Do you really know which is the capital city of Australia without googling it first?
It is actually quite shocking how many people get it wrong, I had no idea it was such a common mistake.
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beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
Canberra.
The easy way to remember this is that HMAS Canberra was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island (scuttled after heavy damage). Canberra was one of only two large cruisers in the Australian Navy, HMAS Australia being the other.
The U.S. would later name one of its new Baltimore-class heavy cruisers after Canberra, the only ship in the U.S. Navy to have been named after a foreign capital.
The easy way to remember this is that HMAS Canberra was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island (scuttled after heavy damage). Canberra was one of only two large cruisers in the Australian Navy, HMAS Australia being the other.
The U.S. would later name one of its new Baltimore-class heavy cruisers after Canberra, the only ship in the U.S. Navy to have been named after a foreign capital.
