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[Sailor Steve]

May 26, 1917

Air War:
0700 German ace Paul Strähle, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1685 for victory number 7. 2nd Lt R.R. MacIntosh is taken prisoner.

0845 Canadian RFC pilot Arnold Chadwick, in Sopwith Pup N6176, and English pilot Albert Enstone, in Pup N6187, shre a victory over a German two-seater. Victory number 4 for Chadwick, number 3 for Enstone.

1000 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an unidentified Albatros for victory number 43.

1016 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1556, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 20.

1030 English pilot Harold Satchell and Canadian observer Archibald Nathaniel Jenks, in FE.2d A6469, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for Satchell, number 1 for Jenks.

1035 English pilot Donald Cunnell and observer William Gilson, flying FE.2d A4631, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for Cunnell, number 5 for Gilson.

1040 English RFC pilot Philip Fletcher Fullard, in Nieuport 23 B1559, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1040 Harold Satchell and Archie Jenks score their second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III. Number 3 for Satchell, number 2 for Jenks.

1045 English RFC pilot Hugh White and observer Thomas Lewis, in FE.2d A6412, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for each.

1145 Italian ace Fulco di Calabria, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 9.

1545 German ace Werner Voss, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6168 for victory number 30. Lt Basil Mortimer George Webb Cole is wounded and crashes just inside the British trenches.

1900-2000 English RFC ace Arthur Rhys Davids, in SE.5 A4868, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1930 English RFC pilot Edric Broadberry, in SE.5 A8903, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4.

1945 English RFC observer Arthur Rex Hurden Ross, riding in Bristol F.2b with pilot Lt H.M. Fraser, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2015 German pilot Reinhold Jörke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 3.

2050 German pilot Otto Rosenfeld, flying an Albatrod D.III, shoots down SE.5 A8902 for victory number 3. 2nd Lt J. Toogood is killed.

2055 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1626 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt G.M. Robertson is taken prisoner.

French pilot Pierre Fortaner Paul de Cazenove de Pradines, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German fighter for victory number 1.

Bavarian pilot Otto Kissenberth, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII S294 for victory number 4. S/Lt André Caboud is killed.



North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Ireland:
Rudolf Schneider, commanding U-87, sinks two ships:
Russian barque Lucipara, 1,943 tons, bound from Androssen for Santos with an unspecified cargo. U-87 fires a torpedo, which misses. The merchant crew then stop and abandon ship, after which Schneider scuttles the ship.
British sailing ship Saint Mirren, 1,956 tons, en route from Clyde to Santos with a load of patent fuel.
Schneider's score is now 29 ships and 94,045 tons.



English Channel:
Hubert Aust, in UC-45, scuttles French barque Saint Hubert, 423 tons, heading from Swansea to Fécamp with a load of coal; off Cap La Hague, Normandy. His score is now 9 ships and 8,072 tons.



Norway:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19, sinks Norwegian passenger/cargo ships SS Norway, 1,447 tons, carrying a load of steel pipe, general cargo and passengers from Leith to Christiania; just off Holmengraa. His score is now 20 ships and 27,682 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks two ships:
Greek freighter SS Aristedes, 2,179 tons, hauling a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Plymouth; sunk aff Cabo del Ajo, on the north coast of Spain.
Norwegian freighter SS Norhaug, 1,245 tons. out of Swansea for Blaye with a load of coal; hit a mine laid by UC-21 off Saint Nazaire.
Saltzwedel's score is now 75 ships and 110,223 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks two vessels off Policastro, Italy:
Italian sailing boat Angelo Padre, 50 tons.
British freighter SS Umaria, 5,317 tons, underway from Calcutta to Britain with a general cargo.
Von Fischel's score is now 29 ships and 57,332 tons.



Strait of Messina:
Horst Obermüller, in UB-43, sinks Greek freighter SS Dorothy, 4,494 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Karachi to Naples. His tally is now 3 ships and 12,940 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks British freighter SS Holmesbank, 3,051 tons, headed from Swansea to Port Said with a load of coal; northwest of Alexandria. His total is now 130 ships and 189,503 tons.

Hans von der Lühe, in UC-20, sinks a French/Italian fishing fleet south of Sicily:
Abd es Salem, French 25 tons.
Dandolo, French, 50 tons.
Manoubia, French, 50 tons.
Messaouda, French, 50 tons.
San Francesco, Italian, 47 tons.
Von der Lühe's score is now 9 vessels and 3,985 tons.

Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, scuttles Italian schooner Risorgimento, 222 tons, south of Sardinia. His score is now 22 vessels and 38,518 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinks British hospital ship Dover Castle, 8,271 tons, en route from Malta to Gibraltar; north o Bona, Algeria. His score is now 28 ships and 44,354 tons.

Kurt Schapler, in UC-73, sinks Italian freighter SS Agragas, 850 tons, off Sirte, Libya. His score is now 4 ships and 7,151 tons.

[Jimbuna]

27th May 1917

Western Front

Small actions along Moronvilliers, Verdun and Alsace fronts.

Southern Front

Italians take S. Giovanni (Carso, third Austrian line), and cross River Timavo; lose and regain Hill 126, east of Gorizia. Austrians claim 13,000 prisoners.

Aviation

British, French, and Belgian aeroplanes bombard German defenses on the Belgian coast at Heist, Blackenberge, and Zeebrugge.

Political, etc.

Germans threaten to sink at sight all hospital ships in Mediterranean.

It is announced that 600 German daily papers ceased publication since beginning of war.

Official statistics show German birthrates in the 26 largest German cities have dropped by 38.3% since 1914.

Ship Losses:

Beatrice (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Boldwell (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) north east of Linosa, Italy (36°12′N 13°24′E) by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Dartmoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of the Fastnet Rock (51°09′N 8°46′W) by SM UC-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 25 of her crew.
Debora (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west south west of Lista, Vest-Agder, Norway (57°56′N 5°49′E) by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Efstathios (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cape Penus by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Général de Boisdeffre (France) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.
Luigi (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Ustica (38°58′N 15°49′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maria Giuseppe (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk off the south coast of Italy by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Michele Constantino (Italy) The sailing vessels was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 27, 1917

Air War:
0615-0700 English RFC pilot Leonard Barlow, flying Sopwith Pup A4858, is credited with two German two-seaters for victories number 2 and 3.

0615-0715 English RFC ace Cyril Crowe, in SE.5 A8910, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victroy number 8.

0730 Canadian RNAS pilot James Glen, in Sopwith Pup N6283, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0730 Ace RFC team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, both from England, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros two-seater. Victory number 17 for Thayre and 18 for Cubbon.

0735 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon score their second kill of the day, an Albatros D.III. Number 18 for Thayre and 19 for Cubbon.

0740 Canadian RNAS pilot Alfred Carter, flying Sopwith Pup N6474, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

0745 A victory over an Albatros D.V is shared by two planes from different services:
RFC FE.2b 4998 - Irish ace Victor Huston, victory number 6, with observer Lt E.A. Foord.
RNAS Pup N6465 - Canadia ace Harold Kerby, victory number 7.
This may be a misprint. Kerby's listing says it was a D.III, and doesn't mention the share. If it is a D.V, it is one of the first of that type in service, and probabnly the first one to be brought down.
This is Huston's last victory. He survives the war, and is instrumental in the founding of the Chilean Air Force. Huston will be killed in a German bomber raid on Coventry on April 10, 1940.

0830 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A5474 for victory number 14. 2nd Lt E. West-White and Sgt J.R. Cumberland crash unharmed on their own side of the lines.

0910 French pilot Claude Marcel Haegelen, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0940 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 21.

1015 French ace Henri Languedoc, flying a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.
(Per French Air Service War Chronology. Most sources don’t list this kill.)

1215 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8226 for victory number 13. Cpt Lawrence William McArthur and 2ne Lt Allan Stewart Carey are both killed.

1820 Australian RNAS pilot Phillip Johnston, in Sopwith Triplane N6295, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1845 Irish RFC ace Robert Gregory, in Nieuport 17 B1548, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

1900-2000 Four RFC SE.5 pilots shoot down Albatros D.IIIs. This may have been four individual victories in one fight, or it may have been a shared kill.
Edric Broadberry, England, A8903, number 5.
Reginald Hoidge, Canada, A4862, number 8.
Cecil Lewis, England, A4853, number 6.
Phillip Prothero, Scotland, A8909, number 4.

1910 German pilot Albart Haussmann, flying an Albatros D.II, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4. The observer is unharmed.

1945 English RFC pilot Thomas Middleton and Scottish observer Alexander Walker Merchant, in Bristol F.2b A7119, shoot down an Albatros D.III and an Albatros two-seater. Victories number 4 and 5 for Middleton, 1 and 2 for Walker.

French ace Jean Matton, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

German pilot Erich Schürtze, in a two-seater from FA-201 with an unnamed observer, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.



