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alecsandros wrote:Are you sure it's the same battle ?

http://www.world-war.co.uk/sydney_story.php3

the ranges are from Sydney's action report.

I checked and they are not the same battles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sirte

Anyway, it's a digression from the discussion,
as Sidney did not have 5.25" guns, and her target wasn't a destroyer, but a light cruiser.

For the record , Sidney's ammo consumption at Cape Spada was 963 x 6" rounds.

Thanks for posting your interesting material dunmonro. I think we can agree that HMAS Sydney scored hits at about 18,000 yards possibly a little more, UP to maybe 20,000 yards.