names of those killed aboard Sydney are inscribed at the Australian War Memorial, while those from Kormoran are inscribed in the Laboe Naval Memorial. The "HMAS Sydney Replacement Fund" was established to help finance the acquisition of a replacement ship. The AU£ 426,000 raised was used to help purchase Australia's first aircraft carrier in the late 1940s; the Majestic-class carrier was named upon her commissioning in December 1948. The Kormoran name was carried on by the , a Seeadler-class fast attack craft of the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) commissioned in 1959. East Germany also operated a Kormoran,'' a small corvette borrowed from the Soviet Navy from 1970 to 1974. Footnotes Citations References Books McCarthy, M. (ed.) 2010 HMAS Sydney (II). Western Australian Museum Press, Welshpool. Reports News articles and websites Further reading External links Finding Sydney Foundation (with slide shows of both wrecks) HMAS Sydney II Memorial Geraldton 1941 in Australia Australia–Germany military relations Conflicts in 1941 Maritime incidents in November 1941 Military attacks against Australia Naval battles of World War II involving Australia Naval battles of World War II involving Germany Naval history of World War II November 1941 events Western Australia during World War II