Cruisers: Leander Class; HMAS Hobart

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Brian James
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Cruisers: Leander Class; HMAS Hobart

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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart (Ex HMS Apollo) pictured as she departs Port Melbourne c1942.
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Re: Cruisers: Leander Class; HMAS Hobart

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Unfortunately the HOBART was torpedoed aft by a IJN sub. The damage kept her under repair from 1943 to 1944 (?). :o DFO
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Another view of badly damaged HOBART, 1943. :( DFO
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Undated...Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart (Ex HMS Apollo),pictured at Port Melbourne.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart (Ex HMS Apollo) pictured on a foggy morning as she enters Port Melbourne on April 23rd 1946.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart pictured at Port Melbourne in 1941.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart pictured as she departs Wellington, NZ, en route to participate in the invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi, July 22nd 1942.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart shows significant structural damage inflicted by a Japanese torpedo to her stern on July 20th 1943 while en route to Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, as part of Task Force 74. The torpedo struck aft on the port side causing considerable damage in the vicinity of the wardroom. Thirteen officers and sailors were killed and another seven injured. She made it to Espiritu Santo under her own power the following day where she underwent temporary repairs and was escorted to Sydney by HMA Ships Warramunga and Arunta. She arrived on August 26th for extensive repairs which kept her out of service until December 1944.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart pictured at Port Melbourne c1939.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Hobart pictured under repair in Sutherland Graving Dock at Cockatoo Island Dockyard in 1943, post her July 20th 1943 torpedo hit, which had severely warped the Cruiser's stern and took 18 months to repair.
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