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 Burnett commanding, and Kormoran, under Fregattenkapitän Theodor Detmers, encountered each other approximately 106 nautical miles off Dirk Hartog Island. The single-ship action lasted half an hour, and both ships were destroyed.
Image: Sydney cruiser SLV H91.108 1019
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1985 074 27, Hilfskreuzer Kormoran
HMAS Sydney in 1940
Kormoran in 1940, view from a German U-boat
Geraldton
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Geraldton is a coastal city in the Mid West region of Western Australia, 424 kilometres (263 mi) north of the state capital, Perth.
Image: 00 1761 Geraldton, Western Australia
Image: Welcome to Geraldton
Memorial to HMAS Sydney
The Waiting Woman sculpture by Joan Walsh-Smith and Charles Smith