[johnny7]

6x6-inch guns and her torpedo tubes can do a lot of damage at point blank range

I agree... they did at Wake island to a Jap surface fleet that was in full, invasion mode. IMO... HMS Sidney paid the fatal price for underestimating the guile of her enemy.

[Calvin Locke]

Having challenged the raider, which was masquerading as the Dutch Straat Malakka, to identify herself, and not having received a satisfactory response, the cruiser's Captain inexplicably brought his ship to well within 1.000 metres of her - with disastrous results.

- from link in #14