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|fg=gold|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Sydney''''' was one of three [[Perth Class Cruiser (1934)|''Perth'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=gold|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.A.S. ''Sydney''''' was one of three [[Perth Class Cruiser (1934)|''Perth'' Class light cruisers]] which served in the [[Royal Australian Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned on 24 September, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 298}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (A '''I''', ''Fr., Sp.'')|name=John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald|nick=John U. P. Fitzgerald|appt=24 September, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 298}}|end=9 October, 1937{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John William Ashley Waller|nick=John W. A. Waller|appt=9 October, 1937{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|end=16 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=John Augustine Collins|nick=John A. Collins|appt=16 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|end=14 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Joseph Burnett|nick=Joseph Burnett|appt=14 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|end=19 November, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when ship sunk under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sydney_(1934)}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(D48)}}
* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-sydney-ii-part-1 Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. ''Sydney'']
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 22 February 2021

H.M.A.S. Sydney (1934)
Builder: Swan Hunter[1]
Laid down: 8 Jul, 1933[2]
Launched: 22 Sep, 1934[3]
Completed: 24 Sep, 1935[4]
Sunk: 19 Nov, 1941

H.M.A.S. Sydney was one of three Perth Class light cruisers which served in the Royal Australian Navy.

Service

Commissioned on 24 September, 1935.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.
  7. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


Perth Class Light Cruiser
  Hobart Perth Sydney  
  Minor Cruisers (AU)  


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