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On 19 November 1941, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran engaged each other in a battle off the coast of Western Australia. Sydney, with Captain Joseph Burnett commanding, and Kormoran, under Fregattenkapitän Theodor Detmers, encountered each other approximately 106 nautical miles (196 km; 122 mi ...
- 19 November 1941( 1941-11-19)
The most grievous loss suffered by the Royal Australian Navy occurred on 19 November 1941, when the cruiser HMAS Sydney was lost in action with the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off the Western Australian coast.
On 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney, a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy with an impressive record of war service, was lost following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast.
In November 1941 the HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran engaged in a fierce gun battle that left Kormoran crippled and Sydney lost with all hands.
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No naval event in Australian history has been shrouded in more mystery than the sinking of HMAS Sydney during the Second World War, but the conspiracy theories have now been given a firm rebuff by the recent parliamentary inquiry.
Dec 18, 2022 · In the late afternoon of November 19, 1941, some 170 miles off Shark Bay on the west coast of Australia he accidentally met HMAS Sydney. HMAS Sydney commanded by Captain Joseph Burnett immediately asked for the identity of the spotted German raider by means of flag signals.
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The disappearance of HMAS Sydney was extremely difficult to explain to a deeply shocked Australian public, which had recently celebrated Sydney’s great operational achievements in the Mediterranean.
