| HMAS
Adelaide at Malta in 1940.
Commissioned in 1922 and during
1938/39 the cruiser was modernised to meet the threat from more capable
aircraft and recommissioned for service on 13 March 1939. In the Second
World War, HMAS ADELAIDE operated along the Australian eastern and
western coasts.
During September 1940 she proceeded to
the French colony of New Caledonia to help in the transfer of formal
control from Vichy to Free French forces and on 28 November 1942, the
cruiser sank the German "blockade runner" Ramses. HMAS
ADELAIDE provided gunfire support to landings in Ambon in 1944, before
returning to Sydney for duties as a submarine depot ship. On 26 February
1946 HMAS ADELAIDE paid off from naval service and on 21 March 1947 was
sold to be broken up in Port Kembla. |
