 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Yakagadzirirwa 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 akabatanidzwa muHondo yeCape Matapan uye Hondo yeCalabria, ichinyudza magwa maviri okuItaly, iyo na. 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. 