"Sydney&Cormorant found by sea archeologists" Topic
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| Barin1 | 19 Nov 2015 6:42 a.m. PST |
Found it on one of the Russian sites.
link Never heard about the story before… On November, 19 1941 Australian light cruiser Sydney intercepted a ship that was supposed to be a mere merchant. However, it happened to be a German raider. In a fire exchange both ships were sunk. German crew was collected by RAN ;ater on, while Sydney crue persihed.
Findings by joint exhibition by Western Australia University and Curtin University bring some light on WWII tragedy. Materials on University site: link |
| Zargon | 19 Nov 2015 8:01 a.m. PST |
Nice one Barin, wonder how often two ships slugged it out and both sunk.
Cheers and remember the crews who fought so valiantly. |
| Chris Wimbrow | 19 Nov 2015 12:06 p.m. PST |
Kormoran was the German ship. And the wrecks were located in 2008. |
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