Sydney HMAS wreck
Co-ordinates 10' box
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Country Built UK
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Port Built Wallsend-on-Tyne
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When Built 1934
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Length 171.00
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Beam 20.00
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Draft 5.00
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Engine N
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TONA 6830.00
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When Lost 1941/11/19
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Where Lost 113 n miles W of Steep Point
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Sunk Code Burnt
Museum Reference
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wreck Sydney HMAS
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Protected Federal
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Found Y
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Inspected N
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File Number Naval Vessels Wrecks File
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Chart Number 1055, 330, 329
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Sydney HMAS |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1941/11/19 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | Y |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | 113 n miles W of Steep Point |
| Latitude Max | -26.24 |
| Longitude Max | 111.22 |
| Position Information | DGPS |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 6830.00 |
| Country Built | UK |
| Port Built | Wallsend-on-Tyne |
| When Built | 1934 |
| Length | 171.00 |
| Beam | 20.00 |
| Draft | 5.00 |
| Deaths | 645 |
| Crew | 645 |
| Sunk Code | Burnt |
| Builder | Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| File Number | Naval Vessels Wrecks File |
| Chart Number | 1055, 330, 329 |
| Comments | Co-ordinates 10' box |
| Sources | HMAS Sydney 2 Search Foundation found site with side scan sonar 17 march 2008 <http://presspass.findingsydney.com> McCarthy, M. (ed.) 2010 HMAS Sydney (II). Western Australian Museum Press, Welshpool. |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/sydney-hmas |