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  1. 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. Passing Crete at sunset, and through the Kaso Strait at midnight, they awoke to a light ...

  2. 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.

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  4. www.spatialsource.com.au › hmas-sydney-survey-75HMAS Sydney: a survey 75 years in the making - Spatial Source

    Nov 24, 2016 · O n 19th November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, HMAS Sydney II, a state of the art cruiser that had already won several battles, disappeared in home waters off the Western Australian coast. When a search for the famous ship was commenced, hundreds of sailors were rescued from small boats… but they were all German Navy crewmen.

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

    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. Built in the United Kingdom, she was a 'Cruiser 2nd Class' armed with 6 inch guns in armoured turrents, second only to the Battleship HMAS Australia ( and RAN Flagship) in term of firepower.

  6. museum.wa.gov.au › explore › hmas-sydney-iiResearch and Findings on HMAS Sydney (II) | Western ...

    In 1976, under the new Historic Shipwrecks Act, the Western Australian Museum became responsible for the wrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and HSK Kormoran. Reports of the engagement, research, and claims that the wrecks had been found were collated in a file. At 56 volumes this is now the largest of all the Museum’s files.

  7. collections.sea.museum › objects › 6822HMAS SYDNEY II – Works – collections.sea.museum/

    It became a national World War II symbol for the Australian public.HistoryHMAS SYDNEY (II) was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. at Wallsend on Tyne in 1933 and launched in 1934. 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 ...

  8. www.abc.net.au › news › 2016/11/18Emotional exhibition featuring HMAS Sydney (II) unravels ...

    Nov 17, 2016 · HMAS Sydney (II) was sunk on November 19, 1941. (Supplied: WA Museum) An exhibition featuring two wartime shipwrecks that were the subject of decades of speculation will offer a rare glimpse into ...

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