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2. Category : World War II cruisers of Australia - Wikipedia

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3. HMAS Adelaide (1918) - Wikipedia

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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]

4. History of the Royal Australian Navy - Wikipedia

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   Consequently, when it entered World War II, the RAN was smaller than it had been at the start of World War I. During the course of World War II, the RAN operated more than 350 fighting and support ships; a further 600 small civilian vessels were put into service as auxiliary patrol boats. [4] (Contrary to some claims, however, the RAN was not ...

5. Category:World War II ships of Australia - Wikipedia

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   World War II merchant ships of Australia (18 P) N. World War II naval ships of Australia (6 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 16:02 (UTC). ...

6. Town-class cruiser (1910) - Wikipedia

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   Three ships were ordered for the Royal Navy, commissioning in 1914. [2] A fourth, similar, ship, Adelaide, was built in Sydney for Australia. The First World War caused the construction of Adelaide, which was reliant on materials and parts from the United Kingdom, to be heavily delayed, with Adelaide not completing until 1922. [19]

7. Waterview Wharf Workshops - Wikipedia

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   The key periods of significance of the property relate to the late 19th century and early 20th century use of the site. [3] There are three distinct historical phases of development on the site. The first relates to the Burns timber yard from 1880 to 1898. The second (1900-1939) to the outbreak of World War II was the Adelaide Steamship Company ...

8. List of museum ships - Wikipedia

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   This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable boats or dugout canoes or the like. This list does not include submarines; see List of submarine museums for those. This includes ships currently or formerly serving as museums or preserved at ...

9. List of oldest surviving ships - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.