Celtic Sea:
Rudolph Seuffer, commanding UC-50, sinks British freighter SS Dartmoor, 2,870 tons, bound from Bona and Gibraltar for Garston. His score is now 16 ships and 15,752 tons.

Curtiss H.12 flying boat 8656, piloted by William Anderson, bombs and sinks UC-66, commanded by Herbert Pustkuchen off the Scilly Isles. The U-boat is sunk with all 23 hands.



North Sea:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19, scuttles Danish schooner Debora, 159 tons, hauling a load of coal from West Wemyss to Skagen; off Lister. His score is now 21 vessels and 27,841 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Werner Fürbinger, in UC-70, sinks French barque General de Boisdeffre, 2,195 tons, en route from Mejillones to Brest with a load of nitrates; west of Ushant. His score is now 81 ships and 67,498 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Greek freighter SS Efstathios, 3,847 tons, carrying 67 aircraft and engines from Baltimore to Bordeaux; off Cabo de Peñas, Spain. His score is now 76 ships and 114,070 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks two vessels off the southwestern coast of Italy:
Italian brigantine Luigi, 137 tons.
Italian sailboat Maria Giuseppe, 26 tons.
Von Fischel's score is now 31 vessels and 57,495 tons.



Strait of Sicily:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks two Italian sailing vessels:
Beatrice, 106 tons.
Michele Costantino, 51 tons.
Seiß's score is now 28 vessels and 134,936 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von der Lühe, in UC-20, sinks British freighter SS Boldwell, 3,118 tons, en route from Tyne to Alexandria with a load of coal. his score is now 10 ships and 7,103 tons.

[Jimbuna]

28th May 1917

Western Front
German attacks near Hurtebise repulsed.

Southern Front

Italian guns within 10 miles of Trieste.

In Plava sector Italians drive enemy to end of Globna valley. Claim nearly 24,000 prisoners in last fortnight.

Political, etc.

British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour declares British Empire had “staked its last dollar on democracy.”

French Socialists decide to attend Stockholm Conference.

More than 20 Americans have been arrested for opposing the draft, with antiwar demonstrations occurring in several U.S. cities.

Brazilian Congress votes 136 to 3 in the first reading of a measure to end Brazilian neutrality in the war.

Russian Minister of War Kerensky issues order granting freedoms of speech to soldiers and makes the salute optional.

Serbians, Montenegrins, and other Yugoslavians in Entente countries voice opposition to Italy’s move to control the Adriatic coast.

Ship Losses:

Ancona (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.
Antinoe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°50′N 10°10′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 21 of her crew.
Asters (Norway) The passenger ship, a barque, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west by north of the Isles of Scilly (50°00′N 7°00′W) by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All on board survived.
Hiram (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Vilano, Spain by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Limerick (United Kingdom) The refrigerated cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west of the Bishop Rock (48°53′N 9°45′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
Nuevo S. Giovanni (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero, Sicily by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
S. Andrea (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Teie (Norway) The full-rigged ship wasscuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of the Fastnet Rock (50°28′N 9°20′W) by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Turid (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east by east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Urna (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) east by north of Cabo Prior, Spain by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Waldemar (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Cabo Moras, Spain (43°47′N 7°28′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 28, 1917

Air War:
0830 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1575 for victory number 21. Major Alan John Lance Scott lands safely on his own side of the lines.

1045 French pilot Claude Haegelen, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2. No names are listed, but The French Air Service Chronology has a note that the German crew were taken prisoner. Also Haegelen was injured when he crashed on returning to his base.

1145-1245 Scottish RFC pilot Phillip Prothero, in SE.5 A8909, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1210 English RFC pilot Philip Fullard, in Nieuport 23 B1559, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1330 German pilot Walter Blume, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B1715 for victory number 2. Lt R.M. Roberts is taken prisoner.

1350 German pilot Otto Könnecke, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6410 for victory number 3. Lts T.M. Southorn and V. Smith are taken prisoner.

1400 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an SE.5 for victory number 15.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome has this as an FE.2b.)

1400 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6378 for victory number 31. Cpt Aubrey de Selincourt and Lt Henry Cotton are taken prisoner.

1950 English RFC pilot William Bond, in Nieuport 17 B1545, and Canadian Albert Godfrey, in B1624, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Number 2 for both.

2020 William Bond scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

2020 English RNAS ace, flying Sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 14.

2030 Cnadian RNAS pilot Roderick McDonald, in Sopwith Triplane N6301, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.

