The former FFG-7 Class frigate HMAS Adelaide is set to be scuttled off 1km off of Avoca Beach near Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast tomorrow (25/3). 13m of the ship’s mast have been removed. The Adelaide was the navy ship that rescued yachtsmen Tony Bullimore & Thierry Dubois in 1997. The Adelaide (FFG-01) was commissioned on 15th November 1980. She was the first of 6 Adelaide Class guided-missile frigates to be delivered to the RAN. Her 5 sister ships were: - Canberra (II), Sydney, Darwin, Melbourne and Newcastle. For further details regarding the Adelaide (and her sister ships), visit http://www.hmasadelaide.com/ , http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Adelaide_(II) , http://www.navy.gov.au/Adelaide_Class & http://www.mlssa.asn.au/nletters/march2010.htm for further details.
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