Batalla

Battle of Cocos

9 nov 1914 · 13.42° N, 71.86° E

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Cuándo
9 nov 1914
Tipo
Batalla
Coordenadas
13.42° N, 71.86° E
Location
Off the Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean
Outcome
Australian victory
Belligerents
Germany contra Australia

Situado en: midpoint of the belligerents’ countries: the source gives no place.

Battle of Cocos

1914 naval battle between Australia and Germany near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Battle of Cocos was a single-ship action that occurred on 9 November 1914, after the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, under the command of John Glossop, responded to an attack on a communications station at Direction Island by the German light cruiser SMS Emden, commanded by Karl von Müller.

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