HMAS Melbourne departed from Trinidad with orders to search the coastal areas of Venezuela, Colombia and Panama for the Karlsruhe and her attendant supply ship.
HMAS Sydney coaled at Ponta Delgada in the Azores. Nine German ships were observed at anchor in neutral Portuguese waters.
Australian Naval History on 28 December 1914
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