KM · AMC

Kormoran

Sunk

German auxiliary cruiser, disguised as a merchant ship. On 19 November 1941 she and Sydney destroyed each other off Western Australia.

Type	Armed merchant cruiser (AMC)
Fate	Sunk. Scuttled 19 November 1941 after the fight with HMAS Sydney, west of Western Australia. Most of her crew survived. Sydney was lost with all hands.
Command	Detmers, Theodor Anton Gunther Captain from 9 October 1940; In command when she was scuttled, 20 November 1941

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

No photograph of this ship is on the shelf. This is a line drawing of Kormoran, not a picture of her. Australian War Memorial 053868. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Detmers, Theodor Anton GuntherCaptain from 9 October 1940In command when she was scuttled, 20 November 1941

Sydney and Kormoran

1941-11-19 · scuttled after the fight

Sunk

SydneyCL · D48 · RAN

Photos and info Sydney and Kormoran

Shot and shell

sunk · gun and torpedoHMAS Sydney
Kormoran and Sydney destroyed each other. Sydney went down with every man aboard.

Taken · sunkfrom HMAS Sydney
Sydney's gunfire left Kormoran sinking. The raider was scuttled. Most of her crew survived.