H.M.A.S. Sydney
I.48
1941
(Neptun 1145a)
- Class: Leander (2nd group) - 3 cruisers of 1932-33
- Displacement: 6,830 tons
- Dimensions: 522 (pp) 555 (oa) x 56.75 x 16.25 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, SHP 72,000 = 32.5 knots
- Armor: Main belt 2-4 in, deck 2 in, turrets 1 in, DCT 1 in
- Armament: 8-6in (4x2), 4-4in AA (4x1), 12-.5in AA (3x4) guns, 8-21in TT (2x4); 1 aircraft
- Complement: 550
- Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson (Wallsend)
- Laid Down: 8 July 1933
- Launched: 22 Sep 1934
- Completed: 24 Sep 1935
- Service: Laid down as HMS Phaeton, but sold to Australia in 1934 before completion and renamed HMAS Sydney.
Australia Squadron Sep 1939-May 1940.
7th CS, Mediterranean Fleet May 1940-Jan 1941.
Helped sink Italian destroyer Espero 28 Jun 1940.
Helped sink Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni and badly damaged Giovanni delle Bande Nere 19 Jul 1940.
Australia Squadron Feb-Oct 1941.
Sunk and sank by German auxiliary cruiser
Kormoran
Indian Ocean 19 Nov 1941 with loss of all hands.
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