Theodor Detmers

Theodor Detmers
Born22 August 1902
Witten
Died4 November 1976(1976-11-04) (aged 74)
Rahlstedt, Hamburg
Allegiance Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
Years of service1921–1945
RankKapitän zur See
UnitKriegsmarine
Commands heldHermann Schoemann
Kormoran
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross
Other workAuthor[1]

Theodor Detmers (22 August 1902 – 4 November 1976) was a German naval officer and captain of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran during World War II.[2] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Detmers commanded the commerce raider Kormoran when it sunk the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference detmers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "HMAS Sydney II and the Kormoran". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 30 March 2008.

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