High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran(I) was a single ship action between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with Captain Joseph Burnett commanding, and the GermanMoreHigh Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran(I) was a single ship action between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with Captain Joseph Burnett commanding, and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, under Fregattenkapit n (Commander) Theodor Detmers.
The half-hour long engagement occurred after the two ships encountered each other off the coast of Western Australia on 19 November 1941, and resulted in the ships mutual destruction.