The Search for HMAS Sydney : An Australian Story

The incredible story of how Australia’s greatest maritime mystery was solved. In November 1941 HMAS Sydney, the pride of Australia’s wartime fleet, and its crew of 645 disappeared off the Western Australian coast.

All that was known was Sydney had come under fire from the German raider HSK Kormoran, which also sank.

After numerous searches, in March 2008 both wrecks were finally discovered.

The Search for HMAS Sydney pieces together the story of Sydney, its crew, the families left behind and the innovative procedures used to locate the wrecks.