herakles
25-02-2008, 22:55
There have been two ships bearing the name of the city of churches. A third is due to enter service in 2012.
1. HMAS Adelaide
Was a Town class light cruiser built at Cockatoo Island and launched in July 1918. Fitting out was long delayed and she wasn't commissioned until Aug 1922, earning her the nick-name "HMAS Long Delayed". Unlike the Chatham sub class sister ships, she had 3 funnels.
Class and type: Town class light cruiser "Birmingham" sub-class
Displacement: 5,560 tons
Length: 138.8 metres
Beam: 14.9 metres
Draught: 5.7 metres
Propulsion: Parsons turbines, 2 x shafts, 25,000 hp
Speed: 25 knots
Complement: 470
Armament: Original configuration:
9 x 6 inch guns,
1 × 3 inch anti-aircraft guns,
4 × 3 pdr guns,
1 x 12 pdr gun,
10 smaller guns,
2 × 21 inch submerged broadside torpedo tubes,
2 depth charge chutes
Armour: 3 inch side armour-belt over midships section
She was part of a World cruise in 1924 and was the first RAN ship to pass through the Panama Canal. She went into reserve in 1928. Recommissioned after extensive modifications in March 1939, she was paid off again in May and commissioned again in September.
She participated in the attempt by the Vichy Government to establish control in New Caledonia. The rest of the war was spent on the Australia station in patrol out of Fremantle. She was paid off in 1946.
2. HMAS Adelaide
Was the lead ship of the Adelaide class of guided missile frigates, based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates. She was built at Seattle and commissioned in 1980.
She took part in all the various operations in Iraqi waters and was present at Timor in 1999.
She participated in the rescue of solo sailors Terri Dubois and Tony Bullimore in January 1997 and was the ship involved in the infamous "Children Overboard" incident in 2001.
The Children Overboard affair was an Australian political controversy involving public allegations by Howard government ministers in October 2001, in the lead-up to a federal election, that sea-faring asylum seekers had thrown children overboard in a presumed ploy to secure rescue and passage to Australia.
The government's handling of this and other events involving unauthorised arrivals worked to its advantage. The Tampa incident had led the government to adopt stricter border protection measures to prevent unauthorised arrivals from reaching Australia by boat. Polls indicated the measures had public support. The government was able to portray itself as "strong" on border protection measures and opponents as "weak". In November 2001, the Liberal-National coalition was re-elected with an increased majority.
It was later found by Senate inquiry that the "Children Overboard" claim was untrue and that the government knew this prior to the election. The government attracted criticism that it had misled the public and cynically "exploited voters' fears of a wave of illegal immigrants by demonising asylum-seekers".
On 22 July 2007, it was reported that a party of Australian navy personnel from HMAS Adelaide successfully repelled a 4-hour capture attempt from 5 Iranian gunboats near the Iraq-Iran maritime border during Operation Catalyst
She was decommissioned in January 2008. She will be sunk off Terrigal Beach later this year in a project expected to inject about $17 million into the local economy in its first few years.
3. HMAS Adelaide
The Australian government has approved a AU$3 billion project to build two Canberra class large amphibious ships for the Royal Australian Navy. These ships will have air support, amphibious assault, transport and command centre roles, and are planned to replace in turn HMAS Tobruk and one of the RAN's two current Kanimbla class vessels. The two ships will be named Canberra and Adelaide. They are expected to be commissioned in 2012.
Displacement: 27,851 tonnes (30,700 tons) maximum
Capacity: 978 embarked troops, 2000 square meters (21,528 sq.ft) of vehicle/additional aircraft space
Length: 230.8 m (760 ft)
Beam: 32.0 m (105 ft)
Draft: 7.18 m (23.5 ft)
Speed: stated as 20.5 kts (maximum)
Range: 6,100 nm at 15 kts
Complement: 243 core + 36 additional
Armament: 4 25mm Rafael Stabilized Deck Guns (Naval Bushmaster M242)
Sensors: Saab 9LV combat system
Boats and other craft: 4 LCM
Aircraft carried: Between 16 and 24 helicopters
Aviation facilities: flight deck with 13 degree ski-jump, 6 in-line deck landing spots and permanent deck parking space for 6 extra aircraft.
