On the 19th November 1941 the German merchantraider HSK Kormoran and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney met in battle which ended in mutal destruction. While most of the German crew could save themselves (including a few POWs taken before the battle) the Sydney was lost with all hands which caused much controversity in Australia, as nobody wanted to believe that she could have taken down by a simple modified simple merchantship. Now both wracks have been found and there is hope to reconstroct the event of the battle and find the cause for the of the Sydneys and her crew.
(I am not used if I used the correct English terms for the shipclasses, so please correct me if you find me wrong)
(I am not used if I used the correct English terms for the shipclasses, so please correct me if you find me wrong)
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