HMAS Hobart (D63)

HMAS Hobart
History
United Kingdom
Name	Apollo
Builder	HM Dockyard, Devonport
Laid down	15 August 1933
Launched	9 October 1934
Commissioned	13 January 1936
Decommissioned	1938
Identification	Pennant number: D63
Fate	Sold to Royal Australian Navy
Australia
Name	Hobart
Namesake	City of Hobart
Commissioned	28 September 1938
Decommissioned	20 December 1947
Identification	Pennant number: D63
Motto	Ubertas et Fidelitas (Latin: "Richness and Faithfulness")[1]
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Mediterranean 1941 Indian Ocean 1941 Coral Sea 1942 Savo Island 1942 Guadalcanal 1942 Pacific 1942–45 East Indies 1940 Borneo 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1962
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and type	Modified Leander-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,003 long tons (7,115 t) (standard)
Length	562 ft 4 in (171.4 m) (o/a) 530 ft (161.5 m) (p/p)
Beam	56 ft 8 in (17.3 m)
Draught	19 ft 5 in (5.9 m)
Installed power	4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 72,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines
Speed	32.5 kn (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	646 (35 officers, 611 ratings) standard
Armament	4 × twin BL 6 in (152 mm) guns 4 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) guns 3 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) AA machineguns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 3 in (76 mm) Magazine: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) Gun turrets: 1 in (25 mm)
Aircraft carried	1 Supermarine Walrus
Aviation facilities	1 catapult

HMAS Hobart was a modified Leander-class light cruiser which served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Originally constructed for the Royal Navy as HMS Apollo, the ship entered service in 1936, and was sold to Australia two years later. During the war, Hobart was involved in the evacuation of British Somaliland in 1940, fought at the Battle of the Coral Sea and supported the amphibious landings at Guadalcanal and Tulagi in 1942. She was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943, then returned to service in 1945 and supported the landings at Tarakan, Wewak, Brunei, and Balikpapan. Hobart was placed in reserve in 1947, but plans to modernise her and return her to service as an aircraft carrier escort, training ship, or guided missile ship were not followed through. The cruiser was sold for scrapping in 1962.