HMAS Canberra (D33) was a Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser of the Kent sub-class of County class cruisers between 1928 and 1942. Commissioned on 9 July 1928 under the command of Captain George L Massey RN. After five months in British waters she arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 January 1929. She visited New Zealand three times. She was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, 9 August 1942. [Source & additional information - en.wikipedia.org]
Canberra HMAS (Ship)
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Hall & Co (Firm, Sydney) : Photograph of HMAS Canberra
Date: Apr 1937
By: Hall & Company (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Reference: PA7-58-11
Description: Photograph of HMAS Canberra in Sydney Harbour, taken by Hall & Co (Sydney), ca April 1937 Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - In appreciation of the happy times arranged for the ship's company by the Navy League during the visit of HMAS Canberra to Wellington, April 1937 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 30 x 37.7 cm on mount 38 x 49 cm
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Lythgoe, Margaret :Photographs of Christchurch and Wellington, 1931-1933
Date: 1930-1934
By: Lythgoe, Mary Wilhelmina Margaret, 1923-2010
Reference: PAColl-5437
Description: Includes views of Dipton, Alexandra, Invercargill, Gore and Australia; and ships Rangitane, Golden Harvest (in Wellington floating dock after stranding on Barrett's Reef), Cobar, Monowai, Veronica and HMAS Canberra. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s).
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[Creator unknown] :Battle of Savo Island, night of August 8-9, 1942, times zone II [ms ...
Date: 1942
From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers
Reference: MapColl-924hkm/1942/Acc.49789
Description: Map showing battle positions around Savo Island, with Florida Islands (north-east) and the north of Guadalcanal (south). Routes of the Canberra, Chicago, Australia, Hobart, Talbot, San Juan, radar patrols, and Japanese ships (not labelled) are marked. Locations where the Astoria, Canberra, Quincey and Vincennes were sunk are indicated. Positions of DD, DMS and APD screens marked, as are sites of flares. Kukum, Red Beach, Lunga Point and Tetare (enemy) are marked on Guadalcanal. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo on paper, 1:2371, 43.1 x 42.4 cm.
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HMAS Canberra at King's Wharf, Wellington
Date: September 1933
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047676-G
Description: HMAS Canberra at Kings Wharf, Wellington, in May 1933. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - H.M.A.S. Canberra at King's Wharf, Wellington Sept. 1933 "S.C. Smith photo" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches