Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakagadzwa seHMS "Phaeton", ngarava yakawanikwa neRAN, yakatangwa seHMAS "Sydney" uye yakatumirwa muna 1935. Akabatanidzwawo muhondo yeMediterranean. "Sydney" yakanyudza ngarava yokuItaly "Bartolomeo Colleoni" muHondo yeCape Spada muna 1940. Gare gare gore iroro, "Sydney" yakabatanidzwa mu
Hondo yeCape Matapan uye Hondo yeCalabria, ichinyudza magwa maviri eItaly, HMS Matapan uye HMS Calabria. Muna 1941, kure neWestern Australia, "Sydney" yakasangana neGermany cruiser yekubatsira "Kormoran"; zvikepe zviviri zvakaparadzwa mumwe nemumwe uye "Sydney" yakarasika nezvombo zvose; matongo ezvikepe zvose zviri zviviri akawanikwa muna 2008.