HMAS Canberra Wreck Peter Fullers Dive Blog
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.
exHMAS Canberra Wreck Scuba Diving Melbourne
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.
HMAS CANBERRA SINKING YouTube
01 Nov 2020 The Australian heavy cruiser, HMAS Canberra, was sunk without firing a shot early on 9 August 1942. The loss was a heavy blow to the small Royal Australian Navy contingent in the south-west Pacific as the Allies, on land and at sea, struggled to fend off an aggressive series of Japanese thrusts into the region.
HMAS Canberra Wreck Peter Fullers Dive Blog
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.
exHMAS Canberra Wreck Scuba Diving Melbourne
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.
Diving the HMAS Canberra Wreck with GoPro Hero Black 3+ YouTube
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.
HMAS Canberra Wreck Peter Fullers Dive Blog
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)
Wreck of HMAS Canberra (D33) Second World War 19391945, military, navy, shipwreck, cruiser
On 9 August 1942, Canberra was struck by the opening Japanese shots of the Battle of Savo Island, and was quickly crippled, and according to the crew, she was torpedoed by friendly fire. Unable to propel herself, listing heavily and burning, the cruiser was evacuated and then sunk in Ironbottom Sound by two American destroyers.
HMAS Canberra, Attraction, Geelong & the Bellarine, Victoria, Australia
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.
Masts of the Ex HMAS Canberra wreck YouTube
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.
HMAS Canberra wrecked and sinking after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 [740x620
The ex-HMAS Canberra, a former warship which served the Australian Navy between 1981 and 2005, is the first artificial reef in Victoria created specifically for diving. The vessel was scuttled off Barwon Heads in October 2009 and now lies in 30 metres of water.. Over time, marine life will continue to colonise the wreck, transforming it into.
Bow of the Ex HMAS Canberra wreck YouTube
Experience the majesty and adventure of diving and exploring the ex HMAS Canberra artificial reef and dive wreck in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ex HMAS Canberra dive site was opened for diving on Saturday, 5 December 2009. [ Top ] DISCLAIMER: No claim is made by The Scuba Doctor as to the accuracy of the dive site coordinates listed here.
Bridge on the exHMAS Canberra Liz Rogers Photography
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
Outside 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.
Inside the bow of the Ex HMAS Canberra wreck YouTube
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.
Inside the bridge on the Ex HMAS Canberra wreck YouTube
HMAS Canberra (D33) Photo Archive Photos 1930s-August 9, 1942. Photos via AWM, circa 1930s