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Commons
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Displacement |
5550 tons standard |
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Dimensions |
462'8" by 49'10" by 15'10" 141.1m by 15.2m by 4.9m |
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Maximum speed |
24.3 knots |
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Complement |
470 |
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Armament |
8x1 6"/45
guns 3x1 4"/45 dual-purpose guns |
| 3" (76mm) main belt 2" (51mm) ship end belt 0.75"(19mm) armor deck over machinery 1.5" (38mm) armor deck over steering 0.4" (10mm) armor deck over magazines and ship ends 4" (102mm) gun shields 4" (102mm) conning tower |
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| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbine (23,500
shp) 10 Yarrow boilers |
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Bunkerage |
1412 tons fuel oil |
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Range |
5800 nautical 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 the 1912 Birmingham-class
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
Gogin (2010; accessed 2013-2-18)
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