Pacific ships

RAN · CA

Canberra

Photos and info
Sunk

County-class heavy cruiser. Southern patrol at Savo Island, with Chicago. Japanese cruisers wrecked her. Not credited to one ship. Selfridge and Ellet sank the hulk in the morning.

County classWrecked at Savo Island, 9 August 1942, before she could fire a gun. Scuttled that morning by Selfridge and Ellet. Captain Getting was killed.

U.S. Navy. HMAS Canberra (D33) underway off Tulagi, circa 7 August 1942.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

WPWilfrid R. PattersonIn command, September 1939HFHarold Bruce FarncombCaptain from June 1940GMGeorge Dunbar MooreCaptain from 24 December 1941FGFrank Edmund GettingCaptain from June 1942In command when she was lost, 9 August 1942

Battle of Savo Island

1942-08-09 · wrecked; scuttled that morning

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Shot and shell

Taken · damagedfrom Mikawa's cruisers
Japanese cruisers wrecked Canberra before she could fire a gun. Not credited to one ship.
Taken · sunkfrom Selfridge and Ellet
Selfridge and Ellet finished the abandoned Canberra that morning with gunfire and torpedoes. Not credited to one of them.