Cruisers: Modified Leander Class HMAS Sydney

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Cruisers: Modified Leander Class HMAS Sydney

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Launching of the ill fated Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney (launched as HMS Phaeton),pictured at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Shipyards,September 22nd,1934.
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Troops embark on the Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney en route for the ill fated Crete campaign,July 1940.
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A superb shot....The ill fated Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney pictured arriving at Port Melbourne in 1936.
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An absolutely stunning photo of the ill fated Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney at Port Melbourne.
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The ill fated Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney pictured as she arrives home from her successful Mediterranean Fleet deployment,at Sydney in February 1941.She was sunk by the German Auxilliary Cruiser Kormoran with all of her 650 hands lost...RIP...Lest We Forget.
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The wreck of HMAS SYDNEY was found several years ago. Here is a link: http://www.sydneymemorial.com/history2.htm
Note the shell hole from one of KOMORAN's 5.9s in B turret.

RIP.............DFO
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The ill fated Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney (Laid down as HMS Phaeton),pictured fitting out at Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Shipyards,Wallsend-on-Tyne in 1935.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney pictured on the slipway at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Shipyards Wallsend-on-Tyne on launch day, September 22nd 1934.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney pictured on February 10th 1941 as she arrives at East Circular Quay against the backdrop of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, after returning from the Mediterranean Sea and service with the 7th Cruiser Squadron. Visible on Sydney's port side is the geometric, dazzle paint scheme that was painted on immediately after the Cape Spada action against Italian Giussano Class Light Cruiser, Bartolomeo Colleoni The arrival of this battle-weary ship was recorded by Cinesound and Fox Movietone, both of whose vans can be seen in the foreground
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney pictured on her return to Sydney from her Middle East deployment on February 10th 1941.
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