• Thumbnail for Sinking of HMAS Sydney
    time of the battle, the raider was disguised as the Dutch merchantman Straat Malakka and carried 399 personnel: 36 officers, 359 sailors, and 4 Chinese sailors...
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    and swinging the flags clear. The callsign was that of the Dutch ship Straat Malakka, but she was not on Sydney's list of ships meant to be in the area....
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    electrocution. Kormoran's disguise was changed to the Dutch freighter Straat Malakka, and notice was received of a further 100 Second Class Iron Crosses...
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  • superior HMAS Sydney, disguising herself as the Dutch merchant vessel Straat Malakka prior to their mutually destructive engagement. disguising a warship...
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    demanded that she prove her assumed identity as the Dutch freighter Straat Malakka. During the interception, Sydney's captain brought his ship dangerously...
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    was the Kormoran, a merchant raider disguised as the Dutch freighter Straat Malakka. According to accounts by Kormoran crew members, Sydney chased and overhauled...
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    for challenge and reply. It is possible that Detmers possessed the Straat Malakka's secret callsign, although he denied it. This might explain why Sydney...
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    the aptly named skatepark "De Border". There is a tennis court on 'Straat van Malakka', a sports hall on 'Fretstraat' and there is a sports complex in the...
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