HMAS Melbourne (R21) - Footnotes

Footnotes

^(I) For the purpose of this article, a conventional aircraft carrier is defined as a ship designed primarily to launch and recover multiple fixed-wing aircraft from a flight deck, and operated as such. This definition does not include seaplane tender HMAS Albatross, or the Canberra class amphibious warfare ships.

^(II) Monetary figures shown are for the value of the Australian pound or dollar at that time, and have not been adjusted or converted.

^(III) Sources are inconsistent regarding who attempted to purchase Melbourne in the first sale. Lind claims the sale was to South Korea, Cassells states it was to Taiwan, and that the sale fell through when they failed to commit to scrapping the carrier, and the Sea Power Centre indicates an Australian company was the buyer.

^(IV) The text of the telex message has been altered for readability. The original message reads: Pls b advised that HMAS Melbourne arrived at Port Huangpu, intact n safely afloat, proud n majestic. She has bn innocent, never once bowed to the natural or human force, in spite of the heavy storm n the talked abt jinx.