HMAS Adelaide

Updated on Dec 29, 2023

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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 (L01) is a Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ship commissioned in 2015 and active as of 2016

Battle honours

Ships of the name HMAS Adelaide have earned four battle honours:

Pacific 1941–43

East Indies 1942

East Timor 1999

Persian Gulf 2001–02

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