Video and photographs showing the wrecks of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran have been donated to the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra. The Sydney was sunk by the German ship Kormoran in November ...

On the 81st anniversary of the sinking of the Australian warship HMAS Sydney (II) and the disguised German raider HSK Kormoran following a battle off the coast of Western Australia during WWII, Curtin ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. SEARCHERS have discovered the wreck of the HSK Kormoran, the disguised World War II German raider that destroyed HMAS Sydney in ...

The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II), pride of the Australian navy, has long been a source of pain and bewilderment. In waters off Western Australia in late 1941, following a successful tour in the ...

CANBERRA, Australia – A remote-controlled submarine scouring the remains of an Australian warship has revealed new clues to a World War II battle that cost more than 700 lives. But the mystery ...

CANBERRA, Australia — A military inquiry today blamed a navy captain’s “errors of judgment” for one of Australia’s worst maritime tragedies, in which 645 crew were lost when a cruiser was sunk by a ...

An exhibition featuring two wartime shipwrecks that were the subject of decades of speculation will offer a rare glimpse into the tragedy, on the 75th anniversary of the ships' sinking. For 66 years, ...

SURVIVORS of the German raider HSK Kormoran had probably told the truth when they said their ship did not breach the rules of war when it sank the HMAS Sydney in 1941, the commissioner heading the ...

One of the world's most experienced shipwreck hunters, David L Mearns has led the recovery of nearly 50 wrecks over 19 years. IN 1941, two ships fought and sank off the Australian coastline, killing ...