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	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.
		On 19 July the Sydney and the British destroyer Havock were operating off the north-west of Crete in support of a force of four British destroyers engaged on an anti-submarine sweep.
		In her final operations in the Mediterranean, the Sydney was involved in operations with the fleet in Greek waters.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/hmas_sydney/document.htm (1039 words)

	Hmas Sydney (1934)
		''Sydney'' was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend -on- Tyne, England on 8 July 1933 as HMS ''Phaeton'', purchased by the Australian Government in 1934 and renamed in memory of the earlier ''Sydney''.
		She was launched on 22 September 1934 by Mrs S. Bruce, wife of the Australian High Commissioner to Britain and commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 September 1935.
		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.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/HMAS_Sydney_(1934) (418 words)

	HMAS Sydney (1934) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sydney was laid down by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne, England on 8 July 1933 as HMS Phaeton, purchased by the Australian Government in 1934 and renamed in memory of the earlier Sydney.
		Sydney's crowning glory was achieved on 19 July 1940, in the Battle of Cape Spada in the Greek Islands.
		Sydney was refitted at Malta and departed the Mediterranean for Australia on January 12, 1941, performing escort duties en route.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(1934) (1150 words)

	Service details of the HMAS Sydney of the Royal Australian Navy. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Laid down in 1933 for the Royal Navy as HMS PHAETON, HMAS SYDNEY was purchased (before launching) by the Australian Government in 1934 and renamed in memory of the earlier SYDNEY which had destroyed the German cruiser EMDEN in 1914.
		SYDNEY remained on local patrol duties until April 1940 when she sailed from Fremantle as part of the escort for a large Middle East bound convoy.
		SYDNEY experienced her first action when, in company with HM Ships ORION and NEPTUNE, the French Battleship LORRAINE and destroyers DAINTY, DECOY, HASTY and STUART, she took part in the bombardment of Bardia on 21 June 1940.
	www.hmassydney.com.au /service.html (1156 words)

	Where can I find Hmas Sydney (1934) information? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sydney was laid down by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne, England on 8 July 1933 as HMS Phaeton, purchased by the Australian Government in 1934 'n renamed in memory of the earlier Sydney.
		Sydney's crowning glory was effected on 19 July 1940, in the Battle of Cape Spada in the Greek Islands.
		Sydney eventuated the recompensing voyage to Fremantle, 'n was scheduled to checkup in in the this aft or virgin fl of November 20.
	en.88of100c.info /HMAS_Sydney_(1934) (1366 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)

	Flights To Sydney
		The North Sydney railway station is a CityRail station that was created as part of the construction project for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and opened to traffic on 19 March 1932 at the same time that the bridge was opened.
		Sydney is a significant global and domestic tourist destination and is regularly declared to be one of the most beautiful and livable cities in the world, admired for its harbour, beautiful coastline, warm and pleasant climate and cosmopolitan culture.
		Sydney is located in a coastal basin between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/63/flights-to-sydney.html (1022 words)

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		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.gwpda.org /medical/darby/darby.htm (7633 words)

	HMAS SYDNEY (II) - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		After being laid down in 1933 for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, Sydney was purchased (before launching) by the Australian Government in 1934 and renamed in memory of the earlier Sydney that destroyed the German cruiser Emden in 1914.
		Here Sydney experienced her first action when she took part in the bombardment of Bardia on 21 June 1940 in company with the British cruisers Orion and Neptune, the destroyers HMS Dainty, Decoy, Hasty, HMAS Stuart and the French battleship Lorraine.
		In support of this operation Sydney, was engaged in operations in the Straits of Otranto, when an Italian convoy was successfully attacked during the hours of darkness of the night of 12/13 November.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/sydney2.html (1703 words)

	About HMAS Hobart
		She was commissioned as HMAS Hobart on 28th September 1938.
		At he outbreak of WW2 HMAS Hobart was in Sydney town, she put to sea and patrolled the eastern seaboard, This was followed by a very distinguished wartime career which took her to the Indian ocean, Mediterranean, Red Sea and Pacific.
		HMAS Hobart completed three 6 month tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam in 1967, 1968 and 1970.
	www.hmashobartasswa.com /hobart.html (278 words)

	Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Reports: Inquiry into the loss of HMAS Sydney
		Sydney's expected arrival time back in Fremantle was pm on 19 November or am the following day, an estimated time of arrival that was subsequently amended by Sydney to Thursday 20 November 1941 as she departed from Fremantle.
		Sydney, approximately 10 miles distant at this stage, 'altered towards and overhauled on a slightly converging course on Kormoran's starboard quarter', continuously signalling NNJ to Kormoran.
		Sydney was already compromised by being within firing range of Kormoran's guns, and Kormoran had the element of surprise.
	www.aph.gov.au /House/committee/jfadt/sydney/Sydch_4.htm (10850 words)

	perth
		HMAS Perth was the last of thee " Modified Leander" Class light cruisers built in England and later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy(RAN).
		Of the other two, HMAS Sydney (Ex HMS Phaeton) was sunk with all hands of Western Australia by the German Raider "Kormoran" in Nov 1941.
		Perth was launched in England in 1934 and commissioned in June 1936 as HMS Amphion, From July 1936 to Dec 1938 she served on the South Africa Station based at Simonstown.
	www.usshouston.org /perth.htm (764 words)

	$200,000 for HMAS Sydney memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A light cruiser, HMAS SYDNEY 11 was launched in September of 1934 and was named after SYDNEY 1 which sank the Emden in WW 1.
		On November 19, 1941, while returning from convoy duty in Java, HMAS SYDNEY was engaged by the German armed merchant cruiser Kormoran, some 130 miles off the Western Australian coast.
		Mr Scott said, "HMAS SYDNEY visited Geraldton on a number of occasions in her career, the last time four weeks before she was lost.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/2001/08_06_01/story13.htm (356 words)

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		After being laid down in 1933 for the Royal Navy as PHAETON, SYDNEY was purchased (before launching) by the Australian Government in 1934 and renamed in memory of the earlier SYDNEY that destroyed the German cruiser EMDEN in 1914.
		The Italian cruisers were faster than SYDNEY, and were slowly growing away at a speed in the region of 30 knots.
		At 1037, the chase was abandoned, and SYDNEY headed for Alexandria as fuel and ammunition needed replenishing.
	www.drawquick.com.au /vlsvansw/hmas_sydneyII.htm (1934 words)

	Chapter 4 In Western Longitudes; In the Indian Ocean; Australia Station 1940/41
		It was, therefore, at a crucial time in the history of the war that H.M.A.S. Australia entered the Atlantic Ocean, being employed, as her first task in that sphere, as part of the escort of an important convoy from Capetown to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
		Sydney was on patrol, and apparently was about 300 miles west of Carnarvon (Western Australia) when, shortly before dusk, she encountered Steiermark (also known as Kormoran), in the guise of an inoffensive merchantman.
		H.M.A.S. Perth was one of the ships which fought in the Java Sea battle of February 27, when the Allied force, comprising Dutch, United States, and British and Australian units under the command of Rear-Admiral Doorman, joined action with a strong Japanese force which was covering a convoy heading southward from Macassar Strait.
	www.diggerhistory2.info /ran/1942/04.htm (8035 words)

	Freefire Zone Forums - The Ships of WWII Part 19: HMAS Sydney
		The Sydney displaced 6,830 tons on dimensions of 555 x 56.75 x 15.75 ft. She was provided with 72,000 SHP, giving a speed of 32 1/2 knots, a belt protection up to 100 mm, decks up to 50 mm and turret protection of 25 mm of armour.
		The Sydney spent most of her war service on the Australia station, sweeping for the Graf Spee in 1939 and providing troop convoy protection.
		The German, with the crucial element of surprise, raked the Sydney with guns and torpedoes, but with only one turret effective the Sydney inflicted such damage on the raider that she had to be abandoned and scuttled.
	www.freefirezone.net /showthread.php?t=14343 (658 words)

	HMAS Sydney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Engaged and sank the smaller German light cruiser SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos, near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean on November 9, 1914.
		HMAS Sydney (1934) - Modified Leander class light cruiser launched 22 September 1934.
		HMAS Sydney (1944) - Majestic class light aircraft carrier launched 30 September 1944 as HMS Terrible and commissioned into the RAN 16 December 1948.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Sydney (259 words)

