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At Sea. 9 November 1914. "The Japanese battleship Ibuki crossing over at full speed to put herself between us (HMT Orvieto) and the German raider SMS Emden, about 11 a.m." C E W Bean
At Sea. 9 November 1914." At 5.30 a.m. I woke and at 6 we altered course to turn to the Cocos Islands, fifty miles to our west. At 6 a.m. a message was received from Cocos reporting a strange warship.
At Sea. November 1914. "The slow ship of the fleet, the HMT Southern (A27). Her speed probably cost us about 15,000 pounds sterling." CEW Bean
At Sea. 9 November 1914. The Japanese battleship Ibuki, and HMAS Melbourne getting back to their stations after HMAS Sydney had signalled in the early afternoon, "Emden beached and done for".
At Sea. November 1914." The Japanese battleship Ibuki, which formed one of our escort. This photograph was taken in the early morning. She was generally out on our starboard beam. The fleet can be see
At Sea. November 1914. "The armoured Cruiser HMS Hampshire. Her principle in escorting us (HMT Orvieto) was quite different from that of the Minotaur. The Minotaur kept the escort far away from us, th
Typescript account of the naval encounter between HMAS Sydney and the German raider SMS Emden off Cocos Island on 9 November 1914. A similar report occurs in official Dept of Defence records. (See a