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	HMAS Sydney
		While serving in the Mediterranean, Sydney was credited with the sinking of the Italian destroyer Espero and shared honours in the sinking of the destroyer Zeffiro during the Battle of Calabria.
		Sydney's crowning glory was achieved on 19 July 1940, in the Battle of Cape Spada in the Greek Islands.
		Sydney began the return voyage to Fremantle, and was scheduled to arrive in the afternoon or evening of 20 November.
	www.hmassydney.com.au (581 words)

	Welcome Aboard - HMAS Sydney (Royal Australian Navy)
		HMAS SYDNEY is one of the six guided missile frigates in service with the Royal Australian Navy.
		Sydney is a long-range escort with the ability to provide area air defence, anti-submarine and anti-shipping warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance and interdiction.
		Sydney also deployed to East Timor in support of INTERFET in 1999 and in 2000, supported the efforts bring peace to the Solomon Island.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/sydney/default.html (280 words)

	HMAS SYDNEY - Find Friends from HMAS SYDNEY at Forces Reunited
		Richard Asher was at HMAS Sydney between 1954 and 1967.
		William Mansfield was at HMAS Sydney between 1950 and 1960.
		John Wakefield was at HMAS Sydney between 1953 and 1959.
	www.kiteflyers-directory.co.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMAS-Sydney.html (221 words)

	HMAS Sydney [Australian War Memorial]
		The second HMAS Sydney was laid down on 8 July 1933 by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne, United Kingdom, as HMS Phaeton.
		In her final operations in the Mediterranean, the Sydney was involved in operations with the fleet in Greek waters.
		The Sydney crossed the Kormoran's stern and by this time had ceased firing as her guns were unable to bear.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/hmas_sydney/document.htm (1039 words)

	HMAS Sydney [Australian War Memorial]
		In the ensuing action the Kormoran's disguise was sufficient to entice the Sydney into close range where she was able to overwhelm her with gunfire and torpedoes.
		However, although mortally hit, the Sydney was able to fight back and ensure the raider's destruction before limping slowly away to her own fate and that of her crew.
		HMAS Sydney - 60 years on - a talk presented by Peter Stanley on Monday 19 November 2001 beside the Roll of Honour at the Memorial.
	www.awm.gov.au /Encyclopedia/hmas_sydney/index.htm (437 words)

	Chapter 28: HMAS SYDNEY
		HMAS Sydney's crew could see the destroyers firing at the enemy and during the morning were so close to the North Korean coast, that we could see landmarks and buildings.
		HMAS Sydney sailed from Sasebo on 18 November with HMS Belfast and destroyers for the north east coast of Korea for a combined air-surface strike on Hungnam scheduled for 20 and 21 November.
		HMAS Sydney's catapult (for launching aircraft) was giving the crew considerable problems caused by malfunctions and when there was a breakdown rumours were rife that we were to proceed to the Naval Dockyard at Hong Kong for repairs.
	www.kmike.com /oz/kr/chapter28.htm (5952 words)

	HMAS Sydney (1913-1928) & SMS Emden
		The light cruiser HMAS Sydney was built in the United Kingdom and commissioned in June 1913.
		Sydney was present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918.
		In 1918 1000 coins were mounted by the Sydney jeweller W Kerr and presented by Glossop to the officers and men of the Sydney who were on board at the time of the engagement.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/sydney.htm (1025 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot - Loss Of HMAS Sydney
		She was taken over “on the stocks” and launched as HMAS SYDNEY by the wife of the Australian High Commissioner to London, Mrs S. Bruce, at Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson’s Tyneside shipyard on 22 September, 1934.
		SYDNEY was commissioned 367 days later in the Tyne and headed for duty at Portsmouth, under the command of her first skipper, Captain J. FitzGerald RN.
		HMAS SYDNEY’s moment of glory was on 19 July, 1940 when she tackled two of the fastest cruisers in the world and sank one.
	www.gunplot.net /sydneyww2/sydneymystery2.html (2524 words)

