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CA Canberra
Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Australia | 1925/09/09 John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank, Scotland | 1927/03/31 | 1928/07/10 | 1942/08/09
sunk | |
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| TTD differences from class:42/05: torpedo tubes removed | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/01 | escort troop convoys to New Guinea | 108 | |||
| 42/02/04 | escort Aquitania to Java | 81 | |||
| 42/02/07 | 42/05/1? | Sydney - refit, radar installation | 81 108 | ||
| 42/05 | 81 | ||||
| 42/05/1? | escort convoy from Sydney to Melbourne, then sail back to Sydney | 108 | |||
| 42/05/1? | 42/06 | Sydney | 108 | ||
| 42/06 | 42/07/19 | 44 | sweep Coral Sea, exercises | 108 69 | |
| 42/07/19 | 42/07/29 | Watch | 62.2 | ||
| 42/08/09 | Watch | 62/SouthGrp | xSavo - sunk(IJN) | ||