HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), patrolled south of Cyprus with HMS PROTECTOR, in search of a Vichy French transport bound for Beirut. Two shells from the French Ship RICHELIEU, (battleship), struck HMAS ...
HMAS Sydney II
Australian Naval History on 4 September 1940
The cruiser, HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. A. Collins, RAN), and HM Ships DAINTY and ILEX, (destroyers), bombarded Italian airfields at Scarpanto. Three Italian E-boats attacked the squadron, but accurate fire ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1940
HMAS SYDNEY and HMS NEPTUNE sank the Italian tanker ERMIOMI in the Aegean Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1940
HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. A. Collins, RAN), was near-missed by two bombs which caused minor casualties, and damaged the ship’s new aircraft. ADML A. B. Cunningham saw the cruiser veiled ...
Australian Naval History on 25 July 1940
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), was painted in camouflage colours at Alexandria. The effectiveness of camouflage on ships at sea was the subject of controversy throughout the war. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 July 1940
The cruiser, HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. A. Collins, RAN), sank the Italian ship BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI, (cruiser), off Cape Spada, Crete. BATOLOMEO COLLEONI, and her sister ship GIOVANNI DELLE BANDA NERE, ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1940
The cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. A. Collins, RAN), with HMS HAVOCK, (destroyer), left Alexandria to protect four destroyers which were to hunt down Italian submarines, (HM Ships HYPERION, ILEX, ...
Australian Naval History on 17 July 1940
HMAS FALIE, (transport and stores ship), was commissioned. The cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. A. Collins, RAN), returned from the fleet action in the central Mediterranean to Alexandria, was immediately ...
Australian Naval History on 9 July 1940
HMA Ships SYDNEY, (cruiser), STUART, VAMPIRE, and VOYAGER, (destroyers), participated in the Battle of Calabria. The signal, ‘Enemy battle fleet in sight,’ was hoisted for the first time in the ...
Australian Naval History on 8 July 1940
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), came under air attack whilst preparing for the Battle of Calibria. ...