Fate
On 9 February 1928, Melbourne commenced her last voyage to England, where she arrived on 12 April. Melbourne was decommissioned for the final time on 23 April, and was sold to the Alloa Shipbreaking Company on 8 December. The cruiser was transported to Birkenhead, and was broken up over the course of 1929.
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