Fed: HMAS Sydney report to be released on Wednesday

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2009
Fed: HMAS Sydney report to be released on Wednesday

CANBERRA, Aug 12 AAP - The findings of a defence inquiry into the loss of HMAS Sydney
during World War II will be released in Canberra on Wednesday.

Sydney was lost with all hands on November 19, 1941 following an engagement with the
German raider HSK Kormoran, off the West Australian coast.

The ship's wreckage was not found until 2008, ending a 67-year mystery.

A commission of inquiry, headed by Terence Cole, has investigated the circumstances
in which Sydney was lost.

The report will be released at 11.15am (AEST).

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