN | 1-Jun-89 | 28-Sep-90 |
| CMDR | Philip Purnell-Webb RAN | 28-Sep-90 | 22-Oct-90 |
| CAPT | Tim Cox AM RAN | 22-Oct-90 | 15-Feb-92 |
| CAPT | Geoffrey Walpole RAN | 15-Feb-92 | 7-Jun-93 |
| CAPT | Russ Shalders CSC RAN | 7-Jun-93 | 17-Aug-94 |
| CMDR | Antony Ladomirski RAN | 17-Aug-94 | 16-Jan-95 |
| CAPT | Geoff Smith AM RAN | 16-Jan-95 | 17-Jul-96 |
| CAPT | Brian Robertson RAN | 17-Jul-96 | 14-Apr-98 |
| CAPT | Lou Rago AM RAN | 14-Apr-98 | 15-Oct-99 |
| CMDR | Simon Gregg CSC RAN | 7-Nov-05 | 25-Aug-06 |
| CMDR | Simon Gregg CSC RAN | 26-Aug-06 | 6-Jun-07 |
| CMDR | Michele Miller RAN | 6-Jun-07 | 21-Nov-08 |
| CMDR | Heath Robertson RAN | 21-Nov-08 | 28-Nov-09 |
| No CO appointed due to AMSD Upgrade | |||
| CAPT | Mal Wise OAM RAN | 1-Oct-10 | 28-Nov-12 |
| CAPT | Lee Goddard CSC RAN | 28-Nov-12 | 20-Nov-14 |
| CAPT | Ivan Ingham AM RAN | 20-Nov-14 | |