The first images of a long lost shipwreck which sank nearly 70 years ago killing 645 crew have released.
Photos of HMAS Sydney were published today after being taken by a remotely operated submersible deployed from the survey vessel Geosounder. The Australian warship
sank after a gun battle in November 1941 with the German mercantile raider Kormoran, the wreck of which was also found last month off the coast of Western Australia.
A German torpedo ... sank the pride of the Australian navy
Images show a gun turret on the Sydney with a shell hole clearly visible between the two guns. Another shows a gun turret with wreckage strewn over it, while a further
photo shows a section of the deck with teak decking remarkably intact. Click
here to find the link of the 7 pictures.
Brisbane man Royce Laycock, 70, was four when his father, of the same name, perished in the sinking. Mr Laycock said the photos showed the Sydney was the target
of a precise attack from the Kormoran. "They must have been blown out of the water," he said after seeing the photos. "I'd say the bridge would have gone first, and
that's probably why there was no survivors. "It's hit its water line, and then the guns have been wiped out. It's not random shooting, it's been precise shooting."
A keen follower of the mystery, Mr Laycock has collected every piece of information he could over the years, and said the new images would bring some closure. "I
think that it will bring some closure to it, seeing the damage sustained," he said.
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