HMAS Adelaide (I)

HMAS Adelaide (I) was an improved version of the 'Chatham' group of the British Town Class Light Cruisers. The ship was of the same basic design as HMA Ships Brisbane (I), Melbourne (I) and Sydney (I). She was originally equipped to burn both coal and oil fuel.

Adelaide (I) paid off into reserve at Sydney on 27 June 1928. After eleven years in reserve Adelaide (I) was taken in hand in 1938 for an extensive refit at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. On 1 September 1939 Adelaide (I) commissioned for war service.