Komet was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider. Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 45, to the Royal Navy she was name
Komet c. 1941
HSK Komet in 1942
German attacks on Nauru
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The German attacks on Nauru during World War II were conducted in December 1940 on the island of Nauru, an Australian-administered League of Nations mandate in the Central Pacific. Nauru was of consid
German auxiliary cruiser Komet
…frustrated at not having encountered the enemy. During December, Komet and Orion casually met in the waters surrounding Nauru Island and proceeded to sink five Allied merchant ships, with a combined tonnage of about 41,000 tons, that had been waiting off the island to load phosphate. Three of these ships -- Triona, Vinni and…
Damaged phosphate cantilever loading equipment following the German bombardment of Nauru on 27 December 1940
HMAS Manoora off Nauru in January 1941