Saturday, December 2, 2006

The Emden? Didn't She Sink?


AWM ART00191. Arthur Burgess, Emden beached and done for, 9 November 1914, 1920, Painting: oil on canvas, 168.5 x254.5 cm. The German light cruiser SMS Emden, aground and on fire after battle with the RAN light cruiser HMAS Sydney off Cocos-Keeling Islands, HMAS Sydney is visible in the far distance. This image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. I don't think this is my ship!

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