Italian pilot Pier Piccio, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 3.

French ace Armand Pinsard, in a SPAD VII, shares a victory over a German two-seater with three other pilots:
Adj Dramard, 1. (Per French Air Service War Chronology. The Aerodrome has this as "Dramand".
Adj Fauvet, 2.
Armand Pinsard, 14.
S/Lt Sauvage, 3.



Ireland:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-88, attacks Russian sailing vessel Roma, 417 tons, bound from Pensacola for Liverpool, with his deck gun. The damaged ship is towed into Castletown and repaired.



Celtic Sea:
Friedrich Crüsemann, in U-86, sinks two British freighters far west of France and south of Ireland:
SS Antinoe, 2,396 tons, en route from Seville to Newport, Wales with a load of ore.
SS Limerick, 6,827 tons, carrying a load of frozen meat from Sydney to London.
Crüsemann's score is now 8 ships and 20,251 tons.

Hubert Aust, in UC-45, scuttles Norwegian sailing ship Tele, 1,974 tons, underway from South Georgia to Liverpool with a load of whale oil. His score is now 10 ships and 10,046 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, scuttles Norwegian barque Asters, 1,531 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Le Havre with a load of drummed vegetable oil and parafin; far northwest of the Scilly Isles. His score is now 14 ships and 16,220 tons.



North Sea:
Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Turid, 1,148 tons, carrying a load of herring and wood pulp from Trondgeim to Grimsby. His score is now 27 ships and 20,468 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks three Norwegian freighters off the north coast of Spain:
SS Hiram, 598 tons, travelling from Pomaron to Rouen with a load of copper ore; off Cabo Vilano.
SS Urna, 2,686 tons, hauling a load of iron ore from Melilla to Barrow; off Cabo Prior.
SS Waldemar, 1,267 tons, out of Pomaron for Dublin with a load of copper ore; off Cabo Moras.
Saltzwedel's score is now 79 ships and 118,621 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UC-70, torpedoes British freighter SS Ancona, 1,168 tons, travelling from Falmouth to Lisbon and several Spanish ports with a general cargo. The ship is sunk with all hands and listed as Missing. Fürbinger's score is now 82 ships and 69,693 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, uses his deck gun to sink British barquentine Detlef Wagner, 225 tons, carrying a load of wine from Lisbon to Jersey; off the Île de Sein. His score is now 62 vessels and 20,601 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, sinks two Italian sailing vessels with his deck gun; south of Sharqi Island, off the east coast of Tunisia.
Nuovo S. Giovanni, 31 tons.
San Domenico, 27 tons.
Feldkirchner's score is now 10 vessels and 2,738 tons.

[Jimbuna]

29th May 1917

Western Front

Near St. Quentin and in Champagne heavy artillery and small patrol actions.

Southern Front

Italians win trenches near Medeazza (southern Carso).

Austrian attacks on Vodice fail.

Naval and Overseas Operations

French liner "Yarra" torpedoed in Mediterranean: 56 lost.

Russian naval raid on Anatolian Coast.

Political, etc.

John F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy.

U.S. exports in the past 12 months reach a record of $6 billion, $2 billion more than last year, largely due to demand in Allied countries.

Attorney General Gregory instructs U.S. attorneys and marshals to use their utmost effort to arrest and prosecute anti-draft activists

Kaiser Wilhelm states the British “fight only to increase their power and don’t inquire where the right may be.”

The Petrograd Soviet refuses to accept the war aims of the Allies, pointing to British oppression of Ireland.

Ship Losses:

Aghia Tom Aghion (Greece) The sailing vessel wassunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Crete by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Argo (Sweden) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Hebrides[377] (59°06′N 8°49′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ashleaf (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°40′N 9°30′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clan Murray (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock(50°57′N 10°21′W) by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 64 lives. One survivor was taken as a prisoner of war.
Consul N. Nielsen (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Hebrides by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fridtjof Nansen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°31′N 1°41′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ines (Sweden) The brig was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Hebrides[383] (58°59′N 9°24′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was manned by a British prize crew of four, who were taken as prisoners of war.
Karna (Norway) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Kirkenes, Vest-Agder (61°21′N 0°08′W) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kirikos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Crete by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kodan (Norway) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of the Out Skerries, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Oswego (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 175 nautical miles (324 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°44′N 10°15′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Yarra (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cape Sidero, Crete (35°40′N 25°35′E) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of at least 16 lives. Survivors were rescued by Arbalete, La Dedaigneuse (both French Navy) and HMS Lily ( Royal Navy).

