The sale of Invincible to Australia was cancelled in mid-1982 as a result of the Falklands War, and in March 1983 the new Hawke Government decided to not replace Melbourne.
把無敵號出售給澳大利亞的這宗交易於1982年年中因马岛战争的展開而取消了，此外1983年3月新的澳洲霍克政府（英语：Hawke Government）決定再替換墨爾本號。