Everything about Hmas Melbourne 1912 totally explained
HMAS Melbourne was a
Town-class light cruiser laid down by
Cammell Laird at
Birkenhead in England on
4 April 1911, launched on
30 May 1912 by Mrs. F. Braund, daughter of Mr. Barry Smith of
Adelaide, and commissioned on
18 January 1913.
Operational History
She was involved in the pursuit of the German
SMS Emden in 1914, though it fell to
HMAS Sydney to bring that ship to action.
Melbourne served on the North America and West Indies Stations from 1914 to 1916 before joining the
Grand Fleet in the
North Sea, where she remained for the remainder of the war.
Melbourne was paid off to reserve and laid up inactive at
Sydney between
5 August 1919 and
14 April 1920 and again from
29 September 1924 to
8 October 1925. HMAS
Melbourne sailed from Sydney for the
United Kingdom on
9 February 1928, arrived at
Portsmouth on
12 April 1928, paid off on
23 April 1928, was sold to the Alloa Shipbuilding Company of
Rosyth in
Scotland in December 1928 and broken up in 1929.
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