May 30, 1916
Air War:
German airman Kurt Jentsch, in a two-seater, claims a Farman and a Caudron, both unconfirmed.
Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, commanding U-34, sinks British freighter Julia Park, 2,900 tons, travelling from Liverpool to Alexandria with a load of coal. His score is now 44 ships and 124,225 tons.
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks four ships:
British freighter Baron Tweedmouth, 5,007 tons, bound from Clyde to Alexandria with a load of coal, captured and sunk by gunfire.
British freighter Dalegarth, 2,265 tons, carrying a load of magnesite from Limni to Glasgow.
Italian freighter Hermesberg, 2,884 tons, route and cargo unspecified.
Norwegian freighter Rauma, 3,047 tons, travelling from Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, to Palermo with a load of coal.
Forstmann takes over as the leading U-boat ace with 74 ships and 175,716 tons.
Canada:
Canadian schooner L.T. Whitmore, 240 tons, is just starting a voyage from Port Greville, Nova Scotia to Tralee, Kerry, Ireland, when she is consumed by fire off Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia.
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