Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

The battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran  was a single ship action between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with Captain Joseph Burnett commanding, and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, under Fregattenkapitän (Commander) Theodor Detmers. The half-hour long engagement occurred on 19 November 1941, during World War II, after the two ships encountered each other approximately 106 nmi (122 mi; 196 km) off Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia; it resulted in the ships' mutual destruction and sinking.

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