What the records say
- When
- 9 Nov 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 13.42° N, 71.86° E
- Location
- Off the Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean
- Outcome
- Australian victory
- Belligerents
- Germany vs Australia
Placed at the 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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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “combat des îles Cocos dans l’Océan Indien”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “الحرب العالمية الأولى - معركة كوكوس: غرق الطراد الألماني إس إم إس إمدن على يد الطراد اتش إم آي إس سيدني الأسترالي”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page