H.M.A.S. Sydney
1914
(Navis 145N)
- Class: Chatham - 6 light cruisers of 1911
- Displacement: 5,400t normal; 6,000t deep load
- Dimensions: 458 (oa) x 48.75 x 16 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft Parson turbines, SHP 25,000 = 25.5 knots
- Armor: Main belt 3in, deck 1.5-0.75in, CT 4in
- Armament: 8-6in/45 BL Mk XII (8x1), 1-3in AA,
2-21in TT submerged (beam)
- Complement: 475
- Builder: London & Glasgow Co
- Laid Down: 11 Feb 1911
- Launched: 29 Aug 1912
- Completed: Jun 1913
- Service: HMAS Sydney was one of three Australian cruisers in a six-ship class, with sisters Melbourne and Brisbane. Served in the Pacific 1913-14 and took part in the New Guinea expedition in Sep 1914. On 9 Nov 1914 she was escorting the ANZAC convoy to Suez when word was received of an attack on the Cocos Islands radio station by the German raider cruiser SMS Emden. She quickly reached the scene and sank Emden with little damage to herself. Switched to the North America and West Indies Station from Dec into 1916, then with the 2nd LCS, Grand Fleet, until the Armistice. Refitted at Cockatoo Dockyard 1923; flagship RAN Sep 1924-27. Paid off 1928 and broken up 1929-30. Foremast preserved as memorial in Sydney.
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