| SIXTY-three years after the mysterious sinking of HMAS Sydney off the coast of Western Australia the search for answers is as clouded as the vessel's ocean grave. None of the 645 crew on the Sydney survived when it was attacked by the German raider Kormoran in the Indian Ocean, about 240 km south-west of Carnarvon on November 19, 1941. To this day the exact location of its wreckage remains subject to speculation. The Royal Australian Navy today commemorated the World War II destruction of the Sydney - the second of four Navy vessels to bear the name - with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Place cenotaph in Sydney.EFL |