HMVS Cerberus

HMVS Cerberus is a breastwork monitor that served in the Victoria Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces, and the Royal Australian Navy between 1871 and 1924.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1868 Cerberus-class monitor
  • Also known as: “HMAS Cerberus” and “HMAS Platypus II”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sandringham Railway Station and Southland railway station.

Railway station
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Sandringham station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne and the terminus of the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. is situated 2 km north of HMVS Cerberus.

Railway station
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Southland station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Frankston line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of , in , Victoria, Australia. is situated 3½ km east of HMVS Cerberus.

School
, established in 1988, is a two-campus secondary college located in the south-eastern suburb of . In 1987 the State Government of Victoria decided to merge four schools: Beaumaris High School, Hampton High School, Highett High School, and Sandringham Technical School. is situated 2 km northeast of HMVS Cerberus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South-Eastern suburbs.

Photo: Jjron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The southeast of Melbourne is an eclectic mix of multicultural suburbs offering flavourful Asian and European foods and quaint seaside towns in which to relax.

HMVS Cerberus

Latitude
-37.96742° or 37° 58′ 3″ south
Longitude
145.0079° or 145° 0′ 28″ east
Inception
September 26th, 1926
Open location code
4RJ722M5+25
Open­Street­Map ID
way 651859000
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­wreck
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1565703
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Satellite Map

Discover HMVS Cerberus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Persian—“HMVS Cerberus” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “地狱犬号胸墙浅水重炮舰”
  • Dutch: “HMVS Cerberus”
  • Finnish: “HMVS Cerberus”
  • German: “Cerberus”
  • German: “HMVS Cerberus”
  • Italian: “HMVS Cerberus”
  • Japanese: “サーベラス (モニター)”
  • Japanese: “サーベラス”
  • Persian: “اچ‌ام‌وی‌اس سربروس”
  • “HMAS Cerberus”
  • “HMAS Platypus II”
  • “HMVS Cerberus”

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Highlights include Half Moon Bay Sailing Club and Red Bluff Look Out.

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