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      24 September 1935

      • The ship commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 September 1935, under the command of Captain John U.P. FitzGerald, RN, and spent the early part of her career on the Mediterranean Station taking an active role in the Abyssinian crisis.
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  2. 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.

  3. Sydney III was commissioned in the RAN on 16 December 1948. During the Korean War she created a record for a light fleet aircraft carrier, by flying 147 sorties in two days with Sea Fury and Firefly aircraft.

  4. The Sydney was British-built, and the opposition to the ruling party in Australia at once decried the purchase from Britain rather than constructing a naval vessel at home. Nevertheless, the Sydney was commissioned on September 24, 1935, and her complement of 645 officers and sailors took great pride in their assignment.

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    • 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...

    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...

    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...

  5. Article | Updated 7 years ago. Finding Sydney Foundation Directors. Searches, Seminars and Findings. In 1976, under the new Historic Shipwrecks Act, the Western Australian Museum became responsible for the wrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and HSK Kormoran.

  6. Nov 24, 2016 · On 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.

  7. The ship commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 September 1935, under the command of Captain John U.P. FitzGerald, RN, and spent the early part of her career on the Mediterranean Station taking an active role in the Abyssinian crisis.

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