Five ships of the

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have been named HMAS ''Sydney'', after Sydney, the capital city of

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. *, a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912, decommissioned in 1928, and broken up for scrap *, a ''Leander''-class light cruiser launched in 1934, and sunk following a battle with the German auxiliary cruiser ''Kormoran'' on 19 November 1941 *, a ''Majestic''-class light aircraft carrier launched in 1944, decommissioned in 1973, and broken up for scrap *, an ''Adelaide''-class guided missile frigate launched in 1980, and decommissioned in 2015 *, a ''Hobart''-class air warfare destroyer in service since 2020

Battle honours

Between them, vessels named HMAS ''Sydney'' have been awarded fourteen

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s by the Royal Australian Navy. These include two of the only three battle honours awarded in the 20th century for an action involving a single opposing ship:
The two action honours were awarded for the sinking of the German vessels ''Emden'' and ''Kormoran''. The third honour was awarded to ships involved in the last battle of the battleship ''Bismarck''. * Rabaul 1914 * ''Emden'' 1914 *

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1916–18 * Calabria 1940 * Spada 1940 *

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1940 * ''Kormoran'' 1941 *

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1951–52 *

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1964 *

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1965–72 *

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1991 *

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1999 * War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Persian Gulf 2001–03 * 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq 2003

References

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