HMAS Adelaide

HMAS Adelaide

Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Adelaide, after Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia:

  • 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 (LHD 01) will be one of two Canberra class large amphibious ships due to enter service in 2015

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