First photos of HMAS Sydney

Jimbuna · 04-09-08, 07:13 AM

Following these events with great interest :hmm:

bookworm_020 · 04-09-08, 08:50 PM

It seems the team is already getting some praise and helping disprove some of the wild claims made by various people

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...420485903.html

TarJak · 04-10-08, 07:16 AM

Good to hear. Having read both the books mentioned in this story I can say I never believed some of the conspiracy theories and think that the German suvivor accounts were very accurate as these guys had little reason to lie about the action and what they saw.

I think most of the theories were concocted to explain something that they couldn't understand. Why the Sydney closed with the Kormoran and allowed herself to be surprised which frankly looks exactly like what really happened based on the photo's and positioning of the wrecks.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...420589214.html

The shoes are possibly some of the saddest images I've seen.

Jimbuna · 04-10-08, 11:52 AM

The gas mask photo and the fact that lifeboats were probably subject to small arms fire did it for me

bookworm_020 · 04-10-08, 06:34 PM

A good little story on the guy who did the actual underwater search. He was the bloke who found HMS Hood a couple of years back

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-31477,00.html

04-09-08, 07:13 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,825 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Following these events with great interest :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-09-08, 08:50 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It seems the team is already getting some praise and helping disprove some of the wild claims made by various people http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...420485903.html __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

04-10-08, 11:52 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,825 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The gas mask photo and the fact that lifeboats were probably subject to small arms fire did it for me __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-10-08, 06:34 PM	#5
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	A good little story on the guy who did the actual underwater search. He was the bloke who found HMS Hood a couple of years back http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-31477,00.html __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

04-10-08, 07:16 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Good to hear. Having read both the books mentioned in this story I can say I never believed some of the conspiracy theories and think that the German suvivor accounts were very accurate as these guys had little reason to lie about the action and what they saw. I think most of the theories were concocted to explain something that they couldn't understand. Why the Sydney closed with the Kormoran and allowed herself to be surprised which frankly looks exactly like what really happened based on the photo's and positioning of the wrecks. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...420589214.html The shoes are possibly some of the saddest images I've seen.