I don't know where I saw the story of the Melbourne re the bad...

I don't know where I saw the story of the Melbourne re the bad balance due to the building of it but it also had a 3 bladed prop on one side and a 4 bladed prop of the other side which would make it hard to control also

I have linked a story re it's life you may want to catch up with

https://navyhistory.org.au/occasional-paper-4-hmas-melbourne-ii/