• Shell exit hole in mild steel plate

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Shell exit hole in mild steel plate. Possibly wreckage from A turret

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    Forward screen of superstructure. Captain’s sea cabin

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Forward screen of superstructure. Captain’s sea cabin

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    Shell hits on ships starboard side below torpedo tube mount

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Shell hits on ship‘s starboard side below torpedo tube mount

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  • Bridge deck head resting against Director Control Tower on seabed

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Bridge deck head resting against Director Control Tower on seabed

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    Shoe on seabed

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Shoe on seabed

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    Carvel built motor boat

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Carvel built motor boat

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  • Damage to aft end of inverted bow

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Damage to aft end of inverted bow

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    Flukes of ship‘s port anchor

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Flukes of ship‘s port anchor

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    Bow section of what is believed to be 36-foot motor pinnace

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Bow section of what is believed to be 36-foot motor pinnace

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  • Boat lying across what is believed to be 36-foot motor pinnace

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Boat lying across what is believed to be 36-foot motor pinnace

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    Boat lying across what is believed to be 36-foot motor pinnace

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Boat lying across what is believed to be 36-foot motor pinnace

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    Quadruple torpedo tube mount on seabed - two weapons loaded

    HMAS Sydney (II)
    Quadruple torpedo tube mount on seabed - two weapons loaded

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  • starboard concealed underwater torpedo tube

    HSK Kormoran
    starboard concealed underwater torpedo tube

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    Port concealment flap for above water torpedo tubes

    HSK Kormoran
    Port concealment flap for above water torpedo tubes

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    starboard 5.9 inch gun concealed under forecastle

    HSK Kormoran
    starboard 5.9 inch gun concealed under forecastle

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  • 5.9 inch gun situated in No. 2 hold, trained 135deg to starboard

    HSK Kormoran
    5.9 inch gun situated in No. 2 hold, trained 135deg to starboard

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    Port 2cm anti aircraft gun in raised position. Note concealment flaps

    HSK Kormoran
    Port 2cm anti aircraft gun in raised position. Note concealment flaps

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    starboard 5.9 inch gun concealed under forecastle

    HSK Kormoran
    starboard 5.9 inch gun concealed under forecastle

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  • Large pieces of twisted steel plate and ribs on seabed

    HSK Kormoran
    Large pieces of twisted steel plate and ribs on seabed

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    Unidentified wreckage on seabed. Jumble of wire

    HSK Kormoran
    Unidentified wreckage on seabed. Jumble of wire

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    starboard anchor embedded in steel plate from ship‘s side in debris field

    HSK Kormoran
    starboard anchor embedded in steel plate from ship‘s side in debris field

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Shell exit hole in mild steel plate. Possibly wreckage from A turret

HMAS Sydney (II)

Shell exit hole in mild steel plate. Possibly wreckage from A turret

Photographed by David Mearns
Copyright of Finding Sydney Foundation Ltd

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