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22 September 1934
- Sydney takes to the water for the first time, 22 September 1934.
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On 8 July 1933 the ship that would become Sydney (II) was laid down as HMS Phaeton in the shipyard of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, at Wallsend-on-Tyne in England.
- Modified Leander Class
- Light Cruiser
- D48
On 19 July 1940, against superior odds, Sydney, under the command of Captain John Collins, RAN, engaged and destroyed the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni and damaged another, the Giovanni Delle Bande Nere.
SYDNEY remained at sea with the Fleet until 13 July 1940 when she returned to Alexandria. On 18 July 1940, SYDNEY with destroyer HAVOCK in company, sailed from Alexandria. Her orders were to support the destroyers HYPERION, ILEX, HERO and HASTY engaged on a submarine hunt off Crete, and destroy enemy shipping in the Gulf of Athens.
The loss of HMAS Sydney in November 1941 with all hands came as a tremendous blow to the Royal Australian Navy and the entire Australian community during a particularly dark period of World War II.
- Modified Leander Class
- Light Cruiser
- D48
Sep 20, 2023 · It was in the middle of the Second World War, and his older brother Percival was serving as a stoker aboard the light cruiser HMAS Sydney. The pride of the Royal Australian Navy, Sydney had been lost off the West Australian coast after an attack by the German merchant raider Kormoran in November 1941.
HMAS Sydney (II) set sail from Alexandria on 18 July 1940 with the HMS Havock en route to support the convoy of destroyers Hyperion, Ilex, Hero and Hasty. Their mission: hunt for enemy submarines off Crete, and destroy enemy shipping in the Gulf of Athens.
The loss of HMAS Sydney II was the first and most significant in a succession of Australian naval losses that directly threatened the security of Australia and the surrounding seas, having occurred only 17 days before the Japanese launched their attacks in Southeast Asia and the Northern Pacific.
