HMAS Adelaide
Two ships of the
Royal Australian Navy have borne the name
Adelaide, the capital city of
South Australia.
The first
HMAS Adelaide was a Chatham class light
cruiser laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Cockatoo Island in
Sydney on
20 November 1915 and launched on
27 July 1918 by Lady Helen Munro Ferbuson, the wife of the
Governor-General. Fitting out and completion were delayed due to the loss by enemy action of important machinery parts which gave rise to the nickname Long Delayed. The ship was completed on
31 July 1922 and commissioned on
5 August 1922.
HMAS Adelaide paid off on
13 May 1946 and was sold to Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd on
24 January 1949. On
1 April 1949 the hulk was towed to Port Kembla in
New South Wales and broken up.
The second
HMAS Adelaide (01) is an
Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile armed
frigate laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding at
Seattle in
Washington on
29 July 1977, launched on
21 June 1978 and commissioned on
15 November 1980.
HMAS Adelaide is an active unit of the Royal Australian Navy.