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Italian survivors of the Bartolomeo Colleoni on...

Italian survivors of the Bartolomeo Colleoni on the deck of HMAS Sydney II, Crete 19 July 1940

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Eric Charles Evans

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Evans, Eric Charles

Australian War Memorial

HMAS Sydney

Four Royal Australian Navy ships have been named HMAS Sydney over the last 100 years. Deployed all over the world, they have all maintained a special connection with the port of Sydney.

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World War II

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HMAS Sydney III

The first aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy commissioned in England in 1948 which saw action as a troop transport in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. It was sold for scrap in 1975.

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