HMAS Sydney found!!!!

**Antipodean Andy** · 03-16-2008, 06:36 PM

This is very exciting. At last the families know where their fathers, sons, brother and uncles rest. At last...

Wreck of HMAS Sydney found | NEWS.com.au

THE wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast during World War II, has been found, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced today.

The Sydney's entire crew of 645 went down with the ship in the Indian Ocean and its location has been a mystery for 66 years.

The wreckage of a German ship - the merchant raider Kormoran - believed to have sunk the Australian warship was found at the weekend in waters about 800 kilometres north of Perth.

It's believed both sites will be protected as war graves.

More to follow shortly

**John** · 03-16-2008, 06:40 PM

Hello Andy,

That is great news about the SYDNEY. May her crew now Rest in Peace

John

**Hugh** · 03-16-2008, 06:52 PM

Good news, Andy. I hope this find now gives comfort to the relations of the 645 who were lost. I do hope that both wreck sites will be respected as war graves.
Regards
Hugh

**Antipodean Andy** · 03-16-2008, 06:54 PM

That's the plan, Hugh. Everyone is now looking forward to first pictures of the wreck. If she's as deep as Kormoran, there's the chance of submersibles going down and filming a la Titanic. Now she's found, I imagine some more money to do a comprehensive survey wil be forthcoming.

All the naysayers and consipracy theorists have been proved wrong as well.