Editing HMAS Sydney

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[[File:Naval Chapel GI Mel-Syd.JPG|thumb|250px|Memorial windows for the first three HMA Ships ''Sydney'' (right) and the carrier [[HMAS Melbourne (R21)|HMAS ''Melbourne'']]]]
Five ships of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] have been named '''HMAS ''Sydney''''', after [[Sydney]], the capital city of [[New South Wales]].

*{{HMAS|Sydney|1912}}, a [[Town-class cruiser (1910)|Town-class]] light cruiser launched in 1912, decommissioned in 1928, and broken up for scrap
*{{HMAS|Sydney|D48}}, a [[Leander-class cruiser (1931)|''Leander''-class]] light cruiser launched in 1934, and [[Sinking of HMAS Sydney|sunk following a battle]] with the German auxiliary cruiser ''Kormoran'' on 19 November 1941
*{{HMAS|Sydney|R17}}, a [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic''-class]] light aircraft carrier launched in 1944, decommissioned in 1973, and broken up for scrap
*{{HMAS|Sydney|FFG 03}}, an [[Adelaide-class frigate|''Adelaide''-class]] guided missile frigate launched in 1980, and decommissioned in 2015
*{{HMAS|Sydney|DDG 42}}, a [[Hobart-class destroyer|''Hobart''-class]] air warfare destroyer in service since 2020

==Battle honours==
Between them, vessels named HMAS ''Sydney'' have been awarded fourteen [[battle honour]]s by the Royal Australian Navy.<ref name=newhonours>{{cite news |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |title=Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours |archive-date=13 June 2011 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |access-date=23 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=honourslist>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2011 |access-date=23 December 2012}}</ref> These include two of the only three battle honours awarded in the 20th century for an [[Single ship action|action involving a single opposing ship]]:<ref>{{cite book |last=Cassells |first=Vic |title=The Destroyers: their battles and their badges |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2000 |isbn=0-7318-0893-2 |location=East Roseville, NSW |page=233 |oclc=46829686}}<br />The two action honours were awarded for the sinking of the German vessels ''[[SMS Emden|Emden]]'' and ''[[German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran|Kormoran]]''. The third honour was awarded to ships involved in the [[Last battle of Bismarck|last battle of the battleship ''Bismarck'']].</ref>

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* [[Battle of Bita Paka|Rabaul]] 1914
* [[Battle of Cocos|''Emden'']] 1914
* [[Naval warfare of World War I#North Sea|North Sea]] 1916–18
* [[Battle of Calabria|Calabria]] 1940
* [[Battle of Cape Spada|Spada]] 1940
* [[Battle of the Mediterranean|Mediterranean]] 1940
* [[Sinking of HMAS Sydney|''Kormoran'']] 1941
* [[Korean War|Korea]] 1951–52
* [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|Malaysia]] 1964
* [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] 1965–72
* [[Gulf War|Kuwait]] 1991
* [[International Force for East Timor|East Timor]] 1999
* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Persian Gulf]] 2001–03
* [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq]] 2003
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/hmas_sydney | title = HMAS Sydney | access-date = 2 October 2015 | date = 2010 | work=[[Dictionary of Sydney]]}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Creative Commons license|CC-By-SA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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