The auxiliary cruiser Kormoran was a Kriegsmarine (German Navy) merchant raider during World War II. It was designated as ‘Schiff 41’ and known to the Allied navies as Raider G. Best known for sinking the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney in November 1941 off Western Australia, a battle in which she was also destroyed, Kormoran … Read more
The HMAS Sydney Has Been Found! The modified Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy was lost with all hands in 1941, after having had great success in the early years of World War II. She sank after clashing with the German raider the Kormorant in November 1941. Her loss, with her crew of … Read more
She always was wired a bit different, Son, Dad always told me. I told your mother that all the time, he added just weeks before he passed away! I remember the day she was born very well. She’d kept us up most of one night, and almost all of the next, playing a guessing game … Read more
