On this day 110 yrs ago in 1914, HMAS Sydney won the Australian Navy first battle honour destroying the German ship Emden in the Indian Ocean. Her Royal Navy Captain, John Glossop, ran Emden aground after the battle. Sydney's mast and Emdens deck gun are now Australian monuments.
http://gpc.glatton.org.uk/about/the-tragic-account-of-the-royal-navys-fourth-hms-glatton
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