Modern Day Wrecks from WW2

HMAS Sydney II and the German, HSK Kormoran went into battle in the Indian Ocean off the WA coast on 19 November 1941. Sydney’s entire crew of 645 was lost and this still remains Australia’s worst naval disaster.
Of the Kormoran’s 397 crew, 317 were rescued.
For decades the location of the wrecks was a complete mystery until they were found in 2008.
At the Museum we watched a 3D film made on the site of the wrecks in the Indian Ocean off Geraldton.Read more