HMAS Adelaide (ll)
HMAS Adelaide(II) (FFG-01) was a long-range escort frigate with roles including area air defence, anti-submarine warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance, and interdiction. The ship could simultaneously counter threats from the air, surface and sub-surface. Adelaide was built in the United States. She was the first of six Adelaide Class guided missile frigates to be delivered to the RAN.
Adelaide is best remembered for her involvement in the rescue of yachtsman Tony Bullimore.
- Commissioned
15 November 1980 - Decommissioned
19 January 2008 - Fate
Scuttled on 13 April 2011 as a dive wreck off Avoca, New South Wales
