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The torpedoes & Guns of the Sydney

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kz11gr

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Hello

Here some pictures of the wrecks : Sydney and Kormoran

http://presspass.findingsydney.com/blogs/search_reports/default.aspx
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/hmassydney/040508.htm
One of Sydney's 21-inch quadruple torpedo tubes
lying upside down on the sea bed.
Two torpedoes remain in their tubes.

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5.9 Gun: Kormorans 5.9-inch gun in the forward hold pointing to starboard and aft of the beam.

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[ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbardo/4304522123/"]Diver on the Kormoran wreck, Tiran | Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4304522123_4a2d447155_m.jpg@@AMEPARAM@@4304522123@@AMEPARAM@@4a2d447155[/ame]




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Wow! One of the first books i read about ww2 was called 'The Raider Kormoran'.
Thanks very much for posting those pics. :)

cheers

waff
 
I missed the original post so this is a bit late,

The Flickr picture is of a different Kormaran

HSK Kormaran lies at a depth of 2560m, too deep for Scuba by about 2510m.

Nice pictures of armament.

Will.
 
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