[Sailor Steve]

July 28, 1916

Air War:

1315 After a string of five unconfirmed claims, French pilot René Dorme, flying an unnamed Nieuport, shoots down an AGO two-seater for victory number 2.

French pilots Georges Flachaire, Georges Lachmann and Jean Matton bring down an Albatros two-seater. Victories number 2 for Flachaire and Lachmann, number 1 for Matton.

French ace Georges Guynemer, in Nieuport 17 1531, shoots down an LVG C.II for victory number 11.



North Sea:
Ernst Voigt, in UB-23, attacks another fishing fleet, sinking motor fishing vessels Andrewina (or Andrew Ina), 50 tons; Good design, 40 tons; Jane Stewart, 15 tons; Janet Ovenstone, 15 tons, Johan, 49 tons; Speedwell, 11 tons; Spero Mellora, 11 tons; and Volunteer, 15 tons. Also sunk is drifter Renown, 61 tons. Voigt's score is now 22 vessels and 3,499 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, begins his epic patrol with the sinking of Italian freighter SS Dandolo, 4,977 tons, en route from Calcutta to Livorno with an unnamed cargo. This brings his score to 49 ships and 112,634 tons.

British paddle steam minesweeper HMS Majestic II, 408 tons, founders off Oran.



German East Africa:
0727 British monitor HMS Mersey once again opens fire on Saadani village, with a seaplane calling the fall of shot.
0755 Mersey ceases fire.
0900 Mersey gets underway southward to Bagamayo, arriving at 1145.
1400 Mersey is underway again.
1500 Mersey joins light cruiser HMS Talbot.
1745 Talbot and Mersey anchor in Zanzibar Harbour, joining Fleet Auxiliary Trent, whalers Childers and Echo, and colliers Queen Alexandra and Virent.

HMS Severn is still at Mkwaja, hosting operations by Dickson's Scouts.