645 people were on HMAS SYDNEY
The name of the hospital ship sunk off the east coast of Brisbane, Australia, was the Centaur. It was sunk by the Japanese sub I-177 It was sunk at four A.M. There were 332 non-combatants on board, 268 of whom died. Of the twelve nurses on board, only one survived. You can get further details by going to Google and typing in your original question.
HMAS Kianga ended on 1946-01-17.
HMAS Biloela ended on 1927-11-14.
HMAS Horsham, a Royal Australian Navy survey vessel, was decommissioned in 1997.
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it sunk in 1987 when the Kolomoran sank it with two torpedoes
No, assuming you mean the HMAS Sydney sunk in 1941. She ran on furnace fuel oil, which was burned to heat water, which turned steam turbines.
The HMAS Sydney was involved in a mutually destructive engagement with the German auxiliary cruiser Komoran on November 19, 1941.
HMAS Kooronga ended in 1948.
HMAS Kooronga was created in 1924.
HMAS Creswell was created in 1915.
HMAS Inverell ended in 1952.
HMAS Watson was created in 1945.
HMAS Koolonga ended in 1915.
HMAS Doomba ended in 1921.