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The design of Adelaide was modified from the Chatham subclass of the Town-class light cruisers, with similarities to the Birmingham subclass. [1] The ship was 462 feet 6.5 inches (140.983 m) long overall and 430 feet (130 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 49 feet 9.5 inches (15.177 m), and a draught of 19.66 feet (5.99 m). [2]
Ship industry: Ship passenger capacity: 33°36′S 151°18′E / 33.6°S 151.3°E / -33.6; 151.3 Adelaide was a wooden cutter used in the cedar trade that was wrecked and lost off the Hawkesbury River in Broken Bay , New South Wales , in July 1837 while carrying a load of
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "World War II cruisers of Australia" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. HMAS Adelaide (1918 ...
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
HMAS Adelaide (1918) was a Town-class light cruiser commissioned in 1922 and decommissioned in 1946; HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01) was an Adelaide-class frigate commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 2008; HMAS Adelaide (L01) is a Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ship commissioned in 2015 and active as of 2022
City of Adelaide was an iron-hulled ship that was launched in Scotland in 1863, spent a long career in Australian passenger and cargo service, and sank off the coast of Queensland in 1916. She served with several Australian shipowners, including the Australasian Steam Navigation Company , Australasian United Steam Navigation Company and Howard ...
City of Adelaide as an isolation hospital off Millbrook, c. 1894 A hospital ward on City of Adelaide when being used as a hospital ship off Millbrook, c. 1894. City of Adelaide ended her sailing career in 1893, when purchased by Southampton Corporation for £1750 to serve as a floating isolation hospital. During one year of operation, 23 cases ...
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