HMAS Sydney

Light Cruiser Warship

Australia | 1913

"HMAS Sydney and her crew were credited with the defeat of the troublesome German cruiser SMS Emden in the early-going of World War 1."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one sea-going vessel design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for HMAS Sydney.

12 x Yarrow boilers feeding 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines driving power to 4 x Shafts.
Propulsion

25.5 kts
29.3 mph
Surface Speed

4,779 nm
5,500 miles | 8,851 km
Range

Structure
The bow-to-stern, port-to-starboard physical qualities of HMAS Sydney.

375
Personnel
Complement

456.9 ft
139.26 meters
O/A Length

49.9 ft
15.21 meters
Beam

19.6 ft
5.97 meters
Draught

5,400
tons
Displacement

Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of HMAS Sydney.

8 x 6" (152mm) BL Mk XI main guns
1 x 3" (76mm) Anti-Aircraft (AA) gun
1 x 12-pounder (76mm) 8-cwt field gun
2 x 21" (530mm) torpedo tubes
2 x Depth Charge dispensers
10 x 0.30 caliber machine guns
4 x 3-pounder (47mm) salute guns

Air Arm
Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the design of HMAS Sydney.

1 x Sopwith Pup biplane aircraft (recoverable).

Ships-in-Class (21)
Notable series variants as part of the HMAS Sydney family line as relating to the Town-class group.

HMS Bristol; HMS Glasgow; HMS Gloucester; HMS Liverpool; HMS Newcastle; HMS Weymouth; HMS Yarmouth; HMS Falmouth; HMS Dartmouth; HMS Chatham; HMS Dublin; HMS Southampton; HMAS Melbourne; HMAS Sydney; HMAS Brisbane; HMS Birmingham; HMS Nottingham; HMS Lowestoft; HMAS Adelaide; Antinavarchos Kountouriotis (HMS Birkenhead); Lambros Katsonis (HMS Chester)

Operators
Global operator(s) of the HMAS Sydney. Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national naval warfare listing.

[ Australia ]

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Image from the Public Domain.

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