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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.
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The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8) was a...
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HMAS Sydney (D48), a Leander -class light cruiser launched...
- German Auxiliary Cruiser Kormoran
HMAS Sydney II. After being laid down in 1933 for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the warship was purchased by the Australian government in 1934 and renamed HMAS Sydney in memory of the earlier Sydney. It was commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 September 1935, under the command of a Royal Navy captain, and spent the early part of its career on the ...
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Thomas Welsby Clark, 20, joined the HMAS Sydney just four months before it was ambushed by a German raider in the Indian Ocean in 1941. All 645 men on board the ship died - one of Australia's best ...
May 1, 2015 · 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.
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 ...
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. None of the Sydney 's complement of 645 men survived.