1. HMAS Adelaide
Was a Town class light cruiser built at Cockatoo Island and launched in July 1918. Fitting out was long delayed and she wasn't commissioned until Aug 1922, earning her the nick-name "HMAS Long Delayed". Unlike the Chatham sub class sister ships, she had 3 funnels.
Class and type: Town class light cruiser "Birmingham" sub-class
Displacement: 5,560 tons
Length: 138.8 metres
Beam: 14.9 metres
Draught: 5.7 metres
Propulsion: Parsons turbines, 2 x shafts, 25,000 hp
Speed: 25 knots
Complement: 470
Armament: Original configuration:
9 x 6 inch guns,
1 × 3 inch anti-aircraft guns,
4 × 3 pdr guns,
1 x 12 pdr gun,
10 smaller guns,
2 × 21 inch submerged broadside torpedo tubes,
2 depth charge chutes
Armour: 3 inch side armour-belt over midships section
She was part of a World cruise in 1924 and was the first RAN ship to pass through the Panama Canal. She went into reserve in 1928. Recommissioned after extensive modifications in March 1939, she was paid off again in May and commissioned again in September.
She participated in the attempt by the Vichy Government to establish control in New Caledonia. The rest of the war was spent on the Australia station in patrol out of Fremantle. She was paid off in 1946.
2. HMAS Adelaide
Was the lead ship of the Adelaide class of guided missile frigates, based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates. She was built at Seattle and commissioned in 1980.
She took part in all the various operations in Iraqi waters and was present at Timor in 1999.
She participated in the rescue of solo sailors Terri Dubois and Tony Bullimore in January 1997 and was the ship involved in the infamous "Children Overboard" incident in 2001.
The Children Overboard affair was an Australian political controversy involving public allegations by Howard government ministers in October 2001, in the lead-up to a federal election, that sea-faring asylum seekers had thrown children overboard in a presumed ploy to secure rescue and passage to Australia.
The government's handling of this and other events involving unauthorised arrivals worked to its advantage. The Tampa incident had led the government to adopt stricter border protection measures to prevent unauthorised arrivals from reaching Australia by boat. Polls indicated the measures had public support. The government was able to portray itself as "strong" on border protection measures and opponents as "weak". In November 2001, the Liberal-National coalition was re-elected with an increased majority.
It was later found by Senate inquiry that the "Children Overboard" claim was untrue and that the government knew this prior to the election. The government attracted criticism that it had misled the public and cynically "exploited voters' fears of a wave of illegal immigrants by demonising asylum-seekers".
On 22 July 2007, it was reported that a party of Australian navy personnel from HMAS Adelaide successfully repelled a 4-hour capture attempt from 5 Iranian gunboats near the Iraq-Iran maritime border during Operation Catalyst
She was decommissioned in January 2008. She will be sunk off Terrigal Beach later this year in a project expected to inject about $17 million into the local economy in its first few years.
3. HMAS Adelaide
The Australian government has approved a AU$3 billion project to build two Canberra class large amphibious ships for the Royal Australian Navy. These ships will have air support, amphibious assault, transport and command centre roles, and are planned to replace in turn HMAS Tobruk and one of the RAN's two current Kanimbla class vessels. The two ships will be named Canberra and Adelaide. They are expected to be commissioned in 2012.
Displacement: 27,851 tonnes (30,700 tons) maximum
Capacity: 978 embarked troops, 2000 square meters (21,528 sq.ft) of vehicle/additional aircraft space
Length: 230.8 m (760 ft)
Beam: 32.0 m (105 ft)
Draft: 7.18 m (23.5 ft)
Speed: stated as 20.5 kts (maximum)
Range: 6,100 nm at 15 kts
Complement: 243 core + 36 additional
Armament: 4 25mm Rafael Stabilized Deck Guns (Naval Bushmaster M242)
Sensors: Saab 9LV combat system
Boats and other craft: 4 LCM
Aircraft carried: Between 16 and 24 helicopters
Aviation facilities: flight deck with 13 degree ski-jump, 6 in-line deck landing spots and permanent deck parking space for 6 extra aircraft.