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HMAS Hobart Laid Down : Launched : 14th October 1938 Completed : Type : Cruiser Class : Leander (modified) Builder : Devonport Country : Australia Pennants : D63, I63, C3 Fate : From UK (ex - Apollo) 14th October 1938. Scrapped 3rd March 1962. Was previously : HMS Apollo |
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His Majesty’s Dockyard Devonport launched this modified Leander class light cruiser on 9 October 1934 and she entered service in the Royal Navy on 13 January 1936. She was the second of her class to be modified for Australian service, and became HMAS HOBART on 28 September 1938, the first ship named after the city of Hobart in Tasmania. The ship was partially paid for by the transfer of the seaplane tender HMAS ALBATROSS to the Royal Navy. |
When World War II broke out, HOBART escorted convoys between Australia, Singapore, Java, Ceylon, and Bombay. On August 18, 1940, She helped evacuate Commonwealth troops from British Somaliland following the Italian invasion and remained in the Red Sea until sailing to Australia in December. She patrolled in Australian waters until June 1941 when she returned to the Mediterranean, joining the 7th Cruiser Squadron on escorting and Fleet duties. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor she moved to the Indian Ocean, joining a mixed force of Allied warships defending the East Indies. She missed the Battle of the Java Sea because of damage suffered by the tanker which was refuelling her. She participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, as part of the cruiser force under Admiral Crace, although she saw no action. |
On July 20, 1943, in the Solomon Islands, a torpedo aimed at HMAS AUSTRALIA hit HOBART. She lost 13 crew and an American officer in the attack; seven others were seriously injured. Badly damaged in this attack, HOBART required major repairs at the Cockatoo Island Docks in Sydney; modernisation took place during this period. She returned to service in December 1944, in time to participate in the amphibious assaults on the Philippines, Borneo, and Wewak. She was present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945), when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed. HOBART became part of the Navy Reserve following the war, and decommissioned in 1962. She arrived in Japan for scrapping in the same year. |
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