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MODIFIED LEANDER CLASS CRUISER HMAS HOBART WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED INTO THE RN AS HMS APOLLO AND RENAMED ON TRANSFER TO THE RAN IN 1938. HOBART WAS THE ONLY SHIP OF THIS CLASS (THE OTHERS BEING HMAS SYDNEY AND HMAS PERTH) TO SURVIVE WORLD WAR 2 ACTION AND WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND PLACED IN RESERVE IN DECEMBER 1947. IN 1953 SHE WAS SELECTED FOR CONVERSION TO A TRAINING SHIP AND ALTHOUGH WORK ON HER BEGAN, THE SCHEME WAS CANCELLED. SHE WAS RETURNED TO RESERVE AND SOLD IN FEBRUARY 1962.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
View of Leander class Light Cruiser, HMNZS Achilles who served with the British Home Fleet as HMS Achilles until she was transferred to the New Zealand Division on 24 March 1936. She took part in the
The bugler of the modified Leander Class cruiser HMAS Hobart sounding a call while crew divisions are assembled on the quarter deck of the ship. The Supermarine Walrus aircraft carried on the modified
Crew divisions of the modified Leander Class Cruiser HMAS Hobart assembled on the quarter deck of the ship.
Port bow view of the modified Leander class light cruiser, HMAS Hobart, anchored in a bay. With a displacement of 7105 tons, she was laid down on 15 August 1934 and commissioned in the RN as HMS Apoll
Crew members of the modified Leander Class cruiser HMAS Hobart engaged in physical training on the aft deck of the ship.
Starboard side view of the modified Leander class light cruiser, HMAS Hobart, escorting troopships while attached to United States (US) forces landing US marines in the Solomon Islands. With a displac
