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HMAS ''Adelaide'' was a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), named after Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. Laid down in 1915, wartime shortages and design modifications meant the ship was not completed until 1922, earning her the nickname "HMAS ''Longdelayed''". ''Adelaide'' served with the Royal Navy's Special Service Squadron during 1924 and 1925, and was involved in the 1927 Malaita massacre. She was decommissioned in 1928, but was modernised and returned to service just before World War II began. During the war, ''Adelaide'' was involved in successful efforts to secure the colony of New Caledonia for Free France, was present during the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour, and intercepted the German blockade runner ''Ramses''. The cruiser was decommissioned in 1946, and broken up for scrap in 1949. ==Design and construction== The design of ''Adelaide'' was modified from the ''Chatham'' subclass of the light cruisers, with similarities to the ''Birmingham'' subclass.〔 The ship was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of , and a draught of .〔Cassells, ''The Capital Ships'', p. 5〕 The initial ship's company stood at 33 officers and 450 sailors, but by 1941, this had dropped to 26 officers and 436 sailors.〔 The propulsion system consisted of Parsons turbines providing to two propeller shafts.〔 As designed, the ship had a maximum speed of , but modifications during her career saw this increase to during the 1920s, then drop to by 1941.〔 The cruiser was originally fuelled by both coal and oil, but the ship's refit in 1938–39 saw her converted to oil only, along with the removal of the foremost funnel and boilers.〔Cassells, ''The Capital Ships'', p. 6〕 ''Adelaide'' was laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Cockatoo Island, Sydney on 20 November 1915.〔Royal Australian Navy, ''HMAS Adelaide (I)''〕 She was launched on 27 July 1918 by Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, the wife of the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson.〔〔Perryman, ''Ships Named Adelaide'', p. 1〕 Construction was not completed until 31 July 1922 because of wartime shortages, loss of machinery part forgings for items that could not be made in Australia to enemy action, and modifications based on wartime experience: the ship was consequently nicknamed "HMAS ''Longdelayed''".〔〔 She was finally commissioned into the RAN on 5 August 1922.〔 ''Adelaide'' cost 1,271,782 pounds to build.〔 The ship's badge was based on the municipal seal of the City of Adelaide.〔 Her motto was "''Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti''", Latin for "United for the Common Weal".〔Cassells, ''The Capital Ships'', p. 9〕 Some incorrect versions of the ship's badge show the motto as "United We Stand", the motto for .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Adelaide (1918)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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