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[Jimbuna]

23rd November 1916

Eastern Front

German advance on Bucharest.

Mackensen crosses Danube at Islatz and Simnitza.

west Germans take Orsova and Turnu-Severin; repulsed at Slatina (Aluta Valley) but cross Aluta near Caracula.

Southern Front

French and Serbs progress north of Monastir, taking three villages.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German destroyers raid in Channel, north end of Downs; little damage.

Aviation

Lanoe Hawker, British ace with 7 victories who received the Victoria Cross, is KIA by von Richthofen (Red Baron).


Political, etc.

Provisional Greek Government at Salonika declares war on Bulgaria and Germany and refuses Entente demands that it surrenders its weapons and ammunition.

The new Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles I pledges to continue the war until victory is achieved.

Ship Losses:

Angelica Maersk (Denmark) The cargo ship collided with Cupica ( United States in the English Channel and was consequently beached at Sandgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated later that day.
Arthur (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Skaggerak 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Skagen, Denmark[161] by SM U-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMHS Braemar Castle (United Kingdom) The hospital ship struck a mine laid by U 73 (Gustav Sieß) and was damaged in the Mykoni Channel with the loss of four lives. She was beached but was later refloated.
Dansted (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Ar Men, Finistère, France (49°01′N 5°32′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hendrick (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off Cap d'Antifer, Manche by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Margherita F. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
St. Christophe (France) The schooner was wrecked at Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

[Sailor Steve]

November 23, 1916

Air War:
The first Sopwith Triplanes go to France with RNAS 'A' Squadron.

1015 French ace Georges Flachaire, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 7.

1015 German pilot Franz Ray, probably in an Albatros D.I or D.II, shoots down Sopwith Pup N5190 for victory number 1. Sub-Lieutenant William Mayhurst Hope dies from his wounds the same day.

1100 German pilot Dieter Collin, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a DH.2 for victory number 1.

1245 German pilot Alfred Mohr, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 3.

1330 French ace Charles Nungesser, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an LVG 2-seater for victory number 18.

1350 English pilot Robert Saundby, flying DH.2 5925, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 3.

1400-1515 English RNAS pilot Christopher Draper, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9722 with an unnamed observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

1440 Candadia RNAS ace Daniel Galbraith, in Sopwith Pup N5196, shoots down an LVG 2-seater for victory number 6. This is Galbraith's last victory. After a leave in England, he transfers to Italy and serves in anti-submarine operations. After the war he serves with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Daniel Murray Bayne Galbraith was killed in an automobile accident in 1921.

1500 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.II 491/16, has a lengthy fight with British 7-kill ace Lanoe Hawker. In this same fight Robert Saundby shoots down one of Richthofen's pilots for his third kill. In the end Hawker is forced to run for home, only to be killed by Richthofen, his eleventh.

1545 English RFC pilot James Green, in FE.2b with Cpl A.G. Bower as gunner, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 3.

French observer Charles Borzecki, riding in a Nieuport 12 with a Sgt Hebert as pilot, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

Hungarian pilot Julius Busa and Austrian observer Johann Popelak, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 26.60, shoot down 3 "Enemy Aircraft". Victories 3, 4, and 5 for Busa, 1, 2, and 3 for Popelak.

Australian RNAS pilot Robert Alexander Little, in Sopwith Pup N5182, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

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



Celtic Sea:
Matthias von Schmettow, commanding UC-26, sinks Danish freighter SS Dansted, 1,492 tons, bound from Cardiff for Saint Nazaire with a load of coal. His score is now 59 ships and 87,754 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, sinks French fishing vessel Hendrick, 35 tons, off Cap d'Antifer. This is Lafrenz's first sinking.



Kattegat:
Curt Beitzen, in U-75, sinks Swedish freighter SS Arthur, 1,435 tons, carrying 1,676 tons of coal from Leith to Göteborg, just off Skagen, at the northern tip of Denmark.



Spain:
French schooner St Joseph, 189 tons, travelling from Bordeaux to Lisboa, founders off Vigo.



Tyrrhenian Sea:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Italian sailing vessel Margherita F., 44 tons, bringing his score to 7 ships and 4,651 tons.



