HMAS Sydney - Loss and Controversy

Hodder & Stoughton, 1998

Account and comprehensive examination of Australia's greatest naval tragedy. In November 1941 the HMAS Sydney fought a close-quarters naval battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the West Australia coast. Both ships sufferd mortal damage and later sank. Although more than 300 German sailors were recovered or captured, none of the 645 men aboard Sydney survived. The wreck was recently discovered...