The author of a book about HMAS Sydney has told an inquiry into the ship's sinking that Australian naval instructions at the time were "a recipe for disaster". All 645 crew members died when the ...

The first launch of the SM-6 is a ‘step-change’ in the lethality, air and missile defence, and long-range strike capabilities of Australia’s surface combatant fleet, as it undergoes a series of ...

The loss of HMAS Sydney in 1941 was almost impossible for many Australians to comprehend, and over the years a number of theories have been put forward as to just what did happen on that fateful day.

In November 1941, HMAS Sydney encountered the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia. What followed was a close-range naval engagement that left Kormoran crippled — and ...

A NEW expedition aims to create an unprecedented 3D reconstruction of HMAS Sydney II’s hull, 73 years after Australia’s greatest naval tragedy off the WA coast. Sunk on November 19, 1941, by the HSK ...

During World War II, the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney encountered what appeared to be a harmless cargo ship—but it was actually a heavily armed German commerce raider in disguise. As the two ships ...

Australian navy light cruiser HMAS Sydney sunk off the coast off Western Australia in November 1941 after a battle with German raider Kormoran. The foreign warship had been disguised as a Dutch ...

A coded dictionary. German testimony. For decades that’s all we had to understand the loss of a warship and its entire crew. But the discovery of HMAS Sydney’s wreck revealed the shot which sealed the ...

A new book reveals that it was a technique known as cognitive psychology that enabled Australian scientists to locate the lost ships with almost pinpoint accuracy off Western Australia. This forensic ...

The pride of Australia’s navy, including the biggest vessel of the fleet, and two other warships have docked in Hobart after completing tactical training exercises on the east coast. DETAILS > Nearly ...

HMAS Sydney will be decommissioned after 32 years of service at her homeport of Garden Island, Sydney on November 7, 2015. During the conduct of maritime operations spanning the globe HMAS Sydney, an ...