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Wreck of the EMDEN Cocos Island
c 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
Photograph of the wreck of the German raider EMDEN beached on North Keeling Island after its destruction by HMAS SYDNEY during the Battle of Cocos on 9 November 1914.
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Details
- Title: Wreck of the EMDEN Cocos Island
- Date: c 1915
- Location: Cocos Islands
- Type: Photograph
- Significance: The Battle of Cocos was the first major engagement for the then new RAN and HMAS SYDNEY's victory over SMS EMDEN was widely celebrated across Australia.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 105 x 160 mm
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
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