Aegean Sea:
British hospital ship Braemar Castle, 6,318 tons, carrying a load of wounded soldiers from Salonika to Malta, is damaged by a mine laid in the Mykoni Channel by Gustav Seiß in U-73. The ship is beached and the refloated. Four casualties.



Canada:
Schooner L.M. Ellis, 34 tons, en route from Freeport, Nova Scotia to Belliveau Cove, NS, runs aground at Dartmouth Ledge in the Bay of Fundy.



Atlantic Ocean:
American schooner Georgietta, 135 tons, travelling from New Bedford to Ilha Brava, in the Cape Verde Islands, is abandoned during a storm 240 miles east of Bermuda.

[Jimbuna]

24th November 1916

Eastern Front

Mackensen crosses the Danube at Sistova, Islatz, etc.

Political, etc.

Trepov succeeds Stuermer as Russian Premier.

French Minister of War introduces a bill that would reexamine all men exempted from service in order to see if they can still be conscripted.

Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun (the first portable machine gun), has passed away.


Ship Losses:

HMT Dhoon (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 19 (Alfred Nitzsche) and sank in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Jerseyman (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south west of Beachy Head, East Sussex by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Øifjeld (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel north west of Pointe d'Ailly, Seine Maritime, France by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Padang (Norway) The barque ran aground on Molène, Finistère, France and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

[Sailor Steve]

November 24, 1916

Air War:
1215 German ace Hartmuth Baldamus, flying a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a Nieuport 12 for victory number 7.

1300 English RNAS pilot Christopher Draper, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9407 with an unnamed observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

French pilot Jean Casale, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

German ace Hermann Pfeiffer, in a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 7.



Celtic Sea:
Norwegian Barque Padang, 686 tons, carrying a load of cement from Ålborg to Rio de Janeiro, is wrecked at Île Molène, near Brest.



English Channel:
Clause Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Øifjeld, 1,988 tons, buund from Bilbao for Boulogne with a load of iron ore, off Pointe d'Ailly. His score is now 2 ships and 2,032 tons.

Erich Noodt, in UB-19, sinks British coaster SS Jersyman, 358 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Tréport. His score is now 2 ships and 1,908 tons.

British freighter SS Holland, 3,828 tons, is sunk in a collission.

French lugger Jacques, 118 tons, on a fishing trip, is wrecked near Boulogne.



North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Dhoon, 275 tons, hits a mine laid by Alfred Nitzsche in UC-19. His score is now 16 ships and 29,311 tons.



German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Mersey fires on German forces engaged in burning the native village of Kissidyu.

[Jimbuna]

25th November 1916

Western Front

Artillery bombardment continues at the Somme, but many shells fail to explode due to heavy rain and mud.

Eastern Front

German advance on Bucharest; fighting at Curtea de Arges and German occupation of Rymnik; on south, German advance towards Rosiori and Alexandria. Upper Aluta position turned.

Naval

David Beatty replaces John Jellicoe as commander of the "Grand Fleet". Jellicoe becomes First Lord of the Sea.


Political, etc.

French Admiral de Fournet sends an ultimatum to Greece, demanding that it surrender its weapons to the Allies by December 1st.

Despite the embargo on Germany, report shows Australia imported £4000 worth of automobile parts of German origin in the first half of 1916.

German Patriotic Auxiliary Service Bill presented to Reichstag.

Ship Losses:

Alfred De Courcy (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km) north north west of Ouessant, Finistère (48°50′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Burnley (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Hans Howaldt) and sank in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk with the loss of all nineteen crew.
Emlynverne (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west by north of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France (49°57′N 0°30′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Malvina (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ouessant (48°50′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Michael (Greece) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Cape Ténès, Algeria (37°12′N 0°18′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Petra (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Deal Lifeboat. Petra was refloated the next day.

[Sailor Steve]

November 25, 1916

Air War:
0930 Italian pilot Ferruccio Ranza, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an Austro-Hungarian two-seater for victory number 3.

1125 Italian pilot Francesco Baracca, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory mumber 5.

1145 Ferruccio Ranza downs a second two-seater for number 4.

Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, in an unspecified Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory mumber 4.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks British freighter SS Emlynverne, 544 tons, travelling in ballast from Tréport to Swansea. His score is now 3 ships and 2,567 tons.

