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Andy in West Oz · 13-08-2007, 02:08 AM

Diver challenges HMAS 'Sydney' claims - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A commercial skipper and diver says a shipwreck found off Western Australia's Gascoyne Coast may not be that of HMAS Sydney.
The Sydney was sunk off the WA coast in 1941 by the German raider, Kormoran.
A group of amateur researchers claims to have found HMAS Sydney in 150 metres of water off Dirk Hartog Island near Carnarvon.
John Daly says he has seen the readings of a sonar device used in the area and says it is a large structure, but not as big as HMAS Sydney.
"If you take the dimensions of three large shipping containers and go three end to end, and three high and maybe two and half wide, that would give you a fair approximation of what we believe we saw on the bottom," he said.

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Andy in West Oz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: House of Bedfords, Perth, Western Australia Posts: 760	Diver challenges HMAS 'Sydney' claims - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A commercial skipper and diver says a shipwreck found off Western Australia's Gascoyne Coast may not be that of HMAS Sydney. The Sydney was sunk off the WA coast in 1941 by the German raider, Kormoran. A group of amateur researchers claims to have found HMAS Sydney in 150 metres of water off Dirk Hartog Island near Carnarvon. John Daly says he has seen the readings of a sonar device used in the area and says it is a large structure, but not as big as HMAS Sydney. "If you take the dimensions of three large shipping containers and go three end to end, and three high and maybe two and half wide, that would give you a fair approximation of what we believe we saw on the bottom," he said. __________________ Cheers Andy Apres moi le deluge But there are deeds that should not pass away....And names that must not wither - Byron HMAS Sydney II - lost with all hands and waiting to be found