Image Gallery: August 2007
HMAS Leeuwin search for wreck of HMAS Sydney
24 August 2007
HMAS LEEUWIN (HS White) searched for the HMAS SYDNEY (WWII) wreak in water off the Western Australian coast.
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 grant is in addition to an initial Commonwealth grant of $1.3 million approved in August 2005 to assist the Western Australian based not-for-profit search group.
HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd, with the support of the RAN’s Seapower Centre Australia, has painstakingly researched the sinking of HMAS Sydney II and has formed a relationship with world-renowned shipwreck investigator David Mearns
| 20070817ran8090115_004 Leading Seaman Hydrographic Survey Operator (LSHSO) Baden Holmes on watch at the Multi Beam Echo Sounder display. (Date taken: 17 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070817ran8090115_008 Leading Seaman Hydrographic Survey Operator (LSHSO) Baden Holmes on watch at the Multi Beam Echo Sounder display. (Date taken: 17 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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