June 24, 2007
Well this is an interesting bit of history.
Reinhold von Malapert, who was the Signals officer of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, has died.
The Kormoran is the only auxiliary cruiser to have sunk a full cruiser in history, though she was herself sunk in the battle.
The Australian Cruiser Sydney had
a sterling record during WW2.....until she was lost with all hands in
WW2....sunk by Kormoran .
Malapert had never discussed the sinking until last year. He succeeded in getting the survivors in the lifeboat under his charge to safety.
Read the whole thing.
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Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Sun Jun 24 21:54:56 2007 (+rSRq)
In the face of the NAZI death camps raiders just paled in comparison I guess....
Posted by: Brickmuppet at Sun Jun 24 22:10:54 2007 (V5zw/)
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