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CL Hobart
Royal Australian Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Sydney 1933/08/15
Devenport Royal Dockyard 		1934/10/09 1936/01/13 1962/02/22
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:44: 8x102, 11x40, 1x20
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/01       joinPac   108 
42/02/03 42/02/24   EastStrFor    
42/02/03       Batavie - rescue works for burning British vessel   81 
42/02/15       attacked by planes   81 
42/02/25       damaged during refueling from AO at Tandjong Priok   81  108 
42/02/26 42/02/27     sweep from Batavia to Banka/Bilton area   81 
42/02/28       sail from Java to Sunda Strait > Padang, Sumatra > Colombo, Ceylon   81 
42/04/10 42/05/08   44 & 17.3 xCoralS  
42/06/15     62    
42/07/19 42/07/29 Watch 62.4     81 
42/08/09   Watch 62.4 xSavo   81 
42/08/19 42/08/21     sail from Noumea to join TF 11 (with Australia, Patterson, Bagley)   69 
42/08/21 42/08/3?   11 xEasSol   69 
42/10/08 42/10/21     Sydney - refit   108 
42/11 43/07   74.1     81 
43/06/2? 43/07/1?   74 cover Woodlark Is. landing   108 
43/07/20     74.1 disable(I-11) off New Hebrides - 13 KIA   81 
43/07/24 43/07/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/01 43/08/02     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/06 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/25 44/12     Sydney - repairs   81  108 
45/03/24 45/03/30 Vict2 74.3 land Cebu   81  108 
45/04/2? 45/05/0? Oboe1 74.3 land Tarakan   81  108 
45/05/0? 45/05/12   74 land Wewak   81  108 
45/06/07 45/06/16 Oboe2 74.1 land Brunei Bay   81  108 
45/06/2? 45/07/03 Oboe6 74.1 land Balikpapan   81  108 
45/08/2? 45/08/31     sail from ?? to Tokio Bay   108 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex HMS Apollo
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: nickname "The Flaming Angel"