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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

HMAS Canberra Plaque

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Royal Australian Navy

1996

Overview

Wooden shield-shaped plaque with raised painted metal emblem of HMAS Canberra. Beneath the emblem is a engraved brass-like plaque.

Historical information

This plaque was presented to the museum during the ship's visit to Albany port in 1996.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2013.5.36

Item type

Plaques

Themes

Material

Metal

Wood

Width

153 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Weight

463 g

Inscriptions and markings

"CANBERRA / FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY" with "PRESENTED BY / THE SHIPS COMPANY - HMAS CANBERRA / - 1996 -"

Keywords

Royal Australian Navy

Hmas Canberra

Albany

Place made

Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Monday, 22 June, 2026

Completeness

100

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