Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS ''Adelaide'', after

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, the capital city of South Australia: * was a Town-class light cruiser commissioned in 1922 and decommissioned in 1946 * was an ''Adelaide''-class frigate commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 2008 * is a ''Canberra''-class landing helicopter dock ship commissioned in 2015 and active as of 2022

Battle honours

Ships of the name HMAS ''Adelaide'' have earned four

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s: *

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1941–43 * East Indies 1942 *

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1999 *

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2001–02

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