soc.history.war.world-war-ii

In article ,
Scott M. Kozel wrote:

>torpedoes, and take evasive action (the government report says the
>ships were steaming parallel at about 14 knots).
>
The government report is untrustworthy, since it was based entirely
on the reports of German survivors during a not particularly well-run
interrogation. As pointed out, the Germans might or might not have
lied, may have misremembered or been mistaken at the time, and may
have come up with a common story.

We know that Sydney and Kormoran both sank, and that there were
survivors from Kormoran and not Sydney. It is reasonable to
assume that the two were very close when combat started. Aside
from that, we really don't know anything.


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