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CA Australia
Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Australia | 1925/08/26 John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank, Scotland | 1927/03/17 | 1928/04/24 | 1955/01/25
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| TTD differences from class:42/05: torpedo tubes removed 7x20 added; 44: 7x20 added; 45: 8x40 replaced 20mm guns | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/01 | escort 1st US troop convoy to Australia | 81 | |||
| 42/02/ | 42/03/14 | ANZAC/FF | Noumea | 66 108 | |
| 42/04/22 | 42/05/08 | 44/FF & 17.3 | xCoralS | 81 | |
| 42/06/15 | 62/FF | ||||
| 42/07/19 | 42/07/29 | Watch | 44 | 81 | |
| 42/07/29 | 42/08/1? | Watch | 62.2/GF | ||
| 42/08/07 | Watch | 62.2/GF | 66 | ||
| 42/08/09 | Watch | 62.2/GF | xSavo | ||
| 42/08/19 | 42/08/21 | sail from Noumea to join TF 11 (with Hobart, Patterson, Bagley) | 69 | ||
| 42/08/21 | 42/08/3? | 11 | xEasSol | 69 | |
| 43/02/18 | 44.3 | S of Australia - cover 5-ship convoy with 9th InfDiv (Aus.) to Sydney | 85 | ||
| 43/03 | 45/01 | 7thFlt | 81 | ||
| 43/03/ | 43/12 | 74.1 | Coral Sea Group - patrol E coast of Australia | 81 | |
| 43/04/11 | investigate reported (false) enemy landing SE of Gulf of Carpentaria | 108 | |||
| 43/06/2? | 43/07/1? | 74 | cover Woodlark Is. landing | 108 | |
| 43/08/02 | 43/08/04 | 36.3 | tactical exercises with TG 36.2 out of Esp. Santo | 88 | |
| 43/08/05 | 43/08/17 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/11/15 | 43/11/15 | 74 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | |
| 43/12/14 | 43/12/16 | Direct | 74.1 | land Arawe Peninsula, New Britain | 108 |
| 43/12/2? | 44/01/0? | Dexter | 74/FF | land Cape Gloucester | 81 |
| 44/01 | 44/02 | Sydney - refit | 81 | ||
| 44/02/2? | 44/03 | Brewer | 74/FF | 66 | |
| 44/04/18 | 44/05/04 | Reckle | 74/FF | land Hollandia | 66 108 |
| 44/05/15 | 44/05/2? | Straig | 74.1 | land Wakde, Sarmi | 108 |
| 44/06/03 | 44/06/10 | Horlie | 74/FF | land Biak | 86 108 |
| 44/07/02 | Table | 74/FF | land Noemfoor | 108 | |
| 44/08/14 | shell Jakasui area | 108 | |||
| 44/08/17 | shell Marubian | 108 | |||
| 44/08/20 | shell coast off Marubian | 108 | |||
| 44/08/22 | 44/08/2? | sail to Sydney | 108 | ||
| 44/09/0? | 44/09/25 | Trade | 74/FF, 77.2 | 66 108 | |
| 44/10 | 44/10/21 | 77.3 | 81 | ||
| 44/10 | 44/10/21 | King2 | 77.3 | 66 | |
| 44/10/21 | 77.3 | disable(kami) 20 KIA, 54 WIA > sail to Admiralty Is | 81 86 | ||
| 44/10/21 | 44/11/0? | sail from Leyte to Manus (10/29) > Esp. Santo for repairs | 81 108 | ||
| 44/12/26 | 44/12/2? | sail from Manus to Leyte | 108 | ||
| 44/12/30 | 45/01 | Mike1 | 77.2.1 | land Lingayen Gulf | 81 105 |
| 45/01/05 | Mike1 | 77.2.1 | damage(kami) off Luzon | 81 | |
| 45/01/06 | Mike1 | 77.2.1 | damage(kami) off Luzon | 81 | |
| 45/01/08 | Mike1 | 77.2.1 | damage(kami) off Luzon | 81 | |
| 45/01/09 | Mike1 | 77.2.1 | disable(kami) > retired for repairs | 70 | |
| 45/05/24 | 45/07/01 | sail from Australia to USA > Plymouth for overhaul | 81 | ||