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HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran Discovery Press Release
SEATTLE, March 19 PRNewswire — The HMAS Sydney (II) was tragically lost in November 1941 off Western Australia with its entire crew, following a fierce engagement with the German raider HSK Kormoran.
The discovery was announced on Monday March 17th, 2008 that the Royal Australian Navy Cruiser HMAS Sydney II and the German raider HSK Kormoran, which both sunk after a fierce battle in 1941, were located on the seafloor off Western Australia. The HMAS Sydney II was located 2470 metres (8100 feet) below the sea surface, and the HSK Kormoran was located 2560 metres (8400 feet) below the sea surface.
Under contract by the Finding Sydney Foundation, the sonar survey search team, lead by Operations Manager Art Wright from Williamson & Associates, Inc., a Seattle, Washington based marine geophysical survey and geo-technical engineering firm specializing in deep ocean projects used the SM-30 deep sea search sonar to find the shipwrecks. The SM-30 deep sea search sonar was built in the Seattle area and has been involved in several other high-profile finds in deep water which include: the submarine USS Grunion, sunk in 1942 and found in 2006 off Kiska Island, Alaska; the Israeli submarine Dakar sunk in 1967 and found in the Mediterranean Sea in 1999; and the SS Central America sunk in 1857 and found in 1986 off of the East Coast of the United States.
More information is available on Williamson & Associates, Inc.'s website, http://www.wassoc.com or by contacting us at (206) 285-8273. Our Operations Manager, Art Wright is still with the search team in Australia, however our Survey Manager is Colin Stewart and he can be contacted in the Seattle office.
Williamson & Associates, Inc. 124 NW 53rd Street, Seattle, WA 98107 Phone: (206) 285-8273 Fax:(206)285-8291 E-mail: info@wassoc.com URL: www.wassoc.com
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