The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT PHILLIP BAY, VIC. 1871-04-09. COPY OF A LITHOGRAPH DEPICTING THE ARRIVAL OF THE COAST DEFENCE TURRET SHIP HMVS CERBERUS AT MELBOURNE AFTER HER DELIVERY VOYAGE FROM GREAT BRITAIN. NOTE THE BUILT UP BULWARKS AND SAILING RIG FITTED FOR THE VOYAGE OUT. IN THE BACKGROUND THE BOYS OF THE TRAINING SHIP HMVS NELSON HAVE MANNED THE RIGGING TO GIVE THREE CHEERS AS THE FLAG IS DIPPED IN SALUTE TO THE CERBERUS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
SYDNEY, NSW. 1884-06. COPY OF A LITHOGRAPH SHOWING PORT SIDE VIEWS OF THE VICTORIAN COLONIAL NAVY GUNBOATS HMVS ALBERT (LEFT) AND VICTORIA (RIGHT) AND THE TORPEDO BOAT HMVS CHILDERS (FOREGROUND). THE
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 a
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 a
The turret ship Cerberus which became part of the Victorian Navy in 1871. It was up to date for the period and carried four 18 ton guns. In 1902, after Federation, Cerberus became a unit of the Common
Tingira at her moorings in Berry's Bay, probably in the 1930s. Tingira, the former clipper ship Sobraon, was built by Alexander Hall & Co of Aberdeen, Scotland. Launched in 1866 she was the largest c
