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HMAS Adelaide (I)
Armament * Original: ** 9 x 6-inch guns ** 1 x 3-i * Original: ** 9 x 6-inch guns ** 1 x 3-inch anti-aircraft guns ** 1 x 12-pounder gun (removed in 1937) ** 4 x 3-pounder guns ** 10 smaller guns (increased to 12 about 1924) ** 2 x 21-inch torpedo tubes (submerged broadside) ** 2 depth charge chutes * 1939: ** 8 x 6-inch guns ** 3 x 4-inch anti-aircraft guns ** 4 x 3-pounder guns ** 12 smaller guns ** 2 depth charge chutes * 1942: ** 8 x 6-inch guns ** 3 x 4-inch anti-aircraft guns ** 4 x 3-pounder guns ** 6 x 20mm Oerlikon guns ** 12 smaller guns ** 2 depth charge chutes * 1943: ** 7 x 6-inch guns ** 2 x 4-inch anti-aircraft guns ** 4 x 3-pounder guns ** 6 x 20mm Oerlikon guns ** 12 smaller guns ** 2 depth charge chutes ** 4 depth charge throwers h charge chutes ** 4 depth charge throwers
Badge Crest Adelaide1.gif +
Battle-honours * Pacific 1941-43 * East Indies 1942
Beam 49 feet9½inches  +
Builder HMA Naval Dockyard, Cockatoo Island, Sydney  +
Class Modified Town Class +
Commissioned 5 August 1922  +
Company 462  +
Completed 31 July 1922  +
Decommissioned 13 May 1946  +
Displacement 5,550 tons  +
Draught 19 feet8inches(maximum)  +
Fuel * Original ** 860 tons coal ** 550 tons oil * 1939 ** 1,420 tons oil  +
Laid down 20 November 1915  +
Launched 27 July 1918  +
Length 462 feet6½inches(overall)  +
Machinery * Parsons turbines, twin screws
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 27 October 2010 05:25:20  +
Photo Adelaide1.jpg +
Protection 3-inch side armour-belt over midships section  +
SHP 25,000  +
Ship-status history  +
Speed 12.758 m/s (45.93 km/h, 0.0128 km/s, 2,511.462 ft/min, 41.858 ft/s, 837.158 yd/m, 28.539 mph, 24.8 knots)  +
Type Cruiser +
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HMAS Anzac coming into berth alongside in Geraldton, Western Australia.

HMAS Anzac coming into berth alongside in Geraldton, Western Australia.