World renowned shipwreck hunter David Mearns is confident he is less than a month away from solving one of the most enduring mysteries of World War II, the location of HMAS Sydney, the Australian battleship that sank with all hands in November 1941 off the coast of WA after a battle with German raider the Kormoran.
The passage of a ship on a quest to find the resting place of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast by the German merchant raider Kormoran in 1941, has been delayed.
THE much-anticipated search for HMAS Sydney has faltered, with the search vessel, Geosounder, returning to Geraldton Port last night with mechanical problems.
The passage of a ship on a quest to find the resting place of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the WA coast by the German merchant raider Kormoran in 1941, has been delayed.
A ship with specialised sonar equipment will leave the Western Australian port city of Geraldton this morning to commence a new search for HMAS Sydney.
THE official search for the HMAS Sydney begins today, with the survey vessel Geosounder due to steam out of Geraldton on a $4.2million taypayer-funded quest for the final resting place of 645 sailors who died in Australia's worst maritime disaster.