Modern era · 1914
Battle of Cocos
The Battle of Cocos was a single-ship action that occurred on 9 November 1914, after the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, under the command of John Glossop, responded to an attack on a communications station at Direction Island by the German light cruiser SMS Emden, commanded by Karl von Müller.
- When
- 9 Nov 1914
- Where
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Era
- Modern
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Cocos, CC BY-SA 4.0