Now would be a good time to join the battle to save HMVS Cerberus one of the most historically important 19th Century warships remaining in the world. Built in Britain in 1868 Cerberus is the last Ironclad Breastwork Monitor in the world, she was the first major British Warship to dispense with sails and formed the patten for the Pre-Dreadnought Battleships C. 1870-1905. She was the second warship to go through the Suez`Canal. The former Flagship of the Victorian Colonial Navy, of which she is the last survivor, she is also, easily, the oldest surviving warship to have served in the Royal Australian Navy, formed in 1911. She features two of the only three Cowper Coles Gun Turrets in the world and the only two with the original RML guns available. This ship should be preserved and restored as a priceless heritage treasure, an educational center and a tourist attraction. If you live in Australia, or elsewhere in the world, there has never been a better, or more important time to show your support for our maritime and Naval heritage. Join the worldwide membership of Friends of the Cerberus (website link below) and lets save the ship! To succeed in this project we need your help, time is running out, please join us, both paid and free memberships are available... Ted http://www.cerberus.com.au/ See also my Cerberus Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Restore_Cerberus/ No clean feed: Help fight internet censorship http://www.efa.org.au/category/censorship/ At about: Lat: 37° 49'S Lon: 145° 1'E.