The unknown sailor who washed up on Christmas Island months after HMAS Sydney sank during WWII could have been alive at sea for days with serious injuries, an inquiry has been told. HMAS Sydney ...

HMAS Sydney, a powerful and celebrated Australian cruiser, was expected to return to Fremantle Harbor but never arrived. Days ...

The remains of an unknown sailor have been laid to rest at the Geraldton War Cemetery in Western Australia as part of the 67th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Sydney. The sailor was found floating ...

Thomas Welsby Clark was just 21 years old and an able seaman on HMAS Sydney when it was sunk on November 19, 1941, about 200km off Western Australia. He had trained as an accountant in Brisbane ...

One was the German raider HSK Kormoran. The other: an Australian warship called the HMAS Sydney. Guns were fired, the ships were damaged, and both sank to the bottom of the ocean. The loss of the ...

A wreck sighted off the West Australia coast is unlikely to be HMAS Sydney, sunk in a World War II sea battle, a deep sea salvage expert says. David Mearns, who found the wreck of the British ...

In a major breakthrough using DNA evidence, Able Seaman (AB) Thomas Welsby Clark has now been named as the “Unknown Sailor” from Australian warship HMAS Sydney (II) which sunk off the West ...

The HMAS Sydney was lost in November 1941 in a battle with the German cruiser Kormoran, which also sank. All 645 crewman on board the Australian light cruiser perished. An expedition to survey the ...

But more study of the navigation reports of both ships by Mr Bathgate now suggests the German ship had virtually stopped, and ambushed the HMAS Sydney with a wakeless underwater tube torpedo.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia's greatest maritime loss will bring together hundreds of bereaved families and an array of national dignitaries, when the ...

The first dramatic pictures of have been released by the search team that found the wrecks of the lost Australian warship HMAS Sydney and the German raider Kormoran. The two ships destroyed each ...

Most people will be familiar with the story of the HMAS Sydney - its sinking on November 19, 1941, by the German raider HSK Kormoran with the loss of all onboard, the various theories surrounding ...