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Old 11-08-2007, 01:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
Andy in West Oz
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From Wikipedia (they're quick!):

There have been many unsuccessful attempts to locate the wreck over the years. In 2005, a prominent shipwreck hunter, David Mearns, mounted another expedition to find the wreck with the assistance of the latest sonar technology, and newly-revealed details recorded by the commander of Kormoran, Theodor Detmers.
In June 2007, British maritime researcher Timothy Akers a former employee of David Mearns, claimed to have located the wreck of the Sydney along with other wrecks from a Japanese Battle Group in the vicinity, using high quality satellite imagery he purchased.[2] However, this claim has been disputed, and Ted Graham, the chairman of the Perth-based volunteer company HMAS Sydney Search, has dismissed the possibility the wreck can be located using satellite imagery.[3]
On 11 August 2007 a group of amateur wreck hunters claimed that they had located the wreck of HMAS Sydney off Cape Inscription on the northern end of Dirk Hartog Island. [4]
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