Hobart was the class's only wartime survivor, but all three ships served across a genuinely global conflict. Australian and New Zealand forces were present from the start because defense of the Pacific could not be separated from the Indian Ocean or the wider imperial transport system. The Royal Navy and the Australian, Canadian, Indian, and New Zealand services were closely integrated through shared training and appointments. Specialist officers could move between those services when engineering or other expertise was needed. Nationally named ships therefore still operated inside a Commonwealth naval system. British and Commonwealth participation in the Pacific was present from the opening phase rather than a late-war development.
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A Commonwealth navy in a global war
The Amphions illustrate how Australian and New Zealand ships and personnel formed part of a wider Commonwealth naval system during the Second World War.