The HMAS Adelaide is still afloat, as much due to court action as to Archimedes Law.  The HMAS Adelaide was the lead ship of the Adelaide class of guided missile frigates built for the Royal Australian Navy, not to be confused with the clipper ship City of Adelaide.   She was scheduled to be scuttled as an artificial reef but an environmental action group has managed to stop the scuttling over concerns regarding possible PCBs in her electrical wiring and lead paint on the ship. This is notwithstanding that there was never any reported lead paint used on the ship and that tests performed on behalf of the Australian government showed no evidence of PCBs.   In the mean time representatives of another Australian community have said, “You don’t want the HMAS Adelaide? We’ll take her!”

HMAS Adelaide scuttle plans scuttled