Adnan Meshuggi -> (5/5/2002 6:28:37 PM)
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Huhu, well, maybe knew your german friends more about this as you think.... maybe you remember the "Geschwader Spee", crusing for some time in the pacific in WW1 or such nice places as the Bismarck Archipel... In ww2 the pacific saw some german subs there, they had even a home port for the IX D2-types in 1943. Also in the indian ocean, they operated very succsessfull, don´t know if that counts... also some raiders operated there, like the kormoran, but also, if i remember correctly the Atlantis, the Thor and some others.... In ww1 also Graf Luckner operated very succsessfully in the pacific, with a 3 mast-bark.... For the Kormoran-Sydney battle, well, it was a very great victory for the kormoran and very stupid from the brits, no "honor" for the brits and aussis, maybe this is the point, they never honored the sailors (for me, very typical for politicans) - even if they fight very brave.... The sydney controlled the kormoran and was (i read that in a book from a kormoran survivor) to overestimated - It came near to some kilometers (2 or 3), and was hit deadly from the 15cm guns of the kormoran (or were it 21cm guns??). The sydney had opened fire first, but after some shots, it came to near to look at the prey (probably they thought, the kormoran was no match for them). Also the Kormoran got some seriously damages, so the captain gave up the ship.... 300 plus x survivors from the kormoran, but none from the sydney, this ship drifted away and was never seen - i think it sunk from internal explosions... But anyway, it is a shame, that the politicans never honored the loss of live of these sailors...
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