HMVS Cerberus - Wikipedia
HMVS Cerberus (Her Majesty's Victorian Ship) is a breastwork monitor that served in the Victoria Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1871 and 1924.
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Cerberus is the only substantially intact surviving warship of any of Australia's pre-Federation colonial navies. Cerberus is the oldest as well as the only surviving inaugural warship, to have served in the Royal Australian Navy. Cerberus represented …
HMAS Cerberus (HMVS) | The Sea Power Centre - Royal …
The ship commissioned as Her Majesty’s Victorian Ship (HMVS) Cerberus, named after the three-headed hound in Greek and Roman mythology which guarded the gates to the Underworld.
HMVS Cerberus - Naval Historical Society of Australia
The history of the colony’s HMVS CERBERUS, from 1871 to 1924, illustrates the development of Australia’s defence needs as part of the British Empire, and the role of Britain in providing naval expertise and technical assistance to its Australian far-flung colonies.
National Heritage Places - HMVS Cerberus - DCCEEW
The HMVS Cerberus was one of only three vessels of its exact type ever built, and is the only surviving example of this type of vessel in the world. It is also the only substantially intact warship of Australia’s pre-Federation colonial navies.
A Brief History of HMVS Cerberus
The monitor CERBERUS, the sixth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, was taken over by the Victorian Government as a guardian of Port Phillip Bay. She was launched on 2 December, 1868, and left the Thames on 29 October, 1870, bound for Australia.
The Ship Wreck of HMVS Cerberus - Marine Insight
Dec 12, 2019 · The ship wreck of HMVS Cerberus rests in the Half Moon Bay in Melbourne and has been placed in the Australian National Heritage. HMVS Cerberus was the first Breastwork monitor warship in the world.
HMVS Cerberus - Vicnet
Transverse and longitudinal sections of the HMVS Cerberus. Latrobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria
The Cerberus Turret-Ship - Australian War Memorial
HMVS Cerberus (Her Majesty's Victorian Ship) was a breastwork monitor that served in the Victorian Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1871 and 1924.
HMvS Cerberus was the flagship of the victorian Colonial Navy, protecting Melbourne and victoria’s rich gold resources from foreign attack. Upon Federation in 1901 she was transferred to the Commonwealth naval forces and then became …