[Sailor Steve]

May 29, 1917

Air War:
The prototype SE.5a, A4563, arrives at Martlesham Heath for testing. This was the third prototype SE.5, updated with a 200hp Hispano-Suiza engine and modifications to the wings and fuselage.

1750 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A4221 for victory number 22. 2nd Lt J.L. Murray and Lt G.M. Dick are both killed.

1925 French pilot Henri de Slade, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

German pilot Hans Bowski, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.

German observer Alfred Lindenberger, riding with pilot Vfw Breitenstein, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, norhwest of the Hebrides:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, scuttles three Swedish sailing vessels:
Schooner Argo, 123 tons, bound from Halmstad for Hafnursfjord with a load of boards and planks.
Brig Ines, 261 tons, heading from Halmstad to Hafnursfjord with a load of wood.
Barque Consul N. Nielsen, 1,395 tons, carrying a load of linseed from Buenow Aires to Copenhagen.
Wilhelms' score is now 23 ships and 67,390 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Friedrich Crüsemann, in U-86, sinks British freighter SS Oswego, 5,793 tons. travelling from New York to Hull with a general cargo; 175 miles west of Bishop Rock. His score is now 9 ships and 41,673 tons.

Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks British tanker SS Ashleaf, 5,768 tons, carrying a load of petroleum from Trinidad to Falmouth. His score is now 40 ships and 159,073 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, sinks British freighter SS Clan Murray, 4,835 tons, en route from Port Pirrie to Belfast with a load of wheat; 40 miles southwest of Fastnet. His score is now 15 ships and 21,055 tons.



North Sea:
Georg Schmidt begins his U-boat career in U-28 with the sinking of three Norwegian vessels east of the Shetland Islands:
Freighter SS Fridtjof Nansen, 2,190 tons, en route from Tyne to Christiania with a load of wood.
Sailing vessel Karna, 210 tons, travelling from Rönneby to Akureyri with a load of wood.
Schooner Kodan, 217 tons, carrying a load of wood from Rönneby to Sandakrog, Iceland.
Schmidt's opening score is 3 vessels and 2,217 tons.



Sea of Crete:
Wilhelm Marschall, in UC-74, sinks three vessels north of Crete:
Greek sailboat Aghia Tom Aghion, 30 tons.
Greek sailboat Kirikos, 84 tons.
French troopship Yarra, 4,163 tons. Yarra had departed Port Said on the 27th as part of a convoy with two other ships, escorted by a French destroyer and gunboat and a British sloop. UC-74 torpedoes Yarra at 1840, and the ship sinks at 1900. The escorts rescue the survivors (16 men lost). Marchall's score is now 8 ships and 28,513 tons.

[Jimbuna]

30th May 1917

Western Front

Stubborn fighting on Moronvilliers massif.

Southern Front

Austrians reported asking for German aid for Trieste.

Naval and Overseas Operations

East Africa: German forces break south from Rufiji towards Portuguese territory.

Political, etc.

British Board of Trade takes control of all tobacco supplies due to shortage of supply.

U.S. officials report young American men are crossing into Mexico daily to escape conscription.

German Socialists declare they do not support annexation or indemnities, but demand the independence of Finland and Russian Poland.

Soviet announces International Conference at Stockholm.

Russian Provisional Government considers seizing private property as the state fails to raise enough money through loans.

Austrian Reichsrat meets for first time since war broke out.

Ship Losses:

Bathurst (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°23′N 8°43′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Corbet Woodall (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 36 (Gustav Buch) and sank in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.
Hanley (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 95 nautical miles (176 km) west of the Bishop Rock (49°23′N 8°43′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMT Ina William (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Bull Rock Lighthouse (51°43′N 10°18′W) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Italia (French Navy) The armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea 46 miles southeast of Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy.
Lisbon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 62 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°38′N 0°20′E) with the loss of a crew member.
Sørland (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (46°11′N 8°20′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 30, 1917

Air War:
The first production SE.5a, A8923, receives its final inspection and makes its first flight.


Celtic Sea:
Rudolf Schneider, commanding U-87, sinks two British freighters west of Bishop Rock:
SS Bathurst, 2,821 tons, bound from West Africa for Hull with a load of mahogany logs and palm kernels.
SS Hanley, 3,331 tons, en route from Bahia Blanca to Falmouth with a load of oats.
Schneider's score is now 31 ships and 100,197 tons.



