Battle of Cocos
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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 communicat
Japanese poster depicting the Battle of Cocos
HMAS Sydney
SMS Emden at Tsingtao in 1914
Axe used by SMS Emden landing party to cut submarine telegraph cables on Direction Island, Cocos Islands, in 1914. Displayed at Porthcurno Telegraph Museum.
SMS Emden
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SMS Emden was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. Named for the town of Emden, she was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft in Dan
Battle of Cocos
…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. After the retreat of the German East Asia Squadron from Southeast Asia, Emden had remained behind to function as a…
Emden underway in 1910
Line-drawing of the Dresden class
Karl von Müller, who served as the ship's commanding officer from 1913