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Sydney. (D48) HMAS Sydney, named for the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three modified Leander -class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the cruiser was purchased by the Australian government and renamed prior to her 1934 launch.
On 19 November 1941, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran engaged each other in a battle off the coast of Western Australia. Sydney, with Captain Joseph Burnett commanding, and Kormoran, under Fregattenkapitän Theodor Detmers, encountered each other approximately 106 nautical miles (196 km; 122 mi ...
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HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), named after the city of Sydney, New South Wales, is the third and final ship of the Hobart class air warfare destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Nov 19, 2021 · 18 November 2021. Reuters. Thomas Welsby Clark has been identified as Australia's famous 'unknown sailor' Australia says it has identified the body of the only sailor recovered from a ship sunk...
Home. Memorial Articles. Encyclopedia. HMAS Sydney II and the Kormoran. The loss of HMAS Sydney, 19 November 1941. The most grievous loss suffered by the Royal Australian Navy occurred on 19 November 1941, when the cruiser HMAS Sydney was lost in action with the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off the Western Australian coast.
On 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney, a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy with an impressive record of war service, was lost following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast.
May 1, 2015 · New photographs of historical shipwrecks off Western Australia have provided tangible evidence into what played out in a wartime tragedy that has long been shrouded with mystery. The HMAS Sydney was lost in November 1941 in a battle with the German cruiser Kormoran, which also sank. All 645 crewman on board the Australian light cruiser perished.
