Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/November 19

The second HMAS Sydney was a modified Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship had great success in the first years of World War II, but controversy and mystery surrounds her loss on 19 November 1941. Sydney's sinking with all hands represents the greatest ever loss of life in an Australian warship; Sydney was also the largest vessel of any country to be lost with no survivors during the war. The wreck of Sydney remains undiscovered till this day.