Hmas Sydney

[Lou Barron]

The other night I was watching a doco on the sinking of the Sydney by the German raider Kormoran it brought to my mind when we was on the German raider Michel when ask some of the Germans what would happen if they met a warship and could not bluff their way out of it they said they would fight maybe its just well did not happen

[happy daze john in oz]

There is now an annual cruise with Princess that stops at the site of the wreck and holds a small service of rememberance.

[E.Martin]

Brings to mind the saying.
Do onto others as they would do onto you
But do it first

[Richard Quartermaine]

The other night I was watching a doco on the sinking of the Sydney by the German raider Kormoran it brought to my mind when we was on the German raider Michel when ask some of the Germans what would happen if they met a warship and could not bluff their way out of it they said they would fight maybe its just well did not happen

Lou, I had the privilege to do three trips on the MV Koolinda, of HMAS Sydney fame. I had my first bout of malaria having previously sailed to Papua New Guinea and the New Hebrides. I came down with it crossing the Bight on Adelaide Steamship's MV Manunda and was hospitalised in Fremantle. When I was fit the Manunda had long gone and I signed on the Koolinda waiting for Manunda to return.

Our route was up the West Australian coast ports to Darwin and return and she was a happy ship. Here is a link to her HMAS Sydney story and pictures. I wonder if any shipmate knows of the crew who signed the 1948 New Years dinner menu.
Quite a lot of info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolinda
Cheers, Richard