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HMAS Sydney (II) and the HSK Kormoran

Survey expedition 3 May 2015

An expedition to survey the historic World War II shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and the German raider HSK Kormoran. 

The wrecks lie in 2,500 metres of water, 20km apart, about 200km west of Steep Point (Shark Bay). The $2.4 million survey expedition is supported by the Australian Government, Western Australian Museum, Curtin University, DOF Subsea, the Western Australian Museum Foundation, GMA Garnet Group and the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in WA Torsten Ketelsen, and Prospero Productions. 

The project has the support of the Royal Australian Navy and the Naval Association of Australia, representing veterans' interests.

In this video you can see 

German Raider HSK Kormoran wreck
Australian Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney (II) wreck
Team surveying live footage/results
Equipment coming to surface

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The long barrel of a ship's gun pokes out between the ship's bent and broken metal hull. A lot of the white paint is still visible.

The wreck of HMAS Sydney (II).
Credit: WA Museum

The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.