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...
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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (/ˈkoʊkəs/; Cocos Islands...
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Cocos may refer to: Cocos, Bahia, Brazil Cocos, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, a barrio Cocos Island (disambiguation) Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territory...
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HMAS Sydney (1912) (category Town-class cruisers (1910) of the Royal Australian Navy)
9 November 1914, she defeated the German cruiser SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos. During 1915 and 1916, Sydney operated on the North America and West...
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Emden at the Battle of Cocos. The battle was the first naval clash and first victory for the Royal Australian Navy. In the early days of World War II...
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Emden, which had to be run aground and surrendered at the Battle of Cocos. Depiction of the battle in a German postcard Zhemchug, after 1909 Mousquet, undated...
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SMS Emden (category Shipwrecks of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
resulting Battle of Penang, she sank the Russian cruiser Zhemchug and the French destroyer Mousquet. Müller then took Emden to raid the Cocos Islands,...
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Karl von Müller (category Politicians from the Province of Hanover)
defeated in the Battle of Cocos by the Australian ship's heavier guns (6-inch with Emden only 4-inch guns)). Müller, with the rest of his surviving crew...
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(1918) Battle of Rabaul Battle of Tsingtao (1914) Battle of Penang (1914) Battle of Coronel (1914) Battle of Cocos (1914) Japanese Occupation Of German...
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Hellmuth von Mücke (category Military personnel of the Kingdom of Saxony)
Sydney in the Battle of Cocos. Emden ran aground to avoid sinking. It was the Ayesha, a wooden topsail schooner owned by Clunies-Ross of Cocos Keeling Islands...
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Die Männer der Emden (redirect from Odyssey of Heroes)
Pfahl [de] that is an account of members of the crew of SMS Emden making their way back to Germany after the Battle of Cocos (1914). The film was shot in...
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North Keeling (category Islands of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
north of Horsburgh Island. It is the northernmost atoll and island of the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. It consists of just one...
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Cocos Island (Spanish: Isla del Coco) is an island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately 550 km (342 mi; 297 nmi) southwest of...
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of this Indian Ocean tour of duty followed from a rendezvous at sea with the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney. In what was called the Battle of Cocos,...
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John Glossop (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney during the Battle of Cocos in which the German cruiser SMS Emden was sunk. Passing out of HMS Britannia in 1887, he served for...
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Royal Australian Navy (redirect from Navy of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
Sydney met in the Battle of Cocos, the Emden was destroyed in Australia's first naval victory. Following the almost complete destruction of the East Asia...
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Coconut (redirect from Cocos nucifera)
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term "coconut" (or...
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SMS Emden during the Battle of Cocos in November 1914 ('Emden' 1914), to the Commonwealth warships involved in the pursuit and last battle of the German battleship Bismarck...
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Guerilla War 1901: The Battle of Racecourse Hill 1911: Gan Gan massacre 1914–1918: First World War 1914: Battle of Cocos 1915: Battle of Broken Hill 1915:...
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SMS Emden (1916) (category World War I cruisers of Germany)
end of the war, at which point she was ceded to France. The ship was named after the previous Emden, which had been destroyed at the Battle of Cocos earlier...
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German ship Emden (redirect from List of ships named SMS Emden)
World War I, and was run aground after the Battle of Cocos in 1914. SMS Emden (1916), a Königsberg-class cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine that was scuttled...
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East Asia Squadron (category Military units and formations of the Imperial German Navy)
prolonged struggle with HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos. At the outbreak of World War I, nearly all the ships of the East Asia Station were dispersed at...
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engaged by HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos, where the German vessel was destroyed. A group of sailors under the command of Hellmuth von Mücke managed...
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Scapa Flow (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
the Battle of Cocos on 9 November 1914 by the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney. At least seven of the scuttled German ships and a number of sunken...
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of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Battle of Cocos Cocos Buff-banded Rail Cocos Islands Mutiny Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport Fauna of the Cocos (Keeling)...
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as the second torpedo officer on the light cruiser SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos. The SMS Emden had an extraordinary record capturing British ships...
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German warship, SMS Emden, in the Battle of Cocos. 20 September 1917 – During the Allied victory in the Battle of Polygon Wood in Belgium, Lieutenant...
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SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos in 1914. The third, not received by any ship named Sydney, was for ships involved in the pursuit and last battle of the German...
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Australian flag debate (category Flags of Australia)
often arisen in connection with the issue of republicanism in Australia. It has come to a head on a number of occasions, such as the period immediately...
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Imperial German Navy (category Military of the German Empire)
Second Battle of Dover Strait – 1917. Attack on Dover Barrage Battle of Cocos Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby – 1914. Bombardment of British...
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