	HMAS Sydney
		On the 19th November 1941 the Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney (7,198 tons) enroute to the port of Fremantle in Western Australia sighted a merchant type vessel about 12 miles from her position, 150 miles south west of Carnarvon.
		The Sydney was soon on fire with her forward gun turrets wrecked and out of action, but her after guns kept up the action with a short but decisive burst which hit the Kormoran's engine room and caused the eventual demise of the ship.
		The Sydney who was by now down by the bow tried to come to bear on the stern of the Kormoran but narrowly missed with a salvo of torpedo's.
	australasia.freewebsitehosting.com /hmas_sydney.htm (594 words)

	HMAS Sydney
		Crew members aboard HMAS Sydney peer through the hole in the forward funnel, damaged during the action against the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Cape Spada, Crete, in July 1940.
		Sydney continued in action against the Italian convoys and participated in bombardments of the Libyan coast before leaving Alexandria in January 1941 for Australia.
		Arriving in Sydney, the ship’s commanding officer, Captain John Collins, RAN, and his crew were greeted by enthusiastic crowds and given a civic reception: their success at Cape Spada had made them ‘the toast of the country’.
	www.ww2australia.gov.au /waratsea/HMASsydney.html (987 words)

	John Vaughan & HMAS Sydney- Part 1
		July 25, 1913 and HMAS Sydney departs Plymouth under the command of Captain John Collings Taswell Glossop, RN; she is Australia bound.
		The Sydney breaks away as the battle continues and having made sea room is able to use her superior speed and firepower to continue to inflict terrible damage on the Emden.
		Sydney now starts her return to the Emden and on the way allows the towed boats to begin picking up survivors from the Emden.
	homepages.tesco.net /~pandin/page23.html (3416 words)

	CDNN :: Deep Mystery - Finding the HMAS Sydney
		Mearns has been researching the Sydney since 2003, but was hired this month by the Finding Sydney Foundation, a group of volunteers leading the latest search for the RAN ship sunk off Western Australia by a German raider in November 1941.
		Mearns had this decoded by Peter Hore, a former Royal Navy captain, linguist and author of HMAS Sydney II: The Cruiser and the controversy in the archives of the United Kingdom.
		The pride of the RAN, the Sydney was a 7300-ton battle cruiser, with its crew drawn from all around the nation.
	www.cdnn.info /news/industry/i050228.html (1346 words)

	Cape Spada. HMAS Sydney at her finest
		Sydney and Havoc, whose presence was unknown to the Italians, were some miles away, and it was going to be what would, in the circumstances, be a considerable time before they could throw their weight in to even things up a bit.
		She came rushing to the southward, on the port beam of the Italians, guns flashing, battle ensigns streaming, and such a smother of foam at bow and stern that from the destroyers one seemed almost to hear the high-tensioned scream of the machinery driving her across the water.
		At 0835 Sydney's fire appeared to be effective on the leading Italian, and at 0841 the enemy turned away and retired south-westwards, and the action developed into a chase, with Sydney and her five attendant destroyers as the pursuers.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/cape-spada.htm (1263 words)

	HMAS Sydney Memorial - Eternal Flame
		The HMAS Sydney Memorial, sitting high on the hill overlooking the Indian Ocean in Geraldton, is one of the most imaginative memorials in the State.
		On November 19th, 1941 somewhere west of Carnarvon the light cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney II encounter what appeared to be a foreign merchant ship.
		A battle ensued with the Sydney being struck by a torpedo with in minutes of the battle, she was however able to hit the Kormoran three times.
	www.westaustralianvista.com /hmas-sydney-memorial.html (455 words)

	HMAS MELBOURNE
		HMAS MELBOURNE was one of six 'Majestic' class aircraft carriers which were laid down in 1943, and was in fact laid as HMS Majestic for the Royal Navy.
		In 1947, the Australian government having decided to acquire two aircraft carriers, two of the class, HMS Majestic and HMS Terrible (later HMAS Sydney) were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy.
		She lay at moorings in Sydney Harbour, awaiting disposal, and after sale to a private Australian company in June 1984 fell through, she was finally sold in February 1985, to China United Shipbuilding Company for $1.4 million.
	www.mgbv8.org /hmas_melbourne.htm (721 words)

