The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8) was a Kriegsmarine (German Navy) merchant raier of World War II. Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 41, to the Allied navies she was Raider G. Kormoran is known best for the sinking of Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney with all hands (645 souls) in November 1941, during a battle off Western Australia, in which Kormoran was also destroyed. Following many years of speculation and searches, on March 16, 2008, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that Kormoran had been found. The wreck is reported to be 150 kilometres west of Shark Bay.