Matthias von Schmettow, in UC-26, stops and scuttles two Frnch ships at the extreme west end of the Channel, near Ushant:
Sailing vessel Alfred de Courcy, 164 tons, bound from Port Talbot for La Rochelle.
Schooner Malvina, 112 tons, carrying a load of coal on an unknown route.
Von Schmettow's score is now 61 ships and 88,030 tons.



North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Burnley, 275 tons, hits a mine laid by Hans Howaldt in UC-4. Howaldt's score is now 4 ships and 3,272 tons.



Portugal:
Hans Walther begins a new war patrol, attacking two Allied ships:
British freighter SS Egyptiana, 3,818 tons, damaged by gunfire but escapes.
French battleship Suffren, 12,750 tons, torpedoed, sinks with all hands, 648 lives lost.
Walther's score is now 17 ships and 37,704 tons.



Alboran Sea:
Max Valentiner returns to service in U-38, scuttling Greek freighter SS Michael, 2,410 tons, carrying a load of currants from Patras to Liverpool. His score is now 111 ships and 242,451 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Italian brigantine Ariele, 122 tons, founders on the breakwater at the entrance to Bizerta, Tunisia.

[Jimbuna]

26th November 1916

Western Front

German attacks against British east of Beaumont-Hamel are repulsed. 2 German attacks in Champagne against French lines are also defeated.

Eastern Front

Mackensen reaches Alexandria and is in touch with Falkenhayn.

Southern Front

French and Serbs capture Hill 1,050 (7 miles north-east of Monastir).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

East Sinai railway reaches Mazar.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German naval raid near Lowestoft; armed trawler "Narval" sunk.

Germans surrender at Ilembule (Lower Nyassa).

French Battleship Suffren is sunk by German submarine SM U-52. There are no survivors, with 648 deaths.


Aviation

Central Power Aeroplanes bombard Bucharest for five hours, as the Central Power’s armies are only 47 miles away from the Romanian capital.

Political, etc.

U.S. government sends condolences to Austria-Hungary on the death of Emperor Franz Joseph.

Ship Losses:

Chemung (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of Cabo de Gata, Andalusia, Spain by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by a Spanish merchant ship.
Christoforos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of Genoa, Liguria, Italy by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Finross (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 14 (Alfred Klatt) and sank in the Aegean Sea off Gallipoli, Turkey.
HMT Michaelmas Daisy (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 14 (Alfred Klatt) and sank in the Ionian Sea off Santa Maria di Leuca, Lecce, Italy with the loss of all twelve of her crew.
Mira (Portugal) The cargo ship collided with Arundo ( Netherlands) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued by Arundo.
HMT Narval (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was sunk in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) by a Kaiserliche Marine destroyer. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Romance (Norway) The barge was scuttled in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east north east of the mouth of the River Tyne by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Suffren (French Navy) The pre-dreadnought battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Lisbon, Portugal (39°10′N 10°48′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 648 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

November 26, 1916

Air War:
French pilot André Delorme flying a Nieuport, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 3.



English Channel:
Norwegian tanker SS Caloric, 7,012 tons, bound from Portsmouth for Tyne, hits a mine laid by Egon von Werner in UC-16. The ship is only damaged.



North Sea:
Heinrich Stenzler, commanding UC-30, scuttles Norwegian barge Romance, 628 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Holmestrand to West Hartlepool. The tow ship, SS Loeko, is allowed to continue on her way. This is Stnzler's first sinking.

German destroyer SMS G-41 sinks HMT Narval, 214 tons, serving as a decoy ship. The crew are all captured.



Spain:
Portuguese freighter SS Mira, 1,663 tons, sinks following a collision off Concubión, Galicia.




Alboran Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks American freighter SS Chemung, 3,062 tons, travelling from New York to Genoa with a general cargo which includes explosives. His score is now 112 ships and 245,513 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Greek freighter SS Christoforos, 3,674 tons, en route from Barry to Savona, off Cape Mele, near Genoa. His score is now 8 ships and 8,329 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Two Allied vessels hit mines laid by Alfred Klatt in UC-14 off Capo Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy:
His Majesty's Drifter Finross, 78 tons.
HMD Michaelmas Daisy, 99 tons.
Klatt's opening score is 2 ships and 177 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
British freighter SS Highland Heather, 6,036 tons, is damaged by a torpedo. No German u-boats claimed the failed attack and nothing more is known about it.

