Battle
Open on the mapBattle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
19 Nov 1941 · 26.16° S, 111.07° E
What the records say
- When
- 19 Nov 1941
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 26.16° S, 111.07° E
- Description
- 1941 naval battle during World War II
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Sinking of HMAS Sydney
1941 naval battle during World War II
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 off Dirk Hartog Island.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “бой между австралийским крейсером «Sydney» и германским вспомогательным крейсером «Kormoran», западнее Австралии, в результате которого оба корабля затонули”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page