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HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P214/L134) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy and was launched as HMS Terrible (93) in 1944, but was not completed before the end of World War II .
HMAS Sydney (R17), a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier launched in 1944, decommissioned in 1973, and broken up for scrap; HMAS Sydney (FFG 03), an Adelaide-class guided missile frigate launched in 1980, and decommissioned in 2015; HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), a Hobart-class air warfare destroyer in service since 2020
The impact of carrier aviation during the war prompted the foundation of a RAN-controlled Fleet Air Arm and the acquisition of two light fleet carriers, with the first, HMAS Sydney, entering service in 1948. Sydney was the only non-US, non-UK aircraft carrier to be involved
ex-HMS Circe, scuttled off Sydney on 20 January 1948. HMAS Melbourne: Light cruiser Town: 1913–1928 HMAS Melbourne: Aircraft carrier Majestic: 1955–1982 ex-HMS Majestic: HMAS Melbourne: Frigate Adelaide: 1992-2019 HMAS Mercedes: Minesweeper 1942–1945 ex-HMS Medusa, scuttled off Sydney on 23 January 1948. Merkur: Victualling Store Issue ...
The "HMAS Sydney Replacement Fund" was established to help finance the acquisition of a replacement ship. [211] The AU£426,000 raised was contributed to the purchase of Australia's first aircraft carrier in the late 1940s; the Majestic-class carrier was named HMAS Sydney upon her commissioning into the RAN in December 1948. [211]
HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1955 until 1982, and was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier [note 1] to serve in the RAN. Melbourne was the only Commonwealth naval vessel to sink two friendly warships in peacetime collisions. [1]
The HMAS Sydney conducted the test near the U.S. state of Hawaii as part of the Pacific Dragon 2024 exercise, Australia's defence ministry said, calling it a "significant milestone" in a deal ...
Sydney was a Town-class light cruiser, of the Chatham subclass. [1] She had a standard displacement of 5,400 tons. [1] The cruiser was 456 feet 9.75 inches (139.2 m) long overall and 430 feet (130 m) long between perpendiculars, with a mean of 49 feet 10 inches (15.19 m), and a draught of 19 feet 8 inches (5.99 m). [1]