Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS ''Canberra'', for
Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
*, a County-class cruiser launched in 1927 and sunk after the
Battle of Savo Island
The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the , and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as the Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, was a naval battle of the Solomon Islands cam ...
in 1942
*, an ''Adelaide''-class guided missile frigate launched in 1978, decommissioned in 2005, and scuttled as a dive wreck in 2009
*, lead vessel of the ''Canberra''-class landing helicopter docks, launched in 2011, and active as of 2022
Battle honours
Five
battle honours
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
In European military t ...
are associated with the name HMAS ''Canberra''.
* East Indies 1940–41
*
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
1941–42
*
Guadalcanal 1942
*
Savo Island
Savo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the southwest South Pacific ocean. Administratively, Savo Island is a part of the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. It is about from the capital Honiara. The principal village is Alialia, i ...
1942
*
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bod ...
2002
See also
* , a passenger liner launched in 1961, which served during the Falklands War as a troopship, and was sold for scrap in 1997
* , a ''Baltimore''-class cruiser that entered service in 1943, and decommissioned in 1970. The ship was named in honour of the cruiser ''Canberra'' and is the only ship of the United States Navy to carry the name of a foreign capital city.
* , an '' Independence''-class littoral combat ship.
References
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