| Accession Number | 306833 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Williamstown |
| Date made | c 1884 |
| Conflict |
Period 1900-1909 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The armour-plated monitor HMVS and later HMCS Cerberus (1870-1921) was a powerful unit of the ...
Description
The armour-plated monitor HMVS and later HMCS Cerberus (1870-1921) was a powerful unit of the Victorian Navy first entering naval service in 1871. After Federation, the ship became a unit of the Colonial Naval Forces. Scuttled in 1926, for use as a breakwater at Black Rock, Victoria, she can still be seen. In this image the warship is under refit in the Alfred Graving Dock. Although the ship was never used in combat, this ship had considerable offensive power and on entering service it was at the time the most powerful ship in the southern hemisphere. At the inception of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911, the ship entered service as HMAS Cerberus. The current HMAS Cerberus is the major naval training establishment located at Westernport, Victoria.