Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Onetenor on June 09, 2018, 04:19:20 pm

Title: HMVS CERBERUS
Post by: Onetenor on June 09, 2018, 04:19:20 pm

HMVS CERBERUS the world's first turret armed ship. On ABANDONED ENGINEERING now Also the ghost fleet in the POTOMAC river U.S.A. Wooden steamers built in WWII (2) and never used. Now a nature  reserve/reef of  burnt out hulks filled with rocks to sink them. I wonder if we could get plans for any of them.

Title: Re: HMVS CERBERUS
Post by: ballastanksian on June 09, 2018, 06:34:27 pm

Hi John,


I recall there is a Cerberus preservation trust in Oz that does something like a card model and/or drawings of her. As she was built for the Australians, the NMM, might have drawings. It is possible that the builder or their archive holders might have something of use. As for the wooden steamers, then lots of Googling will turn something up I am sure.


Do a search on this forum as well, as there are at least eleven years of topics that may hold something?

Title: Re: HMVS CERBERUS
Post by: Barry on June 10, 2018, 02:52:09 am

https://www.papershipwright.co.uk/product/hmvs-cerberus/
http://www.cerberus.com.au/index.html
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C178552

Title: Re: HMVS CERBERUS
Post by: BrianB6 on June 10, 2018, 04:33:57 am

I have vague memories of posting these photos on here before so there might be a thread about her.   Sorry about the spelling on the photo titles.  :((

Title: Re: HMVS CERBERUS
Post by: malcolmfrary on June 10, 2018, 08:56:33 am

Quote from: john mantova on June 09, 2018, 05:14:30 pm

I meant WW11

They were built not quite in time for world war 1, scuttled in 1925 when the salvage company bent bust.

Title: Re: HMVS CERBERUS
Post by: BrianB6 on June 10, 2018, 10:25:24 am

I don't know about the American ships but Cerberus was built in 1871.   Look her up on Wiki