The Sydney Morning Herald reported:- ‘The Navy found itself with two of its four cruisers undergoing refits, its one remaining heavy cruiser still lacking protective armour without which ships of this class are considered unfit for war’. The un-armoured cruiser was HMAS CANBERRA, lost at Savo Island in 1942.
Australian Naval History on 27 October 1938
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