Search finds German war ship Kormoran that sunk off coast

A search for an Australian navy battle cruiser lost in 1941 has turned up the wreck of the German raider that sank it, the prime minister said yesterday.

Both the HMAS Sydney and the German vessel, the DKM Kormoran, sank after a battle off Australia's western coast on November 19, 1941, during World War II.

None of the 645 men aboard the Sydney survived. But 317 of the Kormoran's 397 crew rowed to the Australian coast in lifeboats and were taken prisoner.