Did the wreck show an attempt to abandon Sydney?

Did examination of Sydney's wreck show signs of lifeboats or an attempt to abandon ship?

No abandonment sequence is established. The reply acknowledges that the wreck photographs had not yet been examined and questions whether the destruction of central boats explains the lack of survivors.

Sydney's wreck was found on 16 March 2008, approximately 207 kilometres from Western Australia and around 2,500 metres deep. No firm abandonment sequence is offered because the actual wreck photographs had not yet been examined during this exchange. The suggestion that central boats burned does not settle the absence of survivors. Other boats and Carley floats were carried elsewhere aboard.