In 1999, a Parliamentary (Senate) Inquiry in Australia had found that “a strong case can be made that the Kormoran’s underwater torpedo played a major role in the defeat of the Sydney”, whereas in 2009 the Commission of Inquiry had found that “the Sydney had been struck by a torpedo from the above-water tubes of the raider Kormoran while both vessels were sailing along at close quarters at a speed of some 14 knots”.
These diverse rulings mean one or both are not correct.
Born in Kalgoorlie in 1946, Greg had a career in Western Australia as a civil engineering designer for nearly forty years and is a long-time researcher in maritime history. Since retirement he has had more opportunity to methodically investigate and research, as well as pursuing his travel and fishing interests.
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