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- On 11 August, Sydney made her long awaited entry through Sydney Heads and into Port Jackson where her arrival was viewed from the shore by thousands of citizens who had turned out to see her. As she slowly made her way through the channel she was saluted with the sound of ferry whistles as she made her way to a buoy off Garden Island.
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Sydney takes to the water for the first time, 22 September 1934. Sydney was one of three British modified Leander Class light cruisers acquired by the RAN in the years immediately preceding World War II. Her sister ships were Perth and Hobart and in Australia they were known as Perth Class light cruisers.
Jan 12, 2017 · In November 1941, HMAS Sydney, along with her crew of 645 officers and men, disappeared somewhere off the coast of Western Australia, without a trace. It all started on 19 November, when Sydney crossed paths with HSK Kormoran, a German raider. At 6pm a battle ensued and both ships were critically damaged.
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.
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.
On 1 November Sydney sailed from Fremantle to again rendezvous with Zealandia which was on passage from Melbourne with HMAS Adelaide as her escort. Sydney relieved Adelaide off King George’s Sound, Albany, before escorting the troop ship to Fremantle where they arrived on 9 November.
This light cruiser was built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and named for the first HMAS SYDNEY (1911- 1928) Upon the outbreak of World War II, the SYDNEY undertook patrol duties in home waters until April 1940, when she made for the Mediterranean to join the Royal Navy's 7th Mediterranean Cruiser Squadron.
