<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_HMAS_Sydney" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sinking of HMAS Sydney">Battle between HMAS <i id="mwdQ">Sydney</i> and HSK <i id="mwdg">Kormoran</i></a>. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> seamen.