In April 2016, the Navy offered "Sydney" for use as a dive wreck to Australia's states and territories, in the same manner as her sisters and . However, the decision to utilise the ship in this way has been condemned by different organisations, with calls for it to be restored as a memorial to the modern RAN. No organisations expressed interest in using the ship as a dive wreck, and in May 2017 "Sydney" departed under tow for Western Australia where she was to be scrapped.