Editing UNSC Canberra

{{Title|UNSC ''Canberra''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Individual ship infobox
|name=UNSC ''Canberra''
|image=[[File:UNSC Canberra.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=
|class={{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}<ref name="h2a">'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station]]'' (Seen on the tactical readout during cutscene)</ref>
|role=[[Flagship]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2a}}
|length={{Convert|1192|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 42''</ref>
|width={{Convert|293|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="model">3D model data</ref>
|height={{Convert|375|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|model}}
|engine=
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
|hull=
|armament=*Two [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s
*[[Point-defense gun]]s
*[[Archer missile]] pods
|complement=
|firstuse=
|commission=
|lastsight=
|destroyed=
|battles=[[Battle of Earth]]
|fleet=[[Fifth Fleet]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2a}}
|namedcrew=
|captains=[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Joseph Harper]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2a}}
|affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]]
}}

'''UNSC ''Canberra''''' ([[hull classification symbol]] '''CA-70''') was a {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}} in the [[UNSC Navy]]. ''Canberra'' served as the [[flagship]] for the [[Fifth Fleet]] and was commanded by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[J. Harper|Harper]]. It participated in the [[Battle of Earth]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|h2a}}

==Service history==
===Battle of Earth===
{{Main|Battle of Earth}}
UNSC ''Canberra'' served as the [[flagship]] of the [[Fifth Fleet]], composed of {{UNSCShip|Say My Name}}, six other {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}s, and sixty-seven {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}}s. By [[2552]], UNSC ''Canberra'' and the [[Fifth Fleet]] were stationed at [[Earth]] in the [[Sol system]] with the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]. When the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] arrived at Earth on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], Fleet Admiral Harper intended to engage the numerically disadvantaged Covenant vessels directly, though Fleet Admiral [[Terrence Hood]] instead advised for his fleet to form a defensive perimeter around the Mediterranean cluster of [[orbital defense platform]]s. When the two fleets engaged each other, Harper ordered most of the Fifth Fleet to focus on the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''Cairo Station''</ref>

==Trivia==
The ship was likely named after after [[Wikipedia:Canberra|Canberra]], the capital city of [[Australia]]. UNSC ''Canberra'' shares its [[hull classification symbol]] and name with [[Wikipedia:USS Canberra|USS ''Canberra'']], a cruiser of the [[Wikipedia:United States Navy|United States Navy]]. The latter ship was renamed to ''Canberra'' to honor the loss of [[Wikipedia:HMAS Canberra|HMAS ''Canberra'']] of the [[Wikipedia:Royal Australian Navy|Royal Australian Navy]], which in turn was named after the city of Canberra.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{C|First appearance; hologram only}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{C|Hologram only}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Marathon-class heavy cruisers]]
[[Category:UNSC ships]]