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      • Sydney was completed on 24 September 1935 and following acceptance trials she commissioned under the command of Captain JUP FitzGerald, RN.
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      HMAS Sydney (II) | The Sea Power Centre

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  3. vwma.org.au › explore › unitsVirtual War Memorial | HMAS Sydney (I) - WW1

    About This Unit. HMAS Sydney (1) 1913-28. The first warship to bear the name HMAS Sydney, steamed through Sydney Heads as part of the newly established Royal Australian Navy on the 5th October 1913.

  4. hmassydney.com › library › briefhistoryA Brief History of All Ships Commissioned HMAS Sydney

    HMAS Sydney I 1913-1928 Sydney I, was a Chatham class Light Cruiser commissioned on 26 June 1913. The ship's major action in WW1, occurred on the morning of 9 November 1914, when ordered to engage the German light cruiser EMDEN off the Cocos Islands.

  5. museum.wa.gov.au › explore › hmas-sydney-iiFinding HMAS Sydney (II) | Western Australian Museum

    • Finding Sydney
    • Conducting The Search
    • The Remote Operated Vehicle Search

    Both David Mearns and the Finding Sydney Foundation (FSF) methodology converged on the need to find HSK Kormoran and then establish the approximate location of HMAS Sydney (II) relative to this site. This reflected the conclusions of the Museum’s 1991 HMAS Sydney(II) seminar. In the final lead-up to the search, Mearns again collaborated with Hore i...

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    Following the extensive research from all parties, Mearns was contracted by the FSF to lead a team to examine the search area using side scanning sonar. Contractors were brought in by the FSF to provide equipment and expertise. The FSF called worldwide tenders for the vessel and side scan sonar system, with the vessel tender being awarded to DOF Su...

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    Once the Geosounderreturned to Geraldton, the operators and support crew of the DOF SubSea Remote Operated Vehicle and Dr Michael McCarthy from the Western Australian Museum, replaced most of the Williamson crew. As soon as the wrecks were found, they were declared restricted zones with non-disturbance parameters in respect for the wreck. This agre...

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  6. museum.wa.gov.au › explore › hmas-sydney-iiHistory of HMAS Sydney (II) | Western Australian Museum

    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.

  7. warfarehistorynetwork.com › article › the-mystery-ofThe mystery of HMAS Sydney has been uncovered.

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  8. www.hmassydneymemorialgeraldton.com.au › hmasHMAS Sydney II – About | HMAS Sydney II Memorial

    HMS Sydney was built at Newcastle-on-Tyne, the keel being laid down In 1933 as HMS Phaeton. She was one of three light cruisers of the British Modified Leander class, but was subsequently purchased by the Commonwealth of Australia and renamed HMAS Sydney II.

  9. www.awm.gov.au › articles › blogHMAS Sydney - 60 years on | Australian War Memorial

    8 mins read. Presented by Peter Stanley on Monday 19 November 2001 beside the Roll of Honour at the Memorial. Transcript. Sixty years ago today HMAS Sydney met the German raider, the Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia. Both ships were destroyed after a battle lasting less than an hour.

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