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	NAVY News :: Features
		New hope has been breathed into the prospect that HMVS Cerberus be preserved with the dignity that she deserves, given her role in Victoria’s and Australia’s history.
		Cerberus was flagship of the Victorian Colonial Navy.
		However, time is short as Cerberus is in danger of total collapse from the failure of her main beams that support the weight of her two turrets — they weigh about 200 tonnes each (even with the removal of the guns).
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/editions/4806/feature/feature03.htm (536 words)

	HMVS Cerberus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		HMVS Cerberus was an (additional info and facts about ironclad) ironclad (A government ship that is available for waging war) warship launched in 1868 to defend the (The Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines) Australian colony of (A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally) Victoria.
		Cerberus was made the flagship of the Victorian Navy and patrolled (The capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center) Melbourne's Port Philip Bay for many years.
		The name HMAS Cerberus was reused for a new naval base at (British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)) Flinders.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hmvs_cerberus3.htm (738 words)

	Historical Features: The Cerberus
		HMVS Nelson in the Alfred Graving dock at Williamstown.
		The ‘Cerberus’ was begun in 1869 at Jarrow on the Tyne, and Captain W.H. Norman, R.N., a protégé of Governor Hotham, was sent to England to bring the vessel to Port Phillip.
		Manoeuvred stern-on to the wooden breakwater, the three sea-cocks of the ‘Cerberus’ were opened and the fine old guardian of the Bay sank in 14 feet of water and came to rest on an even keel.
	localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au /htm/article/240.htm (1368 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot
		The HMVS Cerberus, as the only survivor of its type in the world and illustrates a particular type or phase in the development of naval technology.
		The design for the Cerberus was the first in the world to incorporate the combination of a central superstructure with fore and aft gun turrets, mounted on the deck.
		CERBERUS now consists of the collapsed hull, parts of the central superstructure, including the conning tower, most of the timber decking, and the two gun turrets, complete with 10 inch guns.
	www.gunplot.net /colonialnavy/savecerberus.html (466 words)

	HMVS Cerberus: The Heritage Network - Fight the Good Fight - Save the Cerberus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		One time flag ship of the Victorian Naval Forces, HMVS Cerberus lays forlorn at Half Moon Bay where she was unceremoniously skuttled in 1926 to form a breakwater.
		From the genesis of HMVS Cerberus, which saw the nerve centre removed from 'rear castle' configuration during the age of sail to amidships, sprang virtually all modern warships and ship design in general.
		The issue of HMVS Cerberus is considered to be of utmost importance and demanding of immediate attention given the current condition of the wreck.
	www.communityguide.com.au /site.cfm?/theheritagenet/1 (1470 words)

	HMVS Cerberus - The last chance to save her.
		The "Save The Cerberus Alliance" representing the major stakeholders and the "Friends of the Cerberus" consisting of enthusiasts (operating to support the Alliance), share the belief that saving Cerberus is of crucial importance.
		Cerberus has rested in 3 metres of water at Half Moon Bay since being scuttled to form a breakwater in 1926.
		The aim of the committee is to Raise Cerberus and rest her on a submerged supporting structure.
	www.cerberus.com.au (561 words)

	NAVY News :: Features
		HMVS Cerberus helped to protect Melbourne from attack by the Russians during the Crimean War.
		Each of Cerberus’ four 10-inch muzzle loading guns resting in twinmounted turrets, which could make a complete revolution in a blistering 39 seconds, was capable of firing a nontargeted round every 1.5 minutes.
		HMVS Cerberus, headed the vanguard of a naval technological revolution and never fired a shot in anger.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/EDITIONS/4717/feature/feature07.htm (393 words)

	ps02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Cerberus was ordered in 1868 by the State of Victoria in pre-Federation Australia to provide protection for Port Phillip Bay.
		Cerberus was the first major warship to rely on steam propulsion alone.
		Sold for scrap in 1925, she was sunk as a breakwater in the bay in 1926.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /david.hathaway/ps_web/ps02.htm (293 words)

	ourcommunity.com.au - Directory of Organisations
		He recommended that once the Cerberus is stabilised, her iron be treated with a mixture of fish oil and white spirit, "fisholene", to assist in arresting corrosion rates.
		The big guns on HMVS Cerberus could hurl ordinance more than 6.5kms with a greater degree of accuracy that was traditional from muzzle loaders due to their riffled bore.
		They know that the likes of HMVS Cerberus are a once in a life time opportunity to show the world that our forefathers also made contributions worthy of this generation's consideration, and this icon of our maritime heritage is a rare 'in your face' example of it.
	www.ourcommunity.com.au /member/directory_details.do?orgId=14741 (6423 words)

