HMAS Air Sprite (Y 256/SAR 6301) was an air-sea rescue vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

[1] Air Sprite was ordered in 1958 and was built by Lars Halvorsen and Sons in Sydney.

[1] On the night of 10 February 1964 Air Sprite was one of two air-sea rescue vessels which responded to the collision between HMAS Melbourne and Voyager in Jervis Bay.

[2] In 1976 Air Sprite was laid up at HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney for a major refit, which was scheduled for mid-1977, prior to being used as a general purpose vessel in Western Australia.

[1] Air Sprite was sunk as a target by a Tartar missile fired by HMAS Brisbane on 17 May 1979.