page_title: HMAS Hobart (D63)
section_title: Royal Navy service
hierarchical_section_title: HMAS Hobart (D63) / Operational history / Royal Navy service
caption_attribution_description: HMS Apollo at en:Miami, en:Florida, en:1 February prior to her transfer to the RAN as HMAS Hobart.
context_page_description: HMAS Hobart was a modified Leander-class light cruiser which served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. Originally constructed for the Royal Navy as HMS Apollo, the ship entered service in 1936, and was sold to Australia two years later. During the war, Hobart was involved in the evacuation of British Somaliland in 1940, fought at the Battle of the Coral Sea and supported the amphibious landings at Guadalcanal and Tulagi in 1942. She was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943, then returned to service in 1945 and supported the landings at Tarakan, Wewak, Brunei, and Balikpapan. Hobart was placed in reserve in 1947, but plans to modernise her and return her to service as an aircraft carrier escort, training ship, or guided missile ship were not followed through. The cruiser was sold for scrapping in 1962.
context_section_description: Apollo served on the North American and West Indies Station until 1938.
caption: Apollo berthed in Miami, Florida in 1938
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