Q-Ball -> RE: SLIGHTLY OT: Mystery WW1 sea battle (2/3/2008 5:36:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Koniev I vaguely remember a story I once read about an Australian heavy cruiser that was beat up, possibly sunk, by a German Q-ship. It was in the Indian Ocean. The whole thing was hushed up. Can't remember much more than that. This story is very interesting for WITP players, because it happened off the West Coast of OZ before the Pacific War, less than a month before Pearl Harbor, and a rare case of two ships sinking each other in a meeting engagement. The German Raider Kormoran sank the Australian CL Sydney (same class as Perth and Hobart, so AFB's your OOB is less one Aussie CL before WITP even begins), and sank later herself. (To be precise, she didn't see the CL sink, but saw explosions on the horizon). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_between_HMAS_Sydney_and_HSK_Kormoran Interesting Read for anyone not familiar with it, including the controversy
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