CPA 134/08 Wednesday, 14 May 2008 COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF HMAS SYDNEY II – INITIAL HEARING What : Initial hearing of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the loss of HMAS Sydney II. Who: The President of the Commission, The Hon. Terence...

The Australian Broadcasting Network (ABC) will be broadcasting the HMAS Sydney II Commemorative Service for the crew of the HMAS Sydney II, on Thursday 24th of April 2008. The service will be on air nationally between 10.59.a.m. and Midday. During which...

Determination of Location of HSK Kormoran (and HMAS Sydney II) HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd, as Trustee for The Finding Sydney Foundation utilised the search box determined by the Search Director David Mearns and his research, when searching for the HMAS...

David Mearns – Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation Looking back on the 43 days since we began mobilising the SV Geosounder on February 27th I can safely say that the Finding Sydney Foundation team, including all their offshore subcontractors...

David Mearns – Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation Before the start of our ROV dive on Kormoran’s wreck and debris field I cautioned everyone that in contrast with HMAS Sydney the wreck of Kormoran was going to be in a very bad state and that...

THE FINDING SYDNEY FOUNDATION SEARCH TEAM RETURNS HOME - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED The Finding Sydney Foundation will hold a media conference in Fremantle following the successful filming of the wrecks of HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran. Where: NWS Shipping...

David Mearns – Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation I was expecting another long day (and night) today diving on the sonar targets we named as the “battle site” between Kormoran and Sydney largely because of their location on a line that approximates...

David Mearns – Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation The top objective of today’s ROV dive to HMAS Sydney’s debris field was to identify the largest sonar target, which I was confident was Sydney’s detached bow. This was achieved, along with...

David Mearns – Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation Immediately after posting our search diary yesterday we were forced to recover the ROV because of an alarm telling us it was low on oil that is used to fill an important transformer housing...

First Photographs Of the Wreck Of the Sydney Media Release from The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon today congratulated the Finding Sydney Foundation...

David Mearns – Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation Whilst it has taken longer than expected I am very pleased we can now show the first pictures of HMAS Sydney to a waiting Australia. At 15:10 (AWT) on Thursday 03 March 2008, our cameras focused...

Ted Graham, Chairman of the Finding Sydney Foundation, on behalf of his fellow Directors, Don Pridmore, Glenys McDonald, Keith Rowe and Bob Trotter and on behalf of the whole onshore and offshore team said he was elated to hear of the success in obtaining...

The SV Geosounder returned to Geraldton, Western Australia on Thursday 20th of March 2008. The demobilisation of the Williamson Sonar Spread has been completed and the mobilisation of an ROV team and specialist deepwater camera and lighting equipment...

What's Coming Up from the Finding Sydney Foundation Vessel demobilisation of the Williamson Sonar Spread in progress Mobilisation of an ROV team and specialist deepwater camera and lighting equipment commenced SV Geosounder expected to depart Geraldton...

David Mearns - Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation Knowing it was unlikely that such unique deeptow side-scan sonar equipment would ever again be available and mobilised on a vessel off the coast of WA, I had decided to collect the best possible...