	Media Release: $80,000 HERITAGE GRANT TO PROTECT HISTORIC WRECK
		The Cerberus, built in 1868, was the flagship of the former Victorian Navy and following Federation, became part of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911.
		“HMVS Cerberus was the first armoured fighting ship to be built for service in Australia and was also the first to be designed without sails.
		Ms Delahunty said the Cerberus was commissioned by the colony of Victoria is 1868 to protect the port of Melbourne at a time when the wealth of Victoria’s goldfields was being exported and there was fear of a Russian invasion.
	www.dpc.vic.gov.au /domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/e1e14ce3f04a6529ca256f3100182797?OpenDocument (706 words)

	HMVS Cerberus - TheBestLinks.com - Australia, April 9, Battleship, December 2, ...
		HMVS Cerberus was an ironclad warship launched in 1868 to defend the Australian colony of Victoria.
		Cerberus was made the flagship of the Victorian Navy and patrolled Melbourne's Port Philip Bay for many years.
		She was now used as a floating explosives store until 1921 when she was renamed HMAS Platypus II and used for a while as a supply store for Australia's J class submarine fleet.
	www.thebestlinks.com /HMVS_Cerberus.html (619 words)

	National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - Light Relief for old warship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		She was bought with a ten pound deposit by a group of yachtsmen based at Half Moon Bay who retrieved their deposit by convincing Sandringham council to purchase the ship for 150 pounds and sink it as a breakwater.
		Cerberus suffered a major collapse in 1993 and since then, it has continued to settle into the seabed at a rate of approximately 16 millimetres per year.
		Cerberus is protected under the Victorian Heritage Act as an historic shipwreck and The Trust and Friends of the Cerberus recently nominated her for the National Heritage List which may help attract more funding.
	www.nattrust.com.au /info.asp?pg=Cerberus (463 words)

	HMVS Cerberus by Roger Marsh (Scratchbuilt 2mm scale) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Second, my father had been a parade ground 'bull' at the current Cerberus, and had told me that the shore depot had inherited the name from an old monitor that is now a breakwater.
		Cerberus belongs to a class of harbour defence monitors constructed in the 1860s, amongst the first warships constructed in Britain without sails.
		The Cerberus was purchased by the Navy of the Colony of Victoria, and eventually passed into the possession of the Royal Australian Navy.
	www.kitparade.com /features01/cerberusrm_1.htm (1035 words)

	HMVS Cerberus
		It was from the modified 'monitor' design of the Cerberus and her sisters, that lay the foundations for all surface, gun armed warships for a century until the advent of the guided missiles of the l960s.
		Because the Cerberus rolled heavily in bad weather and also because of the recent loss of the much larger turreted 'battleship', HMS Captain due to capsize, the first crew mutinied when the Cerberus, arrived at Portsmouth.
		The rusting hull of the Cerberus finally sucumbed to the elements during a fierce 1994 winter gale.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~maav/hmvscerberus.htm (1188 words)

	People's Voice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		HMAS Cerberus at Cribb Point, 15 kilometres from Hastings, was opened officially on 1 September 1920 as the Flinders Naval Base.
		She served in the Victorian Navy as HMVS Cerberus between 1871 and 1901 and then after Federation she remained in commission until 1911.
		Parts of this Cerberus were sold as scrap during the 1920s, but her hull was scuttled at Half Moon Bay, Sandringham, where it still serves as a breakwater.
	www.peoplesvoice.gov.au /stories/vic/hastings/hastings_w_hmascerberus.htm (278 words)

	1870
		A ‘Southern Cross’ flag, claimed to be the official ensign of the Colony of Victoria, was hoisted in HMVS Nelson.
		HMVS Cerberus, armoured turret ship, met a gale while on passage from Chatham to Plymouth.
		HMVS Nelson was the first warship docked in the Alfred Graving Dock at Williamstown, Vic.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~ausnavy/1870.htm (1300 words)

	Warship to give up its guns to stay above water - National - www.theage.com.au
		Launched in Britain in 1868, the Cerberus is one of three monitor-style warships left in the world and the only one to have gun turrets.
		After a major collapse in 1993, the Cerberus is settling into the seabed at a rate of about 16 millimetres a year and could go at any time.
		The Cerberus, scuttled at Half Moon Bay in 1926 as a breakwater, is protected under the Victorian Heritage Act.
	www.theage.com.au /news/National/Warship-to-give-up-its-guns-to-stay-above-water/2005/01/15/1105582768646.html?from=moreStories (483 words)

