X-Nico

unusual facts about HMAS ''Cerberus''



1000 Miles Away

The crew of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Canberra had an association with the song after they adopted it as their 'anthem'.

139th Intelligence Squadron

The Cerberus symbolizes the three-fold nature of the unit’s National, Air Force and State intelligence missions.

AE1

HMAS AE1, the first submarine to serve in the Royal Australian Navy

Anubis

Although the Greeks and Romans typically scorned Egypt's animal-headed gods as bizarre and primitive (Anubis was known to be mockingly called "Barker" by the Greeks), Anubis was sometimes associated with Sirius in the heavens, and Cerberus in Hades.

Bermagui

HMAS Bermagui, a commissioned auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy during World War II

Cerbera

The genus is named after Cerberus because all its parts are poisonous : they contain cerberin, a cardiac glycoside, a substance that blocks electric impulses in the body (including the beating of the heart).

Cerbera manghas

Because of its deadly poisonous seeds, the genus name is derived from Cerberus, the hell dog from the Greek mythology, thus indicating the toxicity of the seeds.

Cerbère

The derivation of the name has certainly nothing to do with the dog Cerberus, (Cerbère in French), guardian of Hell in Greek mythology, even if Cape Cerbère could appear as a guard post at the entry to Spain.

Cerbere

Naberius, a demon with several alternative spellings, including Cerberus, Cerbere

Cerberus gene family

Anterior-posterior patterning by Cerberus is accomplished by acting as an antagonist to nodal, bmp, and wnt signaling molecules in the anterior region of the vertebrate embryo during gastrulation.

Cerberus rynchops

The New Guinea bockadam or dog-faced water snake, Cerberus rynchops, is a species of a colubrid snake found in coastal waters of Asia and Australia.

Darwin Rebellion

The Government was alarmed, and within a week of the incident the lightly armed gunboat HMAS Una arrived to protect the Administrator.

Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus

The main character is Elvira's boyfriend, whose mission is to save Elvira, captured by the demon Cerberus who wants to use her magical power for his own aims.

Erich Rudorffer

In 1942 Rudorffer participated in Operation Cerberus (Channel Dash) and flew over the Allied landings at Dieppe in August 1942.

Geri and Freki

Philologist Maurice Bloomfield further connected the pair with the two dogs of Yama in Vedic mythology, and saw them as a Germanic counterpart to a more general and widespread Indo-European "Cerberus"-theme.

Bloomfield, Maurice (1908) "Cerberus" in: Hastings, James (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol.

HMAS Durraween

Together with HMAS Orara, they sweeped for mines off Wilsons Promontory in November 1940 and removed forty-three mines from Bass Strait, which had been laid by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin and auxiliary minelayer Passat.

HMAS Heros

In late November and early December 1941 she took part in the search for survivors from HMAS Sydney and found one of the ship's carley floats: one of only two items found from the cruiser, and currently on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

HMS Curlew

HMAS Curlew was a Ton-class minesweeper, launched in 1953 as HMS Montrose, renamed HMS Chediston in 1958 and then HMAS Curlew on her transfer to the Royal Australian Navy in 1962.

HMVS Childers

During World War I she served in Victorian waters and as a tender to HMAS Cerberus.

Larrakeyah, Northern Territory

Features of Larrakeyah include the Larrakeyah Barracks (an Army barracks combined with HMAS Coonawarra Naval Base) that takes up most of the suburb, Larrakeyah Terrace (a pleasant harbour-front street with an open park for picnics and walks), as well as being close by to the tourist attractions in Darwin City, Cullen Bay, Mindil Beach and the George Brown Botanical Gardens.

Loch Vennachar

The shank and the stock were then respectively conveyed to Port Adelaide on MV Troubridge and on HMAS Banks.

Los Cancerberos del Infierno

Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Spanish for "The Infernal Cerberus" or "Infernal Hellhounds") is a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable, currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Mount Cerberus

It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) after Cerberus, a three-headed dog of Greek mythology.

No. 98 Squadron RAF

The squadron claims to have barred the way (front and rear) during the German retreat in 1918 and so considered Cerberus, as the watchdog of Hades, a suitable badge.

Planet B

All the while, John and Medley are being watched by an dog-like antivirus programme called Cerberus (Chris Pavlo) who, along with the Planet B Corporation, considers the rogues to be a computer virus that need to be wiped out.

Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society

For instance, there are members in countries such as the United States and the Netherlands, and a semi-autonomous national group in Australia that has stations in three museum ships: HMAS Vampire, HMAS Diamantina, and HMAS Castlemaine.

Stawell

HMAS Stawell, a Bathurst class corvette named after the Australian settlement

Strahan

HMAS Strahan, Bathurst class corvette serving during World War II

Super Saver Foods

That same year, Cerberus has made a decision to close the entire Super Saver store chain on August 1, except for a couple of stores in Utah.

Task Force 44

In mid-1944, Commodore John Augustine Collins was made commander of the Australian-US Navy Task Force 74, and commander of the Australian Naval Squadron, with HMAS Australia as his flagship.

Terence Cole

On 31 March 2008, Cole was appointed to head an inquiry into the loss of the cruiser HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle during World War II.

Timothy Monckton Synnot

He was a descendant of Monckton Synnot and the older brother of Admiral Anthony Synnot he joined the RAN in 1930 and served on HMAS Hobart in World War II, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and was mentioned in Despatches.

Warrego

HMAS Warrego, two ships of the Royal Australian Navy named after the river

Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark

The Cerberus was lost trying to avoid the French in 1778 around the time of the Battle of Rhode Island.


see also