HMAS Canberra sunk in the Battle of Savo Island. http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/remembering1942/canberra/index.asp On 9 August 1942 the Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra was lost in action in the Solomon Islands, some eighteen hundred kilometres off the North Queensland coast. Crippled in a short but ferocious engagement with a force of Japanese cruisers in the early hours of the morning, the RAN ship was abandoned and sunk at 8 a.m. by allied vessels before they withdrew from the area. Roll of Honour talk, presented by Dr Chris Clark on 9 August 2002 (transcript and audio) Documents from the collection: Report of Medical Department on night action of HMAS Canberra.
