May 20:
Turkey: The train carrying Hellmuth von Mücke and his men arrives in Ankara.
North Africa: The monitors' convoy rounds Cape Guardafui (Gwardafuy) and into the Arabian sea. Encountering the heavy winds and seas described by Captain Drury-Lowe of HMS Chatham, the daily average distance drops from 157 to 77 miles. Captain Fullerton takes the convoy close inshore in an attempt to avoid the hard going.
German East Africa: HMS Laconia anchors in Tirene Bay at Mafia Island. At 1300 Short Folder 121 makes its first reconaissance flight in some time, returning at 1450. At 1618 Laconia is underway back to Niororo Island.
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