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SHE still sits proudly upright on the ocean floor, but the first images of HMAS Sydney show the terrible destruction wrought on the warship by German guns.

THE sinking of HMAS Sydney in 1941 was one of the most stunning events in Australian history.

THE wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast during World War II, has been found, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced today.

THE wreck of the German merchant raider Kormoran, believed responsible for the war-time sinking of HMAS Sydney in November 1941, has been found off the Western Australian coast.

Latitude 48° 14 North. Longitude 174° 26 West. Almost midnight on the North Pacific, about 230 miles south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. A heavy fog blankets the sea. There's nothing but the wind spinning eddies through the mist.

HMAS Adelaide was decommissioned at Garden Island in Western Australia today. The time-honoured tradition marked the end of 27 years of service for what was the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) oldest frigate.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND -- A World War II-era ship purposely sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to create an artificial reef has tipped onto its side, blocking access to the interior for fish and divers.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Explorers have discovered a century-old shipwrecked ore carrier that sank mysteriously during a Lake Superior storm less than two months after it was launched.

TORONTO - Plans will be unveiled Friday to sink an old navy warship in the St. Lawrence River to create an artificial reef for diving enthusiasts.