Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kammala shi a 1936 a matsayin HMS "Apollo" kuma an canja shi zuwa RAN a 1938 a matsayin HMAS "Hobart", ya shiga cikin Yakin Gabashin Afirka, Yakin Tekun Coral kuma ya ba da tallafin wuta a Guadalcanal. Bayan da aka lalace sosai ta hanyar harin torpedo a 1943, ta koma aiki a cikin Philippines
(1944), wanda ya biyo bayan Borneo da Aitape-Wewak. An sanya shi cikin ajiya bayan yakin kuma ba a cire shi ba har zuwa 1962.