	Tribute to Darby Allan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His initiation to the service was in the sail-training ship HMAS Tingira, which was no place for the faint-hearted; life was, by all accounts, tough and demanding.
		On arrival in UK he was sent north to join the Sydney, a cruiser which had already earned fame through her action with the German raider Emden – but, just days before he joined, the German high seas fleet surrendered.
		His time in HMAS Adelaide was the highlight of his service in the 1920’s : in 1924 that ship was attached to the Royal Navy’s Special Service Squadron and visited New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, Canada, the United States, Panama and Jamaica en route to the United Kingdom.
	hmassydney.com /darby.html (2295 words)

	HMAS Sydney, 1934
		HMAS Sydney was sunk in the action with the German Commerce Raider Kormoran.
		Sydney's A and B turrets were put out of action by a torpedo Hit and was hit by several 5.9 inch shells she was ;last seen burning furiously.
		HMAS Sydney, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMAS Sydney.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /sydney,_1934.htm (574 words)

	Australian Navy Ships--HMAS Australia (1928-1955)
		HMAS Australia, a 9850-ton heavy cruiser of the British Kent class, was built at Glasgow, Scotland.
		She remained active in the post-war era, in her final years as a training ship, until she was paid off for the last time in August 1954.
		HMAS Australia was sold for scrapping in January 1955.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/austral/aussh-ag/austr2.htm (557 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-HMAS Sydney honored at Shrine of Remembrance-
		HMAS Sydney 11, being the former HMS Phaeton light cruiser, was launched in England in 1934 and commissioned in 1935 under CAPT J.U.P. Fitzgerald.
		The 645 crosses in the Shrine lawn, one for each Sailor lost in HMAS Sydney in fight with Kormoran on the 19th.
		We mounted the HMAS Sydney11 Exhibition at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/2004ShrineofRemeberance.html (444 words)

	Australian Naval uniforms: RAN and earlier
		Hill was posted to HMAS Yarra in July 1914 and took part in the seizure, from Germany, of New Britain by the Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force.
		Hill was posted to HMAS Yarra in July 1914 and took part in the seizure, from Germany, of New Britain by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.
		He transferred to the RAN in 1915 and served in HMAS Torrens in European waters for the rest of the war.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-uniforms/aussie-naval.htm (1229 words)

	Cruisers Descriptions, Pacific War, 1942
		San Francisco, commissioned on 10 February 1934, the first of the seven "Treaty" cruisers of her class whose construction weight had been kept below 10,000 tons as agreed to by the participating nations at the London Naval Conference of 1930.
		At war's end she was at anchor in the Philippines awaiting the invasion of Japan when the war was brought to a close by dropping the atomic bomb.
		HMAS Canbarra County (Kent) Class heavy cruiser built in the UK, completed 9 July 1928.
	www.ww2pacific.com /ships2.html (2238 words)

	HMAS Sydney Launched 1912
		HMS Sydney was a Chatham Class Light Cruiser built by London and Glasgow co. and launched 29th August 1912 finally completed June 1913.
		Here she was caught and forced to fight by HMAS Sydney (Captain John C T Glossop).
		The cruisers Sydney and Melbourne, convoying troopships to Europe, caught the message 100 miles off, and, going full speed ahead, the Sydney caught sight of the Emden soon after 9 am on 9th November 1914.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hmas_sydney.htm (796 words)

	Museum Victoria [Coins and Medals] 1934-1950. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is an example of the medal awarded to the Captain and crew of HMAS Sydney on 11 February 1941 when the ship returned to Australia after war service in the Mediterranean.
		Sailing off Western Australia later the same year the Sydney was sunk by a German raider with the loss of all 645 aboard.
		Obverse – The legend PRESENTED BY THE CITIZENS OF SYDNEY TO CAPTAIN J.A.COLLINS CB.,R.A.N. Reverse – HMAS Sydney under full steam with guns smoking.
	www.museum.vic.gov.au /coins/1934/hmas_sydney_medal.html (105 words)

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		Sydney, Cape Breton, was chosen as the western terminus to help ease congestion on the port of Halifax.
		During the winters of 41 & 42 the SC convoys were shifted to Halifax, due to ice in Sydney & its approaches.
		The most famous incident involving raiders was the mutual destruction of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/15Aug.txt (1992 words)

	Naval Art prints
		HMAS Sydney Built by Swan Hunter and Launched 22nd September 1934.
		H.M.A.S Hobart glides past Mount Fiji for the surrender ceremony with Missouri in the Background.
		H.M.A.S. Shropshire at speed, bound for Sydney after being stationed with the US Fleet in Tokyo Bay 1946.
	www.naval-art.com /australian_ships.htm (1051 words)

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