[Jimbuna]

27th November 1916

Eastern Front

Germans advance on Bucharest, capture Curtea de Arges and Giurgevo and occupy Alexandria.

Romanians abandon Aluta line.

Stubborn fighting by Orsova force.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russians drive back Turks into Persia, taking much war material.

Aviation

Zeppelin raid on north-east coast and north Midlands (England), two Zeppelins brought down. 4 killed, 37 injured.





Political, etc.

Britain refuses to allow safe conduct for Count Tarnowski, the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the U.S.

Germany announces it will cut some civilian train services starting on Dec 1st to transport troops and save coal.

Ship Losses:

Belle Ile (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Borø (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Jersey, Channel Islands (49°35′N 3°04′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Carnak (France) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) south south east of Valletta, Malta by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen lives.
City of Birmingham (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) south east of Malta (35°10′N 15°41′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by HMHS Letitia ( Royal Navy).
Margarita (Greece) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Alexandria, Egypt (33°10′N 28°10′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maude Larssen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Strait of Sicily 22 nautical miles (41 km) west south west of Maritimo Island, Italy (37°59′N 11°34′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Perra (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of the Casquets, Channel Islands (49°52′N 2°23′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Reapwell (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 148 nautical miles (274 km) north west by north of Alexandria by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Rhona (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 19 nautical miles (35 km) north west by north of Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Salvatore Ciampa (Italy) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Toulon, Var, France by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Visborg (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Cartoon: When a feller needs a friend ─ Chicago Tribune

[Sailor Steve]

November 27, 1916

Air War:
0940 Four days after joining Jasta 2, 19-year-old German pilot Werner Voss, flying a Fokker D.II or D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A281. Captain George Alec Parker is listed as missing.

0940 German pilot Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.II, also reports shooting down a Nieuport. The French only reported losing the one N.17 that day, and though the kill is almost certainly Voss's, von Müller is awarded number 5.

0950 Australian RNAS ace Stanley Goble, in Sopwith Pup N5194, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1415 Werner Voss brings down FE.2b 4915 for victory number 2. Lt. F.A. George is wounded, AM1 Oliver Frederick Watts is killed.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenze, commanding UB-18, sinks three ships:
Norwegian freighter Borø, 819 tons, bound from Port Talbot fo Saint-Malo with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Perra, 1,682 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Castro Urdiales to Calais; scuttled.
British freighter SS Rhona, 640 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Saint Servan with a load of coal.
Lafrenz's score is now 6 ships and 5,708 tons.

Erich Noodt, in UB-19, sinks two Norwegian freighters near Start Point, Devon.
SS Bell Ile, 1,884 tons, en route from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore.
SS Visborg, 1,343 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Cherbourg.
Noodt's score is now 4 ships and 3,251 tons.



Tyrrhenian Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks British freighter SS Maude Larssen, 1,222 tons, travelling in ballast from Bagnoli to Seville. His score is now 11 ships and 28,938 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, starts his second war patrol in U-32 with the sinking of two Allied ships near Malta:
British passenger liner SS City of Birmingham, 7,498 tons, carrying passengers and a general cargo from Liverpool to Karachi. Torpedoed near Malta.
French passenger liner SS Karnak, 6,816 tons, en route from Marseilles and Malta to Saloniki.
Hartwig's score is now 5 ships and 24,156 tons.

Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks two Allied ships near Alexandria:
Greek freighter SS Margarita, 1,112 tons.
British freighter SS Reapwell, 3,417 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Port Said with coal and a general cargo.
Forstmann's score is now 135 ships and 264,036 tons. He is once again the leading u-boat ace.

Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Italian sailing ship Salvatroe Ciampa, 1,728 tons, en route from Baltimore to Savona, south-east of Toulon. His score is now 9 ships and 10,057 tons.

[Jimbuna]

28th November 1916

Eastern Front

Russian success in Carpathians, heights east of Jablonitsa Pass and east of Kirlibaba captured.

Southern Front

Bulgars occupy Giurgevo (on Danube).

Successful British raid near Macukovo (left bank Vardar, south-west of Doiran).

Aviation

Mid-day raid on London by one aeroplane (subsequently shot down in France). Ten injured.