Ireland:
His Majesty's Trawler Ina William, 337 tons, hits a mine laid by Rudolf Seuffer in UC-50, raising his score to 15 vessels and 16,089 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, torpedoes British freighte SS Fernley, 3,820 tons, en route from Havana to Queenstown with a load of sugar; off Dingle Bay. The damaged ship makes safe port.



English Channel:
British freighter SS Corbet Woodal, 917 tons, carrying a load of coal from South Shields to Pool, hits a mine laid by Gustav Buch in UC-36. Buch's score (posthumous) is now 24 ships and 34,356 tons.

British freighter SS Lisbon, 1,203 tons, en route from Newhaven to Boulogne with a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Max Schmitz in UC-62. His score is now 8 ships and 4,347 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sørland, 2,472 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Nazaire to Baltimore; at the western reach of the Bay. His score is now 80 ships and 121,093 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Rudolf Singule, in Austrian U-4, sinks French armed boarding steamer Italia, 1,305 tons, between Leuca and Corfu. His tally is now 16 ships and 20,715 tons.

[Jimbuna]

31st May 1917

Western Front

Artillery action in Ypres and Wytschaete salients.

Violent German attacks on Moronvilliers massif fail.

Southern Front

Austrian counter-attack in Vodice sector repulsed.

Venizelist forces in Macedonia now amount to nearly 2,000 officers and 60,000 men.

Aviation

442 German to 271 Allied aeroplanes brought down in May.

Political, etc.

Official British casualties for May lists 114,118 men killed, wounded, and missing.

Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary promises internal reforms after the war. He also states peace with Russia is also possible.

Ship Losses:

Dirigo (United States) The four-masted barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Eddystone Lighthouse (50°09′N 4°28′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Esneh (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) north west by west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jeanne Cordonnier (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Miyazaki Maru (Japan) The passenger ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Isles of Scilly (49°05′N 9°35′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight lives.
N. Hadzikyiakos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 12°00′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ninotto (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily (36°35′N 11°06′E) by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ozarda (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 34 (Robert Sprenger) and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt. She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Rosebank (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Benghazi, Libya (34°09′N 19°35′E) by SM UC-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 374 ships of 609,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

[Sailor Steve]

May 31, 1917

Air War:
SE.5a A8923 is accepted and assigned to No 56 Squadron RFC. The squadron will remain in Britain on home defense duties until it has a full complement of the aircraft, which will take another month.

0711 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, flying Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 22.

0820 German pilot Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, in and Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport 12 for victory number 4. Lt Y.E. Allain-Launay and Sgt Marc are both killed.

1615 Three RNAS Pup pilots share in the downing of a German two-seater:
Fred Everest Banbury, Canada, N6188, victory number 1.
A. Shearer, N6193, unknown.
Harold Stackard, England, N??, number 2.

1900 Canadian RFC observer George Blaiklock, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8295 with 2nd Lt R.M. Finlay as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1920 English RFC pilot Donald Cunnell and observer William Charles Canbray, in FE.2d A6431, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for Cunnell, number 1 for Cambray.

French ace Armand Pinsard, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 15.

German two-seater pilot Max Kahlow and observer Paul Philipp shoot down a Nieuport. Victory number 1 for Kahlow. Philipp is per Wikipedia. The Aerodrome has no observer listed for this flight.



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, Commanding U-69, sinks British freighter SS Esneh, 3.247 tons, bound from Liverpool for Alexandria with a general cargo. His score is now 24 ships and 70,637 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks two ships west of the Scilly Isles:
French barque Jeanne Cordonnier, 2,194 tons, hauling a load of nitrate from Iquique to Le Havre. Shelled, stopped, then sunk.
Japanese passenger-cargo Miyazaki Maru, 7,892 tons, en route from Yokohama to London with passengers and a general cargo.
Schwieger's score is now 42 ships and 169,249 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Niemer, in UB-23, scuttles American barque Dirigo, 3,004 tons, carrying a load of steel from New York to Le Havre. His score is now 5 ships and 8,614 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, west of the Bay of Biscay:
Friedrich Crüsemann, in U-86, sinks Greek freighter SS N. Hadzikyriakos, 3,533 tons. travelling from Rosario to London with an unspecified cargo. This is his last sinking. He will serve in higher positions, survive the war and live until 1977. His final score is 10 ships and 29,577 tons.



Strait of Sicily:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, scuttles Italian sailing vessel Ninotto, 208 tons, bringing his score to 11 vessels and 2,946 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
British freighter SS Ozarda, 4,791 tons, en route from Karachi to Salonika with a load grain and flour, hits a mine laid by Robert Sprenger in UC-34 off Port Said. The ship is beached, and later refloated and repaired.

