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HSK KORMORAN life jacket
Wetzell Gummi1930s
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
Oberleutenant (Lieutenant Commander) Messerschmidt was issued with this life jacket while serving on the German raider HSK KORMORAN. The ship was lost off the Western Australian coast in battle with HMAS SYDNEY on 19 November 1941. He later gave the jacket to prison guard Warrant Officer H Scanlon at the prisoner of war camp which held many survivors from the KORMORAN.
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- Title: HSK KORMORAN life jacket
- Creator: Wetzell Gummi
- Date: 1930s
- Location: Germany
- Type: Life jacket
- Significance: The jacket is a rare surviving article from the fateful sea battle which resulted in the loss of both ships, the entire crew of HMAS SYDNEY and some 80 crew from HSK KORMORAN. SYDNEY was a key vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and a major World War II symbol for the Australian public.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Fabric covered rubber, plastic lids, fabric straps
- Dimensions: 750 x 520 x 15 mm, 1000 g
- Credit line: ANMM Collection Purchased in the memory of John Allott-Rodgers
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