HMAS Canberra
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Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Canberra, for Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
- {{HMAS|Canberra|D33}}, a County-class cruiser launched in 1927 and sunk after the Battle of Savo Island in 1942
- {{HMAS|Canberra|FFG 02}}, an Adelaide-class guided missile frigate launched in 1978, decommissioned in 2005, and scuttled as a dive wreck in 2009
- {{HMAS|Canberra|L02}}, lead vessel of the Canberra-class landing helicopter docks, launched in 2011, and active as of 2022
Battle honours
Five battle honours are associated with the name HMAS Canberra.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archivedate=14 June 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2012}}
- East Indies 1940–41
- Pacific 1941–42
- Guadalcanal 1942
- Savo Island 1942
- Persian Gulf 2002
See also
- {{SS|Canberra}}, a passenger liner launched in 1961, which served during the Falklands War as a troopship, and was sold for scrap in 1997
- {{USS|Canberra|CA-70}}, 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.{{cite journal |last=Perryman |first=John |title=Ships named Canberra |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/semaphore-june-2012 |journal=Semaphore |volume=2012 |issue=4 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |accessdate=24 December 2012}}
- {{USS|Canberra|LCS-30}}, an Independence-class littoral combat ship.