	Sinking of the HMAS Sydney - is this what happened? by Glen Porter
		Late in the afternoon on the 19th of November 1941, while returning from escort duty to Sunda Strait the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney met and fought with the German Raider Kormoran.
		Imagine the confusion in Sydney’s gun director, when, with all guns loaded and ready to go but aimed off, they were informed that the ship they were facing was a raider and had just opened fire on them.
		The thing to do at this point, was to get in close to the Kormoran as quickly as possible and get a boarding party on board her before she could attempt to scuttle with the hope of not only capturing the ship but also any documents that may still be there.
	www.clubhyper.com /reference/sinkingsydneygp_1.htm (1517 words)

	A tribute to Lost Crew – the story of the HMAS Sydney II
		A tribute to Lost Crew – the story of the HMAS Sydney II One of the Royal Australian Navy’s most grievous losses occurred in 1941 when all 645 crew members of the HMAS Sydney II were lost in an action with the German cruiser Komoran off the West Australian coast.
		The HMAS Sydney II, being the former HMS Phaeton light cruiser, was launched in England in 1934 and commissioned in 1935.
		However, although mortally hit, the Sydney II was able to fight back and ensure the destruction of the enemy ship before meeting her own fate and that of her crew.
	www.shrine.org.au /content.asp?document_id=1492 (666 words)

	Naval Battle between the SMS Emden and HMAS Sydney
		The Sydney with her faster speed, six inch guns and greater range was able to get out of range of the Emden's guns, and over a period of the next hour and half, pounded the Emden with gunfire inflicting tremendous damage.
		The Emden tried to close with the Sydney to get in range and at one stage was able to do so, but her guns had been put out of action.
		The Sydney returned at about 1.00 pm towing two boats from the Buresk and with the Buresk's crew.(The 'take-over' German crew of the Buresk had scuttled the ship when the Sydney caught up with her).
	www.geocities.com /pumbo99/battle_1.html (746 words)

	The HMAS Sydney/HSK Kormoran engagement an analysis
		The possibility that HMAS Sydney was attempting to make the coast before it disappeared was considered a reasonable assumption and oil exploration records of the Shark Bay area were searched at the request of Michael Montgomery, leading to the finding of a very promising magnetic anomaly.
		The Sydney Trust was formed in 1995 with the intention of raising public consciousness re the Sydney and possibly locating its remains.
		The reformation of the HMAS Sydney Trust as the HMAS Sydney Foundation Trust, after the tragic death of its founder, the late Wayne Sydney Borne, served to raise public perception further and, in providing a vehicle for public and political expressions of interest required to enable a specific-purpose search for the Sydney to take place.
	www.museum.wa.gov.au /collections/maritime/march/shipwrecks/sydney/Sydney.html (2791 words)

	Dr Leonard Darby, Post-Action Report, HMAS Sydney engagement with SMS Emden, 9 November 1914 \| The Great War \| Medical ...
		After the action he wrote his report to Captain J C T Glossop, Commanding Officer of HMAS Sydney, and this was published in Australia in 1915 by the Government Printer of the Commonwealth of Australia.
		HMAS Sydney had seventeen casualties and their management is described in full detail.
		He joined HMAS Sydney in May 1913 and was her Senior Surgeon until May 1918 when he was appointed to HMAS Penguin, the Naval Hospital in Sydney.
	www.vlib.us /medical/darby/darby.htm (7654 words)

	The Loss of HMAS Sydney
		HMAS PERTH was already under the control of the Admiralty and that four destroyers were already on loan from the Royal Navy.
		HMAS ADELAIDE was to act as escort from Port Jackson, and escort the ZEALANDIA as far as King George Sound south of Albany.
		The archival evidence for Sydney having been the source of the distress signal mentioned in the Weekly Summary is thus inconclusive.
	members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/HMASSydney/HMASSydney-1.html (4557 words)

	Australian Navy
		Including the naval history of the cruisers HMAS Australia, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Perth and HMAS Sydney.
		Guinea during W W 2 and on return to Sydney, was utilised as the H Q ship of the
		Sydney division of the Reserve Fleet until she was sold out of service in the
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /australian_navy.htm (904 words)

