|
Displacement |
5550 tons standard |
|
Dimensions |
462'8" by 49'10" by 15'10" 141.1m by 15.2m by 4.9m |
|
Maximum speed |
24.3 knots |
|
Complement |
470 |
| 2 seaplanes 1 catapult |
|
|
Armament |
8 6"/45
guns 3 4"/45 dual-purpose guns |
| 3" (76mm) belt 1.5" (38mm) deck 4" (102mm) conning tower |
|
|
Bunkerage |
1412 tons fuel oil |
|
Range |
5800 miles (9300 km) at 15 knots |
| Modifications |
1942-7:
Added 6 20mm
Oerlikon AA
guns and Type
271
radar 1943-9: Removed one 6"/45 and one 4"/45. Added four depth charge throwers and Type 285 and SC radars. |
The Adelaide was
completed at Cockatoo Dockyard in Sydney
in 1922, becoming the first cruiser-sized warship
build in Australia,
albeit to a 1912 design.
Originally designed to burn coal,
she remained slow for
a cruiser even after being converted to an oil
burner. She was extensively refitted in 1939, but remained
too obsolete
for any purpose but convoy escort.
Adelaide was at Port Moresby when war broke out. She survived the war.
References
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia (c) 2007 by Kent G. Budge. Index