RAN · CL

Sydney

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.

Modified Leander classSunk 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.

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

Command

JCJohn Augustine CollinsCaptain from 16 November 1939 JBJoseph BurnettCaptain 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 info Sydney 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.