Sydney's six-inch guns decide the Battle of Cocos

Sydney's third salvo struck Emden's wireless office and a forward gun, beginning the systematic effect of the heavier six-inch shells. Further hits wrecked steering, rangefinding, voice pipes, weapons, funnels, the bridge, and access to the flooded aft magazine. Sydney tried a torpedo and then turned to bring her unused starboard guns into action as fires and casualties overwhelmed the German cruiser. After eighty minutes, with one gun still firing and half the crew killed or wounded, Captain von Müller beached Emden on North Keeling Island.