Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Adelaide, after Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia:
- HMAS Adelaide (1918) was a Town-class light cruiser commissioned in 1922 and decommissioned in 1946
- HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01) was an Adelaide class frigate commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 2008
- HMAS Adelaide (LHD 01) is a Canberra class landing helicopter dock ship due to enter service in 2015
Battle honours[]
Ships of the name HMAS Adelaide have earned four battle honours:[1][2]
- Pacific 1941–43
- East Indies 1942
- East Timor 1999
- Persian Gulf 2001–02
References[]
- ↑ "Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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