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She was equipped with Hawker Sea Fury fighters and Fairey Firefly attack aircraft. In 1951 and 1952 Sydney operated with the United Nations forces in Korean waters. She participated in many actions and created a light fleet carrier record when she achieved 89 aircraft sorties in one day.

The ship continued in service as a carrier until her newer sister ship, Melbourne, took over the RAN's aircraft carrier role. Sydney disembarked her air squadrons 22 April 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal and served as a training ship until paid off to Special Reserve in Sydney 30 May 1958Events January January 1 Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 1957) January 8 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship January 18 Armed Lumbee Nat, and recommissioned as a Fast Troop Transport on 7 March 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e. She was heavily committed to the support of the Australian Task Force in VietnamThe Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. It borders China, Laos, Cambodia, and the Gulf of Tonkin. Cng Hoa Xa Hi Ch Nghia Vit Nam ( In Detail) (Full size) National motto: Dc lp, t do, hnh phuc (Independence, Liberty, Happiness Off and made 24 troop transport visits to Vietnam, which earned her the nickname "Vung Tau Ferry".

Sydney paid off for disposal 12 November 1973, was sold for scrap to the Dongkuk Steel Mill Company Limited of Seoul in South Korea on 28 October 1975 and left Sydney under tow 23 December 1975.

See HMS Terrible and HMAS Sydney for other ships of these names.

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HMAS SydneyFour ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Sydney after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales. The first Sydney was a Town-class light cruiser launched 29 August 1912. The second Sydney was a modified Leander class light cruiser la HMAS MelbourneThree ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Melbourne after Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria and second largest city in Australia. The first Melbourne was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912. The second Melbourne was a Maj HMAS AnzacThree ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Anzac after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, which came into definite use in January, 1915: The first Anzac (G-00) was a Marksman class destroyer commissioned in 1920 and paid off in HMAS AruntaTwo ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name HMAS Arunta derived from the Arrernte aboriginal people from central Australia. The first Arunta was a Tribal-class destroyer commissioned in 1942. The second Arunta is an Anzac class frigate comm HMAS BallaratTwo ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Ballarat, for the city of Ballarat (or Ballaarat) in Victoria. The first HMAS Ballarat was a Bathurst class corvette, built by the Williamstown Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria, launched on 10 De HMAS BarcooHMAS Barcoo (K-375/F-375/A-245), named for the Barcoo River in Queensland, was a River class frigate laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 21 October 1942, launched on 26 August 1943 by Mrs. Keane, HMAS Barwon HMAS Bataan (I91) HMAS Brisbane HMAS Adelaide (1918) HMAS Burdekin HMAS Canberra HMAS Condamine HMAS Culgoa HMAS Darwin (FFG04)