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''Sydney'' sank the {{DE-1Emden}} on 9 November, 1914.
 
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Revision as of 14:58, 11 July 2017

H.M.A.S. Sydney (1912)
Pendant Number: A1 (Jan 1918)
52 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Laid down: 11 Feb, 1911[3]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1912[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1913[5]
Broken up: Apr, 1929[6]
Fate: in Cockatoo Dockyard[7]

Service

Sydney sank the Emden on 9 November, 1914.

Sydney re-commissioned on 29 September, 1924.[8]

Alterations

Sydney was fitted with a director in December, 1917. This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 53.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 295.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ Glossop Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/218. f. 218.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 399p.
  12. ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  13. ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 951.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 951.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 904.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 295.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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