	Tool Explorer HMVS
		Details of the campaign to save the HMVS Cerberus, the first Breastwork Monitor warship.
		The time now is Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:11 pm HMVS Cerberus Discussion Forums Index, View unanswered posts.
		HMVS Cerberus was an ironclad warship purchased in 1870 to defend the Australian colony of Victoria.
	www.tool-explorer.de /Security/HMVS.php (107 words)

	National Trust of Australia - Endangered Places 2003
		The HMVS Cerberus is one of a few 'ironclad' 19th century battleships in the world.
		The 'Cerberus', scuttled in the 1920s to act as a breakwater, is owned by the City of Bayside.
		The Cerberus is a unique vessel and an important part of the nation's heritage and has been nominated for this year's list by the National Trust of Victoria.
	www.nationaltrust.org.au /ep_report01vic.htm (1213 words)

	The collapse of HMVS Cerberus
		A buoy with the rusting Cerberus in background.
		Cerberus was one of seven 'near to' sister ships.
		Cerberus in the Alfred Graving Dock in the 1870s.
	users.netconnect.com.au /~ianmac/cerberus.html (886 words)

	Cerberus Historical Shipwreck Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Cerberus was built in England in 1870 for the protection of the Port of Melbourne in the British Colony of Victoria and is the only example of an Armoured Breastwork Monitor Class Warship remaining in the world today.
		The Yacht Club is known world wide for the standard of its yacht racing and the number of world champion sailors it has produced, photos of these champions are on the club walls for tour participants to see.
		Cerberus Historical Shipwreck Tours is a subsidiary of RMG Consulting P/L, ABN 52 062 657 112
	www.cerberustours.com.au (259 words)

	Victorian-era suburbs in peril, heritage body finds - National - theage.com.au
		Government neglect is also endangering Point Cook RAAF base, west of Melbourne, and the rusting hulk of HMVS Cerberus off Black Rock.
		HMVS Cerberus, now a breakwater at Black Rock, is one of the earliest and last remaining monitor warships in the world.
		The trust said Cerberus was falling into serious disrepair and required $5 million in maintenance to save it.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/22/1061529335686.html?from=storyrhs (583 words)

	Monitor warship type - TheBestLinks.com - Australia, Battleship, USS Monitor, 1870, ...
		These were not particularly successful as sea-going ships, because of the short range caused by the low efficiency and poor reliability of the steam engines of the day.
		The first of these ships was the HMVS Cerberus, built in 1868 to 1870 and which still exists (in rather poor condition) near Melbourne, Australia.
		Attempts were made to design variations of these ships which were fully rigged to overcome both the technical and the cultural problems of relying upon a steam engine (naval tradition in the larger navies of the time meant that steam power was looked down upon).
	www.thebestlinks.com /Monitor_warship_type.html (387 words)

	Defending Victoria -- oddities, mysteries and accidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		An organ workshop in St. Kilda was badly damaged by the practice shell, and damage was done to a neighbouring house.
		While the band of HMVS Cerberus entertained a crowd at Queenscliff on the afternoon of 5 March, a selection of tunes from `HMS Pinafore' was interrupted by a loud explosion from the Bay.
		Investigation found that the crew of HMVS Albert had been shooting at shags perched on the masts of a nearby hulk with a machine-gun.
	users.netcon.net.au /~ianmac/odd.html (1535 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		HMVS stood for Her Majesty’s Victorian Ship, as Queen Victoria was the only sovereign to rule during the entire life of navy of Victoria.
		Although launched on March 2, 1870, she was quick to complete in November 1870, only two months after Cerberus.
		The first step is to remove the 10-inch MLR from the turrets, scheduled for February 2005, to lessen the weight on the breastwork and hull, with the eventual goal of raising and restoring this irreplaceable relict of history.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigCerberus.htm (4819 words)

	Heritage Network
		In accordance with our rules preservation of the 19th century iron monitor HMVS Cerberus will occupy the premier position with other positions subject to ongoing review and adjustment.
		With the Victorian State Government's recent provision of a modest amount to secure removal of the ship's four RML cannons the fate of HMVS Cerberus would appear to rest with a successful outcome to her nomination for inclusion on the Australian Government's new "Federal Heritage List".
		Heritage Buffs and patriots can aid in the campaign by contacting your local Australian Commonwealth MP or the Hon Ian Cambell (Minister for the Environment and Heritage) to directly express support for inclusion of the Cerberus and further funding to secure her future viability.
	heritagenetwork.blogspot.com (489 words)

	Photos of interest
		The HMVS Cerberus is the only remaining ironclad monitor left in the world.
		It has been declared an historic shipwreck but is in great danger of being destroyed for ever by the elements.
		Learn more about the HMVS Cerberus at Ian MacFarlane's award-winning Defending Victoria web site.
	www.geocities.com /pumbo99/hp_12.html (359 words)

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