Search for Sydney

Search Operations

HMAS Sydney Memorial dome at Geraldton
Geraldton
Crane being positioned to lift a sea container
Mobilisation
View of the stern of the Geosounder docked at Geraldton
Departure
Equipment being lowered into the water by crane
Sea Trials
Sunbeams shine through the clouds over water after a storm
After the Storm
Computer showing sonar images of the HSK Kormoran wreck
Kormoran Found
Crew looking at computers showing sonar of the Sydney wreck
Sydney Found
Television crew recording a public announcement by David Mearns
Public Announcement
Memorial at sea aboard the Geosounder
Memorial at Sea
Crane lifting equipment on the docks
W&A Demobilisation
View of the remote operated submersible vehicle used in the search
ROV Mobilisation
ROV being lowered into the water by crane
ROV Operations

Sonar Images

Sonar image of the HMAS Sydney wreck
HMAS Sydney (II)
Sonar image of the HSK Kormoran wreck
HSK Kormoran

ROV images

Close-up of marine life clinging to a boat cradle
Sydney (II) Wreck (ROV Dive 01)
Fore deck folded back over barrels of a turret
Sydney (II) Wreck (ROV Dive 02)
Hole in the Sydney hull
Sydney (II) Wreck (ROV Dive 07)
Aft funnel on seabed
Sydney (II) Debris Field (ROV Dive 03)
Brass tally plate on side of quadruple torpedo mount
Sydney (II) Debris Field (ROV Dive 07)
Stbd concealed underwater torpedo tube
Kormoran Wreck (ROV Dive 06)
Scattered wreckage on seabed
Kormoran Debris Field 1 (ROV Dive 06)
Stbd anchor embedded in steel plate from ship's side in debris field
Kormoran Debris Field 2 (ROV Dive 06)
Marine life on a rocky outcrop
Discounted Battle Site (ROV Dive 04)

ROV Video

Piece of the Sydney wreckage
Sydney (II) Wreck (ROV Dive 01)
View of one of Syndey's turrets
Sydney (II) Wreck (ROV Dive 02)
Section of the Sydney wreckage
Sydney (II) Wreck (ROV Dive 07)
Coiled rope amongst debris field
Sydney (II) Debris Field (ROV Dive 03)
Box structure amongst debris
Sydney (II) Debris Field (ROV Dive 07)
Section of the Kormoran wreck
Kormoran Wreck (ROV Dive 05)
Mangled wreckage of the Kormoran
Kormoran Wreck (ROV Dive 06)
Debris from the Kormoran
Kormoran Debris Field 1 (ROV Dive 06)
Piece of the Kormoran amongst debris field
Kormoran Debris Field 2 (ROV Dive 06)
Rocky outcropping
Discounted Battle Site (ROV Dive 04)