| Name: | SYDNEY |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 08/07/1933 |
| Launched: | 22/09/1934 |
| Completed: | 24/09/1935 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1487 |
| Dimensions: | 6701disp - 8940disp, 530.0 x 56.7 x 15.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 72000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd - No 911 |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 32.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 2 x 6.0ins, 4 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 3 x 4 x 0.5ins guns; 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 24/09/1935 | Royal Australian Navy |
| 19/11/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the Modified Leander Class of light cruisers |
| Laid down as PHAETON for the British Royal Navy | |
| 19/11/1941: Sunk by German raider KORMORAN 500 miles N x W of Perth, WA | |
| No survivors from her crew of 682 |
Above is photo copyright of Allan C Green
Above is photo copyright of Allan C Green
Above is photo copyright of Allan C Green
Above is photo copyright of Allan C Green
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