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GUEST,John Gray in Oz	BS: HMAS Sydney - sunk 1941, located 2008 (184* d)	RE: BS: HMAS Sydney - sunk 1941, located 2008	17 Apr 08
If the Captain of the Sydney had of survived he would have faced a court martial. He should have stood-off until the Kormoran was properly identified, instead he kept closing the range to the point where he placed his ship in jeopardy. Over-confidence, arrogance (?) cost him his ship and crew. With his superior armament and fire-control ( of the guns ) a properly conducted engagement would have seen the sinking of the Kormoran as a fairly simple task. And these captains are still around, at least during the Viet Nam schemozzle when I was in the navy. JG/FME

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