HMAS Adelaide

Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Adelaide, after Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia:


 * HMAS Adelaide (1918) was a Town-class light cruiser commissioned in 1922 and decommissioned in 1946
 * HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01) was an Adelaide class frigate commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 2008
 * HMAS Adelaide (LHD 01) is a Canberra class landing helicopter dock ship due to enter service in 2015

Battle honours
Ships of the name HMAS Adelaide have earned four battle honours:


 * Pacific 1941–43
 * East Indies 1942
 * East Timor 1999
 * Persian Gulf 2001–02