 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo pakati peHMAS Sydney neGermany yekubatsira cruiser Kormorankwakaitika musi wa19 November 1941. Kutsvaka kwokutanga kwezvikepe kwakatanga musi wa 24 November 1941 pashure pokunge Sydney yakundikana kupindura mashoko enhepfenyuro. Ndege dzeRoyal Australian Air Force dzakapota dzichiongorora mhenderekedzo yeWestern Australia, uye nhepfenyuro dzose dzesimba guru muAustralia dzakarayirwa kutumira nhepfenyuro nguva dzose kuSydney. Pashure pokunge ngarava yokuBritain inonzi Trocas yanunura vapukunyuki kubva kuKormoran munenge kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero-kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweCarnarvon musi wa24 November, ngarava nhanhatu dzevatengesi dzaiva pedyo dzakarayirwa kutsvaka vapukunyuki. Ngarava ina dzokubetsera dzeRoyal Australian Navy dzakatumirwa dzichibva kuFremantle, Western Australia. Nepo vapukunyuki 315 vaibva kuKormoran vakanunurwa na 30 November, chiratidzo bedzi chakasimbiswa cheSydney chakawanwa navatsvaki chakanga chiri igwa rimwe chete risina chinhu rakadzorerwa na. 