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Following the outbreak of World War Two, Adelaide was despatched in 1940 to the French colony of New Caledonia, to intervene if Vichy France was able to take control.

On November 28, 1942, Adelaide, in company with the Dutch cruiser HNMS Jacob van HeemskerkThe HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was commissioned on May 10th, 1940, when World War II started in the Netherlands. However, as she was not finished she was sent to the UK, where she was refitted as an air, identified and damaged the German supply vessel and blockade runnerA blockade runner is a ship designed to provide vital supplies to countries or areas blockaded by enemy forces during wartime. The countries which have been notable users of blockade runners include the Confederate States of America and Nazi Germany. Ramses, which then scuttled itself, in the Indian Ocean.

HMAS Adelaide was paid off on May 13May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). There are 232 days remaining. Events 1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. 1568 Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar and was sold to Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd January 24January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years). Events 41 Claudius is appointed Emperor of Rome after his nephew, Caligula, is assassinated. 1458 Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hunga 19491949 is the common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 4 RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 February 22 Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming,. On 1-2 April 19491949 is the common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 4 RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 February 22 Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, the hulk was towed to Port KemblaPort Kembla is a town and the name of a harbour or seaport in the coastal part of the Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia near Wollongong. It is essentially an industrial complex (one of the largest in Australia), but also covers a small harbour foresho, NSW and broken up.