Kormoran's survivors reported lights associated with Sydney's disappearance. One proposed interpretation is that these were flares intended to gather survivors instead of continuing fires aboard the cruiser. In that scenario, Sydney could have sunk sooner and travelled farther below the surface during her descent. The interpretation remains uncertain and does not establish a new sinking sequence.
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Were the distant lights distress flares?
Lights taken for fires on Sydney may instead have been distress flares used to gather survivors.