Pacific ships

RAN · CL

Sydney

Photos and info
Sunk

Modified Leander-class light cruiser. On 19 November 1941 she intercepted the disguised German raider Kormoran and both ships were lost. Sydney went down with every man aboard.

ClassModified Leander class
TypeLight cruiser (CL)
HullD48
FateSunk. 19 November 1941 west of Western Australia by the German raider Kormoran. Lost with all 645 hands. This is the second Sydney, not the later carrier.
Armament (class)Modified Leander. Four twin 6-inch turrets and two funnels.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Australian War Memorial. HMAS Sydney (AWM 301473).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Collins, John AugustineCaptain from 16 November 1939Burnett, JosephCaptain from 15 May 1941In command when she was lost, 19 November 1941

Sydney and Kormoran

1941-11-19 · sunk with all hands

Sunk
KormoranAMC · KM
Photos and infoSydney and Kormoran

Shot and shell

sunk · gunHSK Kormoran
Sydney's gunfire left Kormoran sinking. The raider was scuttled. Most of her crew survived.
Taken · sunkfrom HSK Kormoran
Kormoran and Sydney destroyed each other. Sydney went down with every man aboard.