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HMAS Canberra (D33), a County-class cruiser launched in 1927 and sunk after the Battle of Savo Island in 1942 HMAS Canberra (FFG 02), an Adelaide -class guided missile frigate launched in 1978, decommissioned in 2005, and scuttled as a dive wreck in 2009
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On the morning of the 9 August 1942 the Royal Australian Navy's heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (I) was sunk after being severely damaged during a naval battle off Savo Island in the Solomon Islands group. HMAS Canberra (I) had been forming part of the force screening the American invasion force which had started landing on Guadalcanal on 7 August.. The object of the landing was to capture the.
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A decade has passed since the HMAS Canberra sank beneath the waves off Ocean Grove. Dozens of boats flocked to the open water to watch the Navy ship scuttled on October 4, 2009. The once imposing.
Wreck of HMAS Canberra (D33) Second World War 19391945, military, navy, shipwreck, cruiser
HMAS Canberra (D33) Photo Archive Photos 1930s-August 9, 1942. Photos via AWM, circa 1930s
Inside the bridge on the Ex HMAS Canberra wreck YouTube
Launched May 31, 1927 as HMAS Canberra (D33). Commissioned July 9, 1928 in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under the command of Captain George L. Massey, RN. Afterwards, Canberra operated off the United Kingdom for five month. At the end of 1928 departs for Australia arriving Fremantle on January 25, 1929.
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The HMAS Canberra is definitely a wreck worth more than one dive. She is the best and completely intact shipwreck in Victoria. The vessel hull is constructed of steel and the superstructure is aluminium alloy. It has an overall length of 138.1 metres and a beam of 13.7 metres. In service, the height from keel to top of the mast was.
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HMAS Canberra (D 33) Heavy cruiser of the Kent class Royal Australian Navy D 33 John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) Ordered 9 Apr 1925 Laid down 9 Sep 1925 Launched 31 May 1927 Commissioned
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75 years since HMAS Canberra sank Eighty-four Australian sailors were killed and a further 10 died from their wounds after the Japanese attacked HMAS Canberra during WWII. Ninty-four Australian sailors were killed after the Japanese attacked HMAS Canberra during WWII. (AAP)
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1.38K subscribers Subscribe 3K views 4 years ago Some vision from my first dive to the scuttled wreck of the former Navy ship HMAS Canberra. What an experience, the visibility wasn't the best.
HMAS Canberra wrecked and sinking after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 [740x620
Dive The HMAS Canberra Ship Wreck. Launched on 1 December 1978, the HMAS Canberra FFG-02 was built by Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation in Seattle, Washington, USA. The second of six similar FFG-7 Class Guided Missile Frigates, she was commissioned on 21 March 1981. The HMAS Canberra and her five sister frigates (HMA Ships Adelaide, Sydney.
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Watch on HMAS Canberra was scuttled on the 05 October 2010, the latest diving video was posted on You Tube 13 October 2010 by Deep Blue Ventures ___________________________________________________________________________ ex- HMAS Canberra Diving Video Canberra.mp4 Watch on
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The magnificent wreck of the HMAS Canberra is Victoria's first artificial reef. This amazing aircraft carrier is in shallow water, with different aspects available at varying depths. The masts are in just seven meters of water, with the decks accessible between ten and eighteen meters.
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The wreck of Canberra was discovered in August 1992, lying upright on the ocean floor 760 metres below the surface. She is survived by not only the largest ship ever constructed by the RAN, HMAS Canberra III, but former US president Franklin Roosevelt also commemorated the loss with the USS Canberra cruiser. It remains the only US warship to be.
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Francis Pickup was a signaller on board HMAS in August 1942 when the ship, along with HMAS (light cruiser 6 inch guns) plus a large American Amphibian Force of aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, destroyers and transports, with accompanying support vehicles, was involved in the Battle of the Solomon Islands.
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In the darkness of the early hours of the morning of 9 August 1942 the RAN heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra was severely damaged off Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) in a surprise attack by a powerful Japanese naval force in an action that became known as the Battle of Savo Island.
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On the 9th of August, 1942 the first Royal Australian Navy ship to bear the name HMAS Canberra fought side by side with our American Allies as part of a crit.