The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia and The Hon Chris Bowen MP, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs, confirmed The Finding Sydney Foundation has been approved as a Deductable Gift Recipients...

David Mearns - Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation The most anxious time for any search is the first sonar trackline through the search area. This is when you learn whether the area you are searching consists of either rough geological terrain...

David Mearns - Search Director, The Finding Sydney Foundation Other than getting out of port safely the simple objective for today was to conduct a sea-trials of the two Williamson & Associates side-scan sonar systems before we got too far away from...

On the 29th February 2008 the vessel "SV Geosounder" set sail from Geraldton, Western Australia to find the resting place of the World War II cruiser HMAS Sydney II, tragically lost in November 1941 in the Indian Ocean with its entire crew of...

The Finding Sydney Foundation chartered vessel, DOF SV Geosounder, today left from Geraldton Harbour with the hopes of the nation sailing with her. On board is a team of international experts who offer Australia’s best chance of finding the resting place...

The Finding Sydney Foundation (The Foundation) announced today it had awarded the Deep Tow Side Scan Sonar Search and Vessel and Survey Positioning Contracts for the upcoming search for HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran. Both ships were lost following a...

Official Website of the Search http://www.findingsydney.com Virtual Memorial http://www.sydneymemorial.com Navy Seapower Centre http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/ HMAS Sydney II Ship Story http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/ships/sydney2.html History on the...

An announcement will take place today at the Western Australian Maritime Museum about how, when and where the first federally funded search for HMAS Sydney II will occur. Today is the 66th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Sydney II which was sunk during...

HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd. is appealing today to anyone who may have important original documents relating to the missing vessel HMAS Sydney II. HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd. is a not for profit company conducting the in-water search for the wreck, sunk...

The Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence Bruce Billson confirmed today that the Howard Government has approved a further $2.9 million grant to assist HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd to locate missing Royal Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Sydney II. The...

HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd (HMA3S), the company formed to search for Australian warship HMAS Sydney, lost off the WA coast in 1941, reports that Geo Subsea have investigated the “southern “ site known as KDLS3 strongly believed by researchers Warren Whittaker...

Premier Morris lemma today announced that NSW will contribute $250,000 to support a new search for the wreckage of the HMAS Sydney off the coast of Western Australia. HMAS Sydney was sunk during battle on 19 November 1941, and no trace of the vessel or...

The Finding SYDNEY Foundation and its Trustee, HMAS SYDNEY Search Pty Ltd were delighted at the Prime Minister’s announcement today that the Federal Government would provide a grant of $1.3m to it for a search for HMAS SYDNEY II. In expressing his gratitude...