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HMAS Sydney (II) Wreck - ROV Dive 01

Photos from 3 April 2008

Blurred image of ship's main deck

Port side aft. Senior officer accommodation

Blurred image of wreckage strewn on ship's main deck

Left hand side of X turret and barbette

Gun barrels of X turret

Ship's port side, in vicinity of quarterdeck

Ship's port side, in vicinity of quarterdeck

LH Side of Y Turrett

Left hand side of X turret and barbette

Wreckage adjacent to X turret

Wreckage adjacent to X turret

Left hand side of X turret and barbette

Wreckage adjacent to X turret

Wreckage adjacent to X turret

Degaussing wire hanging over port side guardrails in foreground

Wreckage in vicinity of X turret barbette

Y turret and aft end of senior officers accommodation

Y turret and aft end of senior officers accommodation

Aft end of senior officers accommodation

Senior officers accommodation

Port side aft end of 4-inch gun deck

Ship's side in vicinity of 4-inch gun deck

Port side ship's ship side aft

Port side ship's ship side aft cable reel in background

Port side ship's ship side aft

Aft end of 4-inch gun deck

X support for 4-inch gun deck above mounting for torpedo tubes

4-inch gun deck. Torpedo mount ring gear visible below

Ship's port side in vicinity of gun deck. Camouflage paint visible

Port side damage to 4-inch gun deck

4-inch gun designated P2 port side aft on gun deck

P2 4-inch gun mount, aft end of gun deck port side

Ship's port side fwd below 4-inch gun deck

X support below 4-inch gun deck port side forward end

Port side aft boat cradle for 27-foot whaler vicintiy of aft funnel

Base of cradle, port side aft for 27-foot whaler

Ship's port side in vicinty of cradle for 27-foot whaler

Hole in main deck where aft funnel used to be

P1 4-inch gun port side

P1 4-inch gun port side

P1 4-inch gun port side

Damage to fwd end port side 4-inch gun deck

Port side aft cradle for 27-foot whaler

Port side aft cradle for 27-foot whaler

Port side aft cradle for 27-foot whaler

Port side aft cradle for 27-foot whaler

Port side aft cradle for 27-foot whaler

Port side aft cradle for 27-foot whaler

Ship's side below cradle for port 27-foot whaler

Fwd end of cradle for port 27-foot whaler

Main deck in vicinity of ship's bakery, port side

Aft end of bakery on port side. Crane visible at left of image

Shell hit on port side below X support near drying room

Port side X supports for 30-foot gig

Port side X supports for 30-foot gig

Ship's port side in vicinty of boat space. Note Camouglage

Port side kedge anchor in vicinity of X supports for 30-foot gig

Port side cradles for 30-foot gig. Note shell on deck below.

Close-up of marine life clinging to X boat cradle

Damaged port 36 inch searchlight yoke and platfom.

Damaged port 36 inch searchlight yoke and platfom.

Damage in vicinity of forward funnel deck

Damaged port 36 inch searchlight yoke and platfom.

Damaged port .5 inch machine gun sponson

Damaged port .5 inch machine gun sponson

Damage to smith's shop, port side

Damage to smith's shop, port side

Damage to aft end, port, forward superstructure

Damage to aft end, port, forward superstructure

Base of HACS and DCT on bridge deck

Port UK1 12-foot rangefinder base on bridge

View looking down on bridge from port side

Scuttles on port side forward superstructure

Scuttles below barbette of B gun turret

B gun deck and forward end of superstructure

B gun deck with barbette and turret visible in background

B gun turet with shell hole in front of housing and roof missing

A gun turret with foredeck folded back over gun barrels

The break in deck forward of A gun turret

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