Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel

Crib Point, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

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Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Anglican Chapel Scrap Iron Flotilla

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  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
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  • Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Cumberland Argus, 8 October 1958. p.6.

    With thanks to HMAS Cerberus Museum curator Toni Munday

    Memorial Window Subject

    Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Subject

    Scrap Iron Flotilla

    Memorial Window Text

    Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Text

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    Memorial Window Inscription

    Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Inscription

    Plaque: This window dedicated to the greater Glory of God commemorates the service given to Australia by the Scrap Iron Flotilla - the 10th Destroyer Flotilla. It is a memoral to those men who served and particularly for those who diedin: HMAS Waterhen - sunk off Sollum, Libya 30 June 1941 HMAS Vampire - sunk off Ceylon 9 April 1942 HMAS Voyager - lost in Betano Bay, Timor 25 September 1942. Designed and crafted by Commodore D. Smyth AO RAN (Rtd.)

    Memorial Window Description & History

    Stained Glass Window at Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Flinders Naval Depot Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Description & History

    The central light of this three-light window was designed as a celebration of the Scrap Iron Flotilla, as noted on the window: 'Sneered at by the German Propaganda Minister Goebbels in 1939 as a 'consignment of junk, Australia's scrap iron flotilla', these old First World-War destroyers thereafter proudly accepted and adopted the title.'

    The insignia of each of the 'gallant old destroyers' was placed at the top of the window, with the Flotilla Leader, HMAS Stuart above the other four, HMAS Vampire, Vendetta, Voyager and Waterhen, and loss noted. An image of HMAS Stuart in camouflage profile, and another representing her companions were placed below the impressive list of Battle Honours: Mediterranean 1940-41; Calabria 1940; Libya 1940-41; Matapan 1941; Greece 1941; Crete 1941; New Guinea 1942-44; Pacific 1942-45.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study

    Author: Bronwyn Hughes
    Year: 2013
    Grading: Local

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