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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.
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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.
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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.
Dec 3, 2021 · 7 December 2021. The loss of HMAS Sydney in 1941 sent shockwaves through Australia and remains the greatest single loss of life in Australian naval history. Earlier in the year, Sydney had been celebrated after returning from her victory in the Mediterranean, where she had sunk the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni near Crete in 1940.