	The Search for HMAS SYDNEY and HSK KORMORAN
		The Royal Australian Navy Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney II was lost with all hands after an action in which she sank the German raider HSK Kormoran off the west coast of Australia on 19th November 1941.
		On 17th August 2005, the Prime Minister announced a grant of $1.3 million to HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd. towards the cost of an in-water search for the wrecks in the vicinity of 26 S, 111 E. Contributions by the WA and NSW governments have brought the total to $2.05 million.
		HMAS SYDNEY Search Pty Ltd, in conjunction with Blue Water Recoveries Ltd, are planning an in-water search for HSK Kormoran in the vicinity of 26S, 111E.
	www.users.bigpond.net.au /Sydney_search (1242 words)

	The War at Sea
		The German light cruiser SMS Emden, aground and on fire after battle with the RAN light cruiser HMAS Sydney off Cocos-Keeling Islands, HMAS Sydney is visible in the far distance.
		On 9 November 1914, whilst escorting a convoy near the Cocos Islands, the light cruiser HMAS Sydney was detached to investigate the sighting of a strange warship.
		Charles Bryant, HMAS Sydney’s fight with a Zeppelin in the North Sea, c.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/ww1/anecdotes/waratsea.html (1326 words)

	Sigintel History - HMAS Sydney
		This submission was provided to the recent Parliamentary Inquiry into the circumstances of the 1941 sinking of HMAS Sydney by the German raider Kormoran.
		The purpose of this Submission is to provide the Inquiry with a description of the conduct of signals intelligence (Sigint) at the time of the sinking of HMAS Sydney, and an explanation of the involvement of DSD in the management of Sigint-related records dating from that period.
		A reference in that document to the Sydney was released in 1996.
	www.dsd.gov.au /sigint/hmas_sydney.html (4168 words)

	Remembering Anzacs and not forgetting HMAS Sydney - On Line Opinion - 24/4/2007
		Notwithstanding the importance of secrecy regarding HMAS Sydney’s actions and loss at the time, it is significant that the governments of these countries continue to maintain that secrecy to this day for political and economic reasons.
		Both the alleged murder of the Sydney crew by Kormoran survivors (and its disguise) and the alleged involvement of a Japanese submarine are of historical, international and national significance.
		However, that Sydney’s men were fired on with small arms is confirmed in the statements of Heinz Grossman, the Kormoran crewmember who broke with the version told by the other German survivors, and which Australian governments have accepted as the official version of events.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=5760 (2804 words)

	Protesters stop HMAS Sydney leaving harbour - War on Iraq - smh.com.au
		Meanwhile the sailors on board HMAS Sydney continued to stand unperturbed in formation along the sides of the deck above.
		Greenpeace protester James Courtney, speaking from a yacht blocking the entrance to Sydney Harbour, said none of the protesters were in danger.
		HMAS Sydney would be deployed for four months, well into phase four, and he expected Australia to play some role.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/04/08/1049567651003.html (1439 words)

	North Sydney Council - HMAS Platypus
		Handed over to the Harbour Trust in June 2005, HMAS Platypus is nestled below the suburb of Neutral Bay on a quiet harbour inlet.
		Formerly the site of a gasworks, a workshop for servicing torpedoes, and a base for Australia's submarines, the site that has been left is an industrial setting that is excavated out of the sandstone and spread over several levels.
		HMAS Platypus is currently closed to public access while the Harbour Trust develops a management plan for the site and conducts assessments of the ground contamination and buildings on the site.
	www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au /www/default.asp?intSiteID=1&guiValue=4E738005-4F35-477D-9E89-9094E4E0B23F (203 words)

	HMAS Sydney Geraldton Tourism
		HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands in a mysterious battle, believed to be off the Geraldton coast.
		It is known that on 17 November 1941, HMAS Sydney left the Sundai Straits; and HMAS Sydney had a cruise speed of 25 knots.
		Blazing and under fire from the raider, HMAS Sydney limped off into the evening, she could be seen brightly until 11pm then only occasional flickerings were sighted until HMAS Sydney was gone from sight by midnight.
	www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/hmas_sydney.html (616 words)

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