Vice admiral (abbreviated as VADM) is the second-highest active rank of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Vice admiral is the equivalent of air marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force and lieutenant general in the Australian Army.

Since the mid-1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy vice admiral is the Crown of St. Edward above a crossed sabre[Note 1] and baton, above three silver stars, above the word "AUSTRALIA".

[1] The stars have eight points as in the equivalent Royal Navy insignia.

The following people have held the rank of vice admiral in the Royal Australian Navy: