HMAS Australia

E576840

County-class heavy cruiser Royal Australian Navy warship

HMAS Australia was a Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific during World War II, including major operations alongside the British Pacific Fleet.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
HMAS Australia canonical	1
HMAS Australia (D84)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	County-class heavy cruiser ⓘ Royal Australian Navy warship ⓘ
aircraftCarried	seaplanes ⓘ
aircraftFacility	catapult ⓘ
alliedWith	Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
armament	4 × 4-inch guns ⓘ 8 × 8-inch guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ
awarded	battle honours for Pacific operations ⓘ
builder	John Brown & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtAt	Clydebank, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissioned	1928-04-24 ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
crewComplement	approximately 700 ⓘ
decommissioned	1949-08-31 ⓘ
displacement	13700 tons full load ⓘ 9850 tons standard ⓘ
fate	scrapped ⓘ
hullNumber	D84 ⓘ
laidDown	1925-06-26 ⓘ
launched	1927-03-17 ⓘ
length	192 meters ⓘ
maximumSpeed	31.5 knots ⓘ
namesake	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	hit by multiple kamikaze attacks in 1944–1945 ⓘ
operator	Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ British Pacific Fleet operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Leyte Gulf operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Lingayen Gulf landings NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
pennantNumber	D84 NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	HMAS Australia (1911 battlecruiser) NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
scrappedIn	1950s ⓘ
servedInConflict	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipClass	County class NERFINISHED ⓘ
subClassOf	heavy cruiser ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Pacific Fleet → notableShip → HMAS Australia ⓘ

HMAS Canberra (D33) → sisterShip → HMAS Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: HMAS Australia (D84)