A famous AMC of World War I was the British which, after a battle that caused heavy damage on both sides, sank the German auxiliary cruiser near the Brazilian island of Trinidade in 1914. By coincidence, "Cap Trafalgar" was disguised as "Carmania". In World War II, , the sole escort for convoy HX 84 in November 1940, stood off the pocket battleship , when the German ship attacked the convoy. Though she was sunk alongside five vessels, this enabled the rest of the convoy to escape. Her master, Acting Captain Edward Fegen was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his actions. Another famous action involving an armed merchant cruiser was the November 1939 battle between and the German battlecruisers and . Outgunned, the "Rawalpindi" was quickly sunk.