Kurt Schapler, in UC-73, sinks British freighter SS Rosebank, 3,837 tons, heading from Port Said to Malta; 120 miles north of Benghazi. His score is now 5 ships and 10,988 tons.

[Jimbuna]

1st June 1917


Western Front

Continued artillery duel in Wytschaete salient.

Germans attack near Laffaux Hill (Chemin des Dames) gains some ground.

During "Spring offensive", Allies have captured 52,000 Germans (including 1,000 officers), 446 guns, and 1,000 m.g.'s.

Since beginning of war, British have taken 76,067 prisoners on the Western Front.

Southern Front

Successful Italian attack south of Kostanjevica (Carso).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Zeebrugge, Ostend and Bruges heavily bombed by R.N.A.S.

Political, etc.

Britain claims its shipping losses were the lightest last month since the resumption of German unrestricted submarine warfare.

Lord Devenport resigns office of Food Controller.

President Wilson issues a proclamation warning Americans who flee the country to avoid the draft will face punishment.

French mutinies continue, as a French infantry regiment takes over the town of Missy-aux-Bois.

French Government announces no passports to French delegates to Stockholm Conference.

British Labour Party appoints deputation to Stockholm and Petrograd.

Socialist revolt at Kronstadt against Russian Provisional Government.

Ship Losses:

Cavina (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock (50°56′N 10°35′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Domenico Miscuraca (Italy) The barquentine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily (37°38′N 12°07′E) by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Teal (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 57 nautical miles (106 km) north west by north of Skule Skerry (59°13′N 4°16′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vittoria (Italy) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily (37°05′N 12°07′E) by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Jimbuna]

2nd June 1917

Western Front

Artillery active near Wytschaete.

British advance south of Souchez river.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British transport "Cameronian" sunk in Mediterranean, 63 lives lost. (some sources claim the figure to be 42).

Aviation

Canadian ace Billy Bishop undertakes a solo mission behind enemy lines, shooting down three aircraft as they were about to take off and several more on the ground, for which he is awarded the Victoria Cross.


Political, etc.

Field Marshall von Hindenburg reports to Kaiser Wilhelm that the British and French spring offensives have failed.

Brazil revokes her neutrality as between U.S.A. and Germany, and seizes German ships in Brazilian waters.

The Petrograd Soviet takes control over the Kronstadt naval base in defiance of the Russian Provisional Government.

Ship Losses:

Cameronia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west by north of Alexandria, Egypt (31°53′N 29°19′E) by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 42 lives.
Eliofilo (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°27′N 8°31′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ereaga (Spain) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Mimizan, Landes, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harfursfjord (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland (60°25′N 16°20′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Prudence (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of the Eddystone Lighthouse by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Shamrock (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 66 nautical miles (122 km) north east of Sule Skerry by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Skarpsno (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay (44°18′N 3°50′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.
St. Bernard (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) north by west of Noup Head, Orkney Islands by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Sunniva (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 72 (Ernst Voigt) and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (43°26′N 1°41′W) with the loss of four of her crew.
Wairuna (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Raoul Island, New Zealand by SMS Wolf ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 1, 1917

Air War:
0515 Scottish RFC pilot Archibald William Buchanan Miller, flying Nieuport 17 B1506, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0515 Australian RFC pilot Alfred Shepherd, in Nieuport 23 B1504, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

0620 German ace Heinrich Lorenz, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1583 for victory number 5. Lt E.A. Stewardson is taken prisoner.
This is Lorenz's last victory. He will be seriously wounded once, then become a Jagdstaffel commander, then an instructor, survice the war and live until 1971.
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0715 RNAS pilot John Albert Page, in Sopwith Triplane N5359, and FSL A.C. Dissette, in N6294, share a victory over an Aviatik two-seater. Victory number 1 for both.

0750 English RFC pilot Gordon Percy Olley, in Nieuport 17 B1691, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 1.

0915 Canadian RNAS pilot Fred Banbury, flying Sopwith Pup N6188, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 2.

0815 Canadian RNAS pilot Ellis Vair Reid, in Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

1100 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

1135 RFC pilots Maurice Scott, in Sopwith Pup A7330, and Oliver Sutton, in A6183, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Victory number 5 for Scott and 4 for Sutton.

1158 German ace Otto Brauneck, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A3265 for victory number 8. Lt W.E. McKissock and 2nd Lt A.W.L. Nixon are both killed.

