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Memorial windows for the first three HMA Ships Sydney (right) and the carrier HMAS Melbourne

Five ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Sydney, after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales.

  • HMAS Sydney (1912), a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912, decommissioned in 1928, and broken up for scrap
  • HMAS Sydney (D48), a Leander-class light cruiser launched in 1934, and sunk following a battle with the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran on 19 November 1941
  • HMAS Sydney (R17), a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier launched in 1944, decommissioned in 1973, and broken up for scrap
  • HMAS Sydney (FFG 03), an Adelaide-class guided missile frigate launched in 1980, and decommissioned in 2015
  • HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), a Hobart-class air warfare destroyer in service since 2020

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Sinking of HMAS Sydney

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HMAS Sydney, pp. 158–60 Winter, H.M.A.S. Sydney, p. 233 Montgomery, Who Sank The Sydney?, pp. 186–8 Frame, HMAS Sydney, p. 160 Cole, The Loss of HMAS...

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HMAS Sydney

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Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Sydney, after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales. HMAS Sydney (1912), a Town-class light cruiser launched...

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Search for HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

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Numerous attempts were made to find the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, which were both lost in a sea battle...

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Battle of Cocos

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soldiers departed from Albany, Western Australia, with escorts HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMS Minotaur, and the Japanese battlecruiser Ibuki. During the...

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HMAS Parramatta Shipwreck and Memorials

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Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney; with HMAS Swan (1915), HMAS Huon (1914) and HMAS Torrens (1915) built solely at Cockatoo. HMAS Parramatta (I) was one of...

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History of the Royal Australian Navy

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Navy Majestic-class aircraft carriers then under construction (HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Sydney) to build up a Fleet Air Arm. In the 1960s, the RAN began to...

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Geraldton

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Woman Construction". HMAS Sydney II Memorial. September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2023. McCarthy, Michael (June 2002). "The HMAS Sydney/HSK Kormoran engagement:...

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Duncan Stevens

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Navy officer, best remembered for being in command of HMAS Voyager when she collided with HMAS Sydney in 1964, leading to his death. After former Voyager...

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Thomas Welsby Clark

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1940, and was trained as a submarine detector at HMAS Cerberus and HMAS St Giles. Clark joined Sydney's crew on 19 August 1941, and was promoted to Able...

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German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

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Indian oceans. She is also known for sinking the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney during a mutually destructive battle off Western Australia on 19 November...

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Theodor Detmers

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the commerce raider Kormoran when it sunk the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle. Detmers joined the Reichsmarine in...

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Joseph Burnett

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most widely known as the captain of the light cruiser HMAS Sydney in the battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran on 19 November 1941. He fought in both...

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