Naval and Overseas Operations

British seaplanes been bombing Drama and Bulgarian coast for five days.

Brixham fishing fleet attacked by German submarine.

100 French sailors land at Piraeus.

Political, etc.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board warns against continued “unlimited participation” of U.S. bankers in foreign war loans.

Loans made by U.S. banks to the Allied powers since the war began now total $1.795 billion (around $39.8 billion today).

Greek batteries (to be surrendered to Allies) removed to Chalcis, etc.

Military Government by U.S.A. officers of Dominican Republic proclaimed.

Ottoman government refuses to allow American citizens from leaving the empire, citing military reasons.

Ship Losses:

Alert (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east north east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alison (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east south east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°34′N 0°26′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Amphitrite (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 24 nautical miles (44 km) west by south of Portland Bill, Dorset by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Arthur J. Parker (United Kingdom) The schooner was set afire and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rockingham (flag unknown).
Auguste Marie (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel about 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère (48°58′N 5°05′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by Grondeur ( French Navy).
Catena (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west by south of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clematis (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Diligence (United Kingdom) The fishing ketch was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Berry Head by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
King Malcolm (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 144 nautical miles (267 km) north west by north of Alexandria, Egypt by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Lady of the Lake (United Kingdom) The ketch was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lucienne (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Ouessant by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Moresby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west by north of Alexandria by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 33 crew.
HMT Pelagia (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) and sank in the English Channel off the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Provident (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 24 nautical miles (44 km) west by south of Portland Bill by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ramsgarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) east by south of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sea Lark (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east of Berry Head by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sigurd (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cape Spartivento, Italy (38°34′N 8°44′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vulcan (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) south east by east of Berry Head by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

November 28, 1916

English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks two Allied ships at the west end of the Channel:
French sailing vessel Auguste Marie, 63 tons, bound from Port Talbot for Pornic with 100 tons of coal.
Spanish freighter SS Lucienne, 1,046 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Cardiff.
Lafrenz's score is now 8 ships and 6,817 tons.

Paul Günther, in UB-37, attacks a British fishing fleet off Portland Bill, sinking 5 of them and damaging 1 other.
Diligence, 42 tons, scuttled.
Amphitrite, 44 tons, scuttled.
Catena, 36 tons, scuttled.
Provident, 38 tons
Sea Lark, 42 tons, scuttled.
Lynx, 43 tons, survived scuttling explosion and towed to Brixham.
Günther's score is now 8 vessels and 396 tons.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks three British vessels near the Owers light vessel.
Coaster SS Alert, 289 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Littlehampton. Scuttled.
Coaster SS Alison, 286 tons, carrying a load of government stores from Le Havre to Littlehampton. Scuttled.
Freighter SS Ramsgarth, 1,553 tons, travelling in ballast from Cardiff and Brixham to Tyne.
Küstner's score is now 6 ships and 8,509 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, stops and scuttles three fishing vessels:
Smack Clematis, 22 tons.
Ketch Lady Of The Lake, 91 tons.
Smack Vulcan, 27 tons.
Also His Majesty's Drifter Pelagia, 84 tons, hits a mine laid by UC-21.
Saltzwedel's score is now 6 ships and 3,049 tons.



North Sea:
Danish schooner Cecilie, 124 tons travelling from halmstad to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props, founders.

Norwegian sailing ship, Celtic Queen, 1,830 tons, departs Liverpool for South Georgia with a load of empty barrels and is not heard from again. Lost with all 21 crew.



Norway:
Norwegian schooner Labrador, 160 tons, carrying empty barrels from Vindenes to Kristiansund, is wrecked off Paddevik.



Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks two British freighters::
SS King Malcom, 4,351 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseille to Mauritius.
SS Moresby, 1,763 tons, carrying a load of rice from Saigon to Dunkerque.
Forstmann's score is now 136 ships and 270,150 tons.

Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks Danish freighter Sigurd, 2,119 tons, bound from Cardiff for Cagliari with a load of coal, south of Sardinia. His score is now 12 ships and 31,057 tons.



Atlantic Ocean:
Russian coaster SS Bizertin, 131 tons, travelling from Buenos Aires to Bordeaux, founders off the Argentine coast, No casualties.

