1934 ships: German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, RMS Queen Mary, HMAS Sydney, USS Aylwin, HMS Electra, USCGC Comanche, MS Jutlandia, HMS Ajax, HMS Encounter, Japanese cruiser Mogami, Japanese cruiser Suzuya, HMS Escapade, HMAS Hobart, HMS Eclipse

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 107. Chapters: German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, RMS Queen Mary, HMAS Sydney, USS Aylwin, HMS Electra, USCGC Comanche, MS Jutlandia, HMS Ajax, HMS Encounter, Japanese cruiser Mogami, Japanese cruiser Suzuya, HMS Escapade, HMAS Hobart, HMS Eclipse, SS English Trader, USS Worden, HMS Faulknor, HMS Echo, HMAS Perth, Japanese cruiser Mikuma, HMS Fury, Fire-float Pyronaut, Japanese destroyer Wakaba, French destroyer Triomphant, PS Lincoln Castle, HMS Esk, HMS Express, USS Farragut, Japanese destroyer Ariake, SS Twickenham Ferry, Japanese destroyer Yugure, USS Hull, HMS Escort, HMS Fearless, HMS Arethusa, USS Dewey, HMS Exmouth, USS Potomac, USS Macdonough, USCGC Onondaga, RMS Orion, HMS Fame, Italian cruiser Muzio Attendolo, HMS Firedrake, USCGC Triton, Italian cruiser Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta, USS Conyngham, HMS Galatea, French destroyer Fantasque, Japanese aircraft carrier Shinyo, USCGC Mohawk, Cromer Lifeboat Harriot Dixon ON 770, NRP Afonso de Albuquerque, German cruiser Nürnberg, HMS Shark, SS Taroona, HMS Foresight, MV Pelikan, Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli, SS Scharnhorst, PS Tattershall Castle, HMS Salmon, HMCS Saskatchewan, HMAS Manoora, HMS X2, HMS Clyde, HMS Sealion, HMS Snapper, PS Wingfield Castle, HMCS Qu'Appelle, HMIS Indus, HMS Severn, USS Nightingale, List of ship launches in 1934, Japanese amphibious assault ship Shinshu Maru, ORP Jaskólka, HMT Amethyst, USS Parrakeet, MV Gadila, HMS Foxhound, USCGC Tahoma, HMS Forester, Japanese submarine Ro-33, HMS Hussar, Metel, HMS Fortune, MV Amastra, MV Ancylus, MV Acavus, MV Alexia, Minerve class submarine, French submarine Minerve, USS John M. Howard, French submarine Iris, Soviet submarine S-117, NRP Bartolomeu Dias, French aviso D'Iberville, HMS Remus. Excerpt: HMAS Sydney (I48/D48), named for the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three Modified Leander class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the cruiser was purchased by the Australian government and renamed prior to her 1934 launch. During the early part of her operational history, Sydney helped enforce sanctions during the Abyssinian crisis, and at the start of World War II was assigned to convoy escort and patrol duties in Australian waters. In May 1940, Sydney joined the British Mediterranean Fleet for an eight-month deployment, during which she sank two Italian warships, participated in multiple shore bombardments, and provided support to the Malta Convoys, while receiving minimal damage and no casualties. On her return to Australia in February 1941, Sydney resumed convoy escort and patrol duties in home waters. On 19 November 1941, Sydney was involved in a mutually destructive engagement with the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, and was lost with all 645 aboard. The wrecks of both ships were lost until 2008; Sydney was found on 17 March, five days after her adversary. Sydneys defeat is commonly attributed to the proximity of the two ships during the engagement, and Kormorans advantages of surprise and rapid, accurate fire. However, the cruiser's loss with all hands compared to the survival of most of the German crew have resulted in a controversy, with some alleging that the German commander used illegal ruses to lure Sydney into range, that a Japanese submarine was involved, and that the true events of the battle are concealed behind a wide-ranging cover up. The ship was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richa...