2130 German ace Hans Bethge, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.8 A4887 for victory number 7. Lt P.C.S. O'Langan is killed.

German pilot Theodor Hermann Dahlmann, in an Albatros D.III, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 1. 2nd Lts S. Jolley and H. Cresswell parachute to safety.

Italian pilot Pier Piccio, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

German pilot Josef Veltjens, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII. The victim is unknown, but Sgt Charles Durand was shot down in the same area, wounded and later died from his wounds.



Ireland:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-88, sinks British freighter SS Cavina, 6,539 tons, bound from Port Limon for Avonmouth with a load of bananas and logwood; southwest of Fastnet. His score is now 43 ships and 175,788 tons.



North of Scotland:
Karl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, sinks British tralwer Teal, 141 tons, with his deck gun. His score is now 39 vessels and 41,014 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Stöter, in U-35, starts his U-boat career by taking three prizes:
Norwegian barque Paposo, 1,067 tons.
Danish auxiliary motor schooner Rigmore, 161 tons.
Danish barque Viking, 2,952 tons.
Unfortunately all three ships are later released by the Prize Court.



Strait of Sicily:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, sinks two Italian sailing vessels off the west coast of Sicily with his deck gun:
Barquentine Domenico Miscuraca, 194 tons.
Brigantine Vittoria, 248 tons.
Feldkirchner's score is now 13 vessels and 3,388 tons.

[Sailor Steve]

June 2, 1917

Air War:
0430 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop begins his most famous (and most controversial) adventure, launching a solo dawn ground attack on a German airfield. In ten minutes he has destroyed three Albatros D.IIIs and damaged several others. For this action Bishop is awarded the Victoria Cross. This later becomes the center of a major controversy as to whether it really happened at all.

0900 Four RNAS pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
William Melville Alexander, Canada, Sopwith Triplane N5487, victory number 1.
Raymond Collishaw, Canada, Triplane N5490, victory number 10.
Gerald Nash, Scotland, Triplane N5492, victory number 2.
Ellis Reid, Canada, Triplane N5483, victory number 2.

0915 English RFC pilot Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1690, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0945 English RFC pilot Richard michael Trevethan and Irish observer John Cowell, in FE.2d A6480, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 1 for Trevethan and 7 for Cowell.

1100 English RFC pilot Frederick John Gibbs, in SPAD VII B1661, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

French pilot Georges Blanc, in a Nieuport, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 2. This is shared with a Cpl Chapelle.



North Atlantic Ocean, south of Iceland:
Karl Meusel, commanding U-155, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Hafursfjord, 1,669 tons, bound from Cadiz for Haugesund with a load of salt. This is his first sinking.



Celtic Sea:
Rudolf Schneider, in U-87, torpedoes two ships:
Italian freighter SS Eliofilo, 3,583 tons, travelling from Italy to the United Kingdom with a load of ore; far west of Ushant.
French freighter SS Mississippi, 6,687 ton, en route from Le Havre to New Orleans; 150 miles west-southwest of Brest. The damaged ship makes safe port.
Schneider's score is now 32 ships and 103,780 tons.



North Sea:
Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, uses his deck gun to sink two Britiah trawlers in the Orkney Islands:
Shamrock, 170 tons.
St. Bernard, 186 tons.
Jeß' score is now 13 vessels and 21,911 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Niemer, in UB-23, uses his deck gun to sink British fishing smack Prudence, 25 tons, off Eddystone Lighthouse, near Plymouth. Niemer's tally is now 6 vessels and 8,639 tons.
(Per UB-23's KTB. British sources have this taking place on the 3rd.)

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, torpedoes British tanker SS Tonawanda, 3,421 tons, travelling in ballast from Dover to Maryport. The damaged ship manages to make port safely.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks three ships near Bayonne:
Spanish freighter SS Ereaga, 2,233 tons, en route from Glasgow to Bilbao with a load of Coal and paint.
Norwegian freighter SS Skarpsno, 1,766 tons, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to Santander.
Norwegian freighter SS St. Sunniva, 1,140 tons, headed from Santander to Sunderland with a load of iron ore, hits a mine laid by UC-72 off Saint Jean de Luze.
Voigt's score is now 63 ships and 25,740 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Robert Sprenger, in UC-34, torpedoes British freighter SS Cameronian, 5,861 tons, carrying troops, mail and mules from Suda Bay to Alexandria. His total is now 8 ships and 15,995 tons.