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Shell strikes show HMAS Sydney battle scars (new images from the sunken warship)
PerthNow ^ | 5th April 2008 | Braden Quartermaine

Posted on 04/05/2008 4:50:12 PM PDT by naturalman1975

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To: xkaydet65

I didn’t realize the Sydney only had eight 6 inch guns which makes it a light cruiser. I think our heavy ones carried 9 eight inch+ guns. Still it should have been a mismatch with the Kormoran only having four 5.9 inch ones and probably far less armor.


41 posted on 04/05/2008 11:08:31 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: xkaydet65

My thanks to you, and to BenLurkin. That just didn’t look like a photo of a warship, and evidently this tactic fooled people smarter than I.


42 posted on 04/06/2008 3:31:31 PM PDT by Elsiejay (Rev.)
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More photos released here including the upside down bow and the point of impact of the torpedo that blew it off. And a truly amazing photo of some of Sydney's lifeboats.
43 posted on 04/07/2008 8:57:32 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (Your parents will all receive phone calls instructing them to love you less now.)
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