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Updated: Mar 09, 2010 9:26pm PST

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Photos From All Over Australia. or Photos from "Australia All Over"

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Australia 2010 : Trip through Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne

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Trip through Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne

Updated: Feb 22, 2010 3:36am PST

Adieu Adelaide : The HMAS Adelaide was (is) the name ship of a class of guided missile frigates based on the Oliver Hazard Perry design, but slightly larger and more capable. The first four (<A href="http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Adelaide">HMAS Adelaide</a> (FFG01), <A href="http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Canberra">HMAS Canberra</a> (FFG02), <A href="http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Sydney">HMAS Emerald City</a> (FFG03), <A href="http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Darwin">HMAS Darwin</a> (FFG04)) were built in the US, with the remaining two (<A href="http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Melbourne">HMAS Bleak City</a> (FFG05) and <A href="http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Newcastle">HMAS Newcastle</a> (FFG06)) being built in Australia. They were commissioned during the early to mid 1980's (FFGs 05 and 06 in the early '90's), and will be replaced by 3 ships of the new Hobart class which are due to arrive in 2013. The vessels were intended to counter threats from surface, subsurface and air attacks, which may be a bit optimistic but you go with the navy you have and can afford, not the one you want. The former HMAS Canberra was retired in 2005, and was <A href="http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/old-warship-sunk-off-victorias-coast-20091004-ghqq.html">sunk as a dive reef</a> off the coast of Victoria (near Geelong) on 4 October 2009. Adelaide was retired in 2008 and will suffer a similar fate in early 2010, with her intended resting place being off the central coast of NSW (around Avoca Beach). Adelaide has been at least partially stripped down; her Mk 13 missile launcher has been removed, the bridge windows have been boarded up, and she presently sits next to the now defunct car carrier docks awaiting her final fate. Around November 2009 she was moved back to the berth that you can see behind her in the earlier shots in this gallery, and is being stripped and cleaned. Since she'll sit in 32 metres of water but her mast extended up to 39 metres above the keel, <A href="http://www.premier.nsw.gov.au/Newsroom/Articles/2009_Articles/091112_Ex-HMAS_Adelaide_preparation_on_track_says_Premier.html">about 13.5 metres of it had to be removed</a>. (Not done at the time the earlier shots were done, but visible in the later ones.) I originally thought that the first few might have been some of the last images of her but she has a little while left to go, and I may add to the gallery during that time. As you'd expect from something that looks lean and purposeful even when retired, the class was/is capable of over 30 knots courtesy of twin General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, each providing 15,287 kW. For ASW work (amongst other things), the class carries two S-70B-2 Sea Hawk helicopters, the hangers for which are visible in some shots. Like the Mk 13 missile launcher and the 76 mm gun which sat forward of the funnel, the 20mm Phalanx which was mounted above the hangers has been removed. Dangit, I wanted to nick one of those too. I'm quite fond of Adelaide; I stood on her decks once, and I'm definitely not a naval person. She didn't sink under my feet (granted she was tied to the dock at the time), so I'm quite grateful for that. The names of many of the Adelaide class ships are due to be recycled over the next few years, which means that I can't guarantee how long the links in this description will remain current. That's the disadvantage of us having only a handful of major cities. <b>NOTE:</b> All of the links relate to my original PBase gallery and will take you away from this site. I'll update them when I've moved more photos over here.

Adieu Adelaide

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The HMAS Adelaide was (is) the name ship of a class of guided missile ...

Updated: Feb 16, 2010 12:45am PST

The Wedding Room : Some of my favorite people starting out in life

The Wedding Room

ThunderPhotography

Some of my favorite people starting out in life

Updated: Feb 12, 2010 8:26pm PST

Australia's Pioneering Heritage : Early Australian Village and way of life

Australia's Pioneering Heritage

ThunderPhotography

Early Australian Village and way of life

Updated: Feb 12, 2010 8:17pm PST

The Gold Coast Queensland : Shots From Cabbage Tree Point To the Tweed encompassing the Gold Coast Hinterland and Border Ranges

The Gold Coast Queensland

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Shots From Cabbage Tree Point To the Tweed encompassing the Gold Coast ...

Updated: Feb 12, 2010 8:00pm PST

landscape :

landscape

rossmordenphotography

Updated: Feb 06, 2010 5:42pm PST

Aussie landscapes :

Aussie landscapes

Allan

Updated: Feb 06, 2010 4:36am PST

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