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CL Adelaide
Royal Australian Navy light cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Adelaide | 1915/11/20 HMA Naval Dockyard, Cockatoo Island, Sydney | 1918/07/27 | 1922/08/05 | 1949/01/24
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| TTD differences from class:42: 6x20 added; 43: 7x152, 2x102, 6x20 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12 | 42/05 | Indian Ocean <> Australia patrol, convoy, escort duty | 108 | ||
| 42/05 | 42/07 | Garden Is. - refit | 108 | ||
| 42/07 | 43/06 | Fremantle - convoy and escort duty to Indian Ocean | 108 | ||
| 42/11/28 | escort convoy in Indian Ocean | 81 | |||
| 42/11/28 | sinking/share (Jacob van Heemskerck) German blockade runner Ramses | 81 108 | |||
| 43/06 | 43/09 | Williamstown Dockyard - refit | 108 | ||
| 44/10/08 | 44/10/1? | sail from Fremantle to Melbourne | 108 | ||
| 44/10/1? | 45/01/04 | Melbourne | 108 | ||
| 45/01/04 | 45/01/06 | sail from Melbourne to Sydney | 108 | ||