Russian Barque Elsa Auguste, 195 tons, departs Ayr, Scotland for Seville with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

[Jimbuna]

29th November 1916

Eastern Front

Germans capture Campulung and Piteshti (north-west of Bucharest).

Mackensen at Calugarino (17 miles south of Bucharest).

Russians' Carpathian offensive continues.

Southern Front

Austrians massing troops on Carso front.

Fight east of Monastir continues in fog.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe announced First Sea Lord, and Admiral Sir David Beatty Commander-in-Chief of Grand Fleet.

British seaplanes bomb Gereviz (Bulgaria).

Constructing nearing completion on the HMAS Brisbane, the only cruiser built in Australia.


Political, etc.

British Board of Trade announces it will take control of coal mines in South Wales starting on Dec. 1st to guarantee supplies.

British officials claim that Germans are supporting American pacifists in an effort to end the war in Germany’s favor.

Protest of U.S.A. against deportation of Belgians.

Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio, is tasked by Italy to organize Rome’s move away from gas to electricity for cooking & heating.

Ship Losses:

Georgietta (United States) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Borghild (flag unknown).
Grace (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Lord Airedale (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Luciston (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Delimara Point, Malta by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Minnewaska (United Kingdom) The troopship struck a mine laid by UC 23 (Johannes Kirchner) and was damaged in Suda Bay, Crete, Greece. She was beached but was declared a total loss.

Saint Philippe (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) west south west of Guernsey, Channel Islands (49°25′N 3°06′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

November 29, 1916

Air War:
Five-kill German ace Martin Zander assumes command of Jagdstaffelschule I. He sees no more front-line service, survives the war and dies in 1925.



English Channel:
Heinrich Küstner, commanding UB-39, stops and scuttles two Allied ships:
British schooner Grace, 135 tons, bound from Charlestown, Cornwall for Rouen with a load of bulk clay and cables.
French freighter SS San Philippe, 3,419 tons, carrying a load of wine from Alger to Rouen.
Küstner's score is now 8 ships and 12,063 tons.



Thames Estuary:
His Majesty's Trawler Lord Airedale, 215 tons, hit a mine laid by Max Schmitz and UC-11 near the Sunk lightship. Schmitz's score is now 34 ships and 5,848 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Heino von Heimburg, in UC-27, topedoes British freighter SS Luciston, 2,948 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Malta, off Dellamara point, at the east end of Malta.



Sea of Crete:
British passenger liner SS Minnewaska, 14,317 tons, carrying troops from Alexandria to Malta, hits a mine off Souda Bay. Kirchner's score is now 4 ships and 14,704 tons.



United States:
Schooner Premier, 97 tons, travelling from Gloucester, Massachusetts to Canso, Nova Scotia, runs aground at Cranberry Island, Maine.

[Jimbuna]

30th November 1916

Western Front

Crown Prince gives up command of German army on Verdun front.

French aircraft bomb Thionville.

Eastern Front

Germans force passage of River Neajlovu (16 miles south-west of Bucharest).

Russian repulse on Zlota Lipa (Galicia).

Fighting in Bukovina.

Southern Front

General artillery action Italian front.

Greek army reported marching north.

Allied troops land at Piraeus.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russians 30 miles south of northern Persian frontier.

Naval

German submarine SM UB-19 by the British Q-ship HMS Penshurst.


Political, etc.

Greek Government refuses Admiral du Fournet's demand for surrender of guns.

Greek Reserve officers called up.

Ship Losses:

Arthur H. Wight (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.
Aud (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°19′N 5°33′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Alu Mendi ( Spain).
Behrend (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Christabel (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north by west of St. Ives, Cornwall (50°20′N 5°40′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Concord (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Draupner (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°58′N 5°21′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Egholm (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north west of Pendeen Head, Cornwall (50°16′N 5°48′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
E.L.G. (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Eskburn (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Gaete (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the Créac'h Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Harald (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant (49°10′N 3°40′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie Marguerite (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nagata Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of Ouessant by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Njaal (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of Pendeen by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Roma (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Tyrrhenian Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) west south west of Naples, Italy (39°06′N 10°38′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Ansbert (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Trevose Head (50°43′N 5°33′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Antonio (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Aschia Island (40°36′N 13°50′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Thérèse (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 32 nautical miles (59 km) north by west of Ouessant by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Fanion ( French Navy).
SM UB-