Sinking of HMAS Sydney
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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 B
Sydney cruiser SLV H91.108 1019
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1985 074 27, Hilfskreuzer Kormoran
HMAS Sydney in 1940
Kormoran in 1940, view from a German U-boat
Theodor Detmers
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Theodor Detmers was a German naval officer and captain of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Detmers
Sinking of HMAS Sydney
…battle off the coast of Western Australia. Sydney, with Captain Joseph Burnett commanding, and Kormoran, under Fregattenkapitän (lit. 'Frigate captain') Theodor Detmers, encountered each other approximately 106 nautical miles (196 km; 122 mi) off Dirk Hartog Island. The single-ship action lasted half an hour, and both…
Theodor Detmers
Detmers' Prisoner of War Service and Casualty Form