The Australian light cruiser HMAS Hobart anchored in port in 1941-1942. Pacific Theater of Operations, World War II.
HMAS Hobart, hull number D63, belonged to the light cruisers of the modified Leander class. Built in Davenport (UK) for the Royal Navy of Great Britain as a light cruiser “Apollo” (HMS Apollo). Construction began on 15 August 1933, launched on 09 October 1934, commissioned into the British Navy on 13 January 1936.
HMAS Hobart was sold to Australia in 1938 and accepted into her fleet on 28 September 1938.
HMAS Hobart was used in the East Indies (1939-1940), Indian Ocean (1940-1941), Mediterranean Sea (1941), Pacific Ocean (1942-1945), where he participated in the battles on the Coral Sea (1942), off Savo Island ( 1942), Guadalcanal (1942), on the Solomon Islands (1942-1943) and landing on the island of Borneo (1945).
On July 20, 1943, in the New Hebrides area, Hobart was heavily damaged by a torpedo fired from about 10 miles by a Japanese submarine I-G011; 13 people died on the ship and 7 people were injured. The light cruiser was towed for repairs and arrived in Sydney on 26 August 1943. The cruiser returned to service in April 1945.
It was put into reserve in 1947. Modernized as a training ship from 1953 to 1956 and returned to service. Sold and cut to metal in 1962.
The HMAS Hobart photo source: Australian Navy Archives.
Location: Pacific Ocean
Photo taken time: 1941 – 1942