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|comm=Aug, 1922{{Conways1906|p. 54}}
|fatedate=Jan, 1949{{DittColl|p. 46}}
|order=
|name=Adelaide
|launch=27 Jul, 1918{{DittColl|p. 46}}
|builder=[[Cockatoo Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 46}}
|laid=Jan, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 54}}
|nat=AU
|fate=Sold
|pend=''N/A''{{DittColl|p. 46}}
|fg=gold|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>

==Service==
''Adelaide'' commissioned at Sydney on 5 August, 1922 under the command of Captain [[John Bryan Stevenson]].{{NLApr25|p. 292}}

Paid off into Reserve at Sydney on 28 June, 1928.{{NLJul37|p. 295}}

==Alterations==
Completing so long after the war, it is likely that ''Adelaide'' was equipped with a director system upon completion.{{INF}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Adelaide''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=John Bryan Stevenson|nick=John B. Stevenson|appt=5 August, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 292}}|end=late 1924|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Lawrence Massey|nick=George L. Massey|appt=9 October, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 292}}|end=18 April, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Cartmell Harrison|nick=Gerald C. Harrison|appt=13 August, 1926<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>|ass=c. October, 1927<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adelaide-i R.A.N. page on ''Adelaide''].</ref>|end=9 May, 1929<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=William Harold Thurlby|nick=William H. Thurlby|appt=9 March, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 295}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Harry Leslie Howden|nick=Harry L. Howden|appt=13 March, 1939<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adelaide-i R.A.N. page on ''Adelaide''].</ref>|end=1 September, 1939<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adelaide-i R.A.N. page on ''Adelaide''].</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Henry Arthur Showers|nick=Henry A. Showers|appt=1 September, 1939<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adelaide-i R.A.N. page on ''Adelaide''].</ref>|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Adelaide_(1918)}}
* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adelaide-i R.A.N. page on the ship]
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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