HMVS Cerberus

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:personal_computer
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 4 x 10-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
8-9 inch iron plating
gptkbp:beam 45 ft
gptkbp:builder Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
gptkbp:category Australian maritime heritage
Victorian-era naval ship
gptkbp:commissioned 1871
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1924
gptkbp:displacement 3,340 tons
gptkbp:draught 15 ft
gptkbp:fate scuttled as breakwater
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMVS Cerberus
gptkbp:launched 1868
gptkbp:length 225 ft
gptkbp:location Half Moon Bay, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Cerberus_(mythology)
gptkbp:notableFor first British warship with rotating gun turrets
first warship to dispense with sails entirely
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
Victorian Naval Forces
gptkbp:preservedIn historic shipwreck
gptkbp:propulsion steam engines
gptkbp:registration gptkb:Victorian_Heritage_Register
gptkbp:sunkBy 1926
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Williamstown_Maritime_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7