Re: Kormoran and Sydney found: Australian Navy
- From: Peter Skelton <skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:56:47 -0400
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:50:15 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
<jacklinthicum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 17, 8:30 am, "Jeff Crowell" <jeffDOTcrow...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Matt Wiser wrote:
today the wreck of HMAS Sydney was found 12 NM from
the wreck of the raider.
Can anyone suggest good reading on the original story?
It's always puzzled me that so many of the German
survivors were found and rescued, yet none of the
Aussies were recovered.
Jeff
It would appear that much of the command structure of Sydney was
killed early in the fight, after the Sydney steered close enough to
Kormoran as to render the Sydney's main armament useless.
http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/ships/sydney2a.html
That is a non-existant situation, and one that your reference
does not suggest.
(K was a taller ship than S. S's turrets were capable of 5
degrees depression.)
Peter Skelton
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