May 23, 1916
Balearic Sea:
Claus Rücker, commanding U-34, sinks Italian freighter SS Cornigliano, 2,862 tons, and Russian barque Regina, 593 tons, bound from Gulfport to Barcelona, bringing his score to 43 ships and 121,325 tons.
Ligurian Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks Italian freighters Hercules, 2,704 tons, travelling from Clyde to Genoa, and Washington, 2,819 tons. He then bombards Porto Ferraijo, Elba, with his deck gun, damaging Italian freighter SS Teresa Accame, 4,742 tons, just arrived from Norfolk with a load of coal; and sinking sailing vessel Maria Porto Di Salvezza, 39 tons. His score is now 61 ships and 138,041 tons.
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