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Portsmouth, England. 29 September 1924. Port side view of the light cruiser HMAS Adelaide entering Portsmouth Harbour. Note the two 6 inch guns alongside each other on the foredeck, part of her original configuration and rather unusual. The armament was later modified and rearranged when she was refitted in 1939. HMAS Adelaide was constructed at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, and launched in July 1918. She was commissioned in 1922 and in April 1924 she joined the Royal Navy Special Service Squadron and accompanied the battlecruisers on the Pacific and Atlantic part of their world-wide cruise, returning to England via the Panama canal. Adelaide reached Portsmouth on 18 September 1924 and after serving in British waters for three months, she sailed from Portsmouth on 10th January 1925 and arrived back in Sydney on 7th April. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve in June 1928. She was recommissioned in 1939 after a major refit and modernisation. (Donor E. C. Wilson)
Portsmouth, England.? September 1924. Group portrait of the ships' company mustered together on the forward deck, or forecastle, of the light cruiser HMAS Adelaide. Note the mid-shipmen in the front r
KENT CLASS HEAVY CRUISER AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED ON 17TH MARCH 1927 AND COMMISSIONED ON 24TH APRIL 1928. IN APRIL 1938 AUSTRALIA PAID OFF FOR AN EXTENSIVE REFIT BEING RECOMMISSIONED ON 28TH AUGUST 1939. AF
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS FREMANTLE. COMPLETED ON 12TH APRIL 1943 FREMANTLE SERVED IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA AREA AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM 1943 TO 1945. ON 30TH AUGUST 1945
THE MAJESTIC CLASS LIGHT FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS SYDNEY. THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED ON 1944-09-30 AS HMS TERRIBLE AND WAS UNFINISHED AT THE END OF THE WAR WHEREUPON WORK ON HER CEASED. THE AUSTRALIAN
Halifax, Canada. c. 1924. The grave of 6390 Shipwright Albert Harry Davis Scott who died on 5 August 1924, aged 28. He died on board HMAS Adelaide while it was participating in the `World Cruise of H.
PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1919-04. VIEW FROM FINE OFF THE STARBOARD QUARTER OF THE CRUISER HMAS BRISBANE (1). THE BRITISH WARSHIPS IN THE BACKGROUND, INCLUDING A 24 CLASS CONVOY SLOOP, INDICATE THAT THE PH
