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Sailor Steve · 05-17-16, 02:13 PM

May 17, 1916

Great Britain:
Royal Naval Air Service begins experiments on parasite fighters. Porte Baby 9800 is fitted to carry Bristol Scout C3028.

Air War:
French pilot George d'Oisy, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 3. German records are uncertain, but a Vizefeldwebel Friedrich Schlindwein was lost on that day, although in a different sector.

North Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, stops and scuttles British fishing smack Research, 44 tons, bringing his total to 40 vessels and 36,545 tons.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, stops and sinks British smacks, Boy Percy, 46 tons, Boy Sam, 46 tons, and Wanderer, 47 tons. His score is now 34 vessels and 44,745 tons.

U-74 (Erwin Weisbach) is lost in a mine-handling accident, along with all 34 of her crew.

Kattegat:
British submarine E-30 torpedoes German freighter SS Trave, 762 tons, near Halmstad, Norway.

Baltic Sea:
Russian submarine Volk sinks German freighter SS Hera, 2,847 tons, in Norrköping Bay, Sweden.

Adriatic Sea:
Friedrich Fändrich, in Austro-Hungarian U-15, sinks Italian freighter SS Stura, 2,237 tons, bringing his score to 3 ships and 2,342 tons.

United States:
American motor vessel Installer, 18 tons, carrying merchandise from Ketchikan to Forrester Island, Alaska, is stranded at Forrester Island. The three crew make it ashore, but the vessel is a total loss. A little over half the merchandise is salvaged.

05-17-16, 02:13 PM	#1533
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	May 17, 1916 Great Britain: Royal Naval Air Service begins experiments on parasite fighters. Porte Baby 9800 is fitted to carry Bristol Scout C3028. Air War: French pilot George d'Oisy, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 3. German records are uncertain, but a Vizefeldwebel Friedrich Schlindwein was lost on that day, although in a different sector. North Sea: Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, stops and scuttles British fishing smack Research, 44 tons, bringing his total to 40 vessels and 36,545 tons. Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, stops and sinks British smacks, Boy Percy, 46 tons, Boy Sam, 46 tons, and Wanderer, 47 tons. His score is now 34 vessels and 44,745 tons. U-74 (Erwin Weisbach) is lost in a mine-handling accident, along with all 34 of her crew. Kattegat: British submarine E-30 torpedoes German freighter SS Trave, 762 tons, near Halmstad, Norway. Baltic Sea: Russian submarine Volk sinks German freighter SS Hera, 2,847 tons, in Norrköping Bay, Sweden. Adriatic Sea: Friedrich Fändrich, in Austro-Hungarian U-15, sinks Italian freighter SS Stura, 2,237 tons, bringing his score to 3 ships and 2,342 tons. United States: American motor vessel Installer, 18 tons, carrying merchandise from Ketchikan to Forrester Island, Alaska, is stranded at Forrester Island. The three crew make it ashore, but the vessel is a total loss. A little over half the merchandise is salvaged. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 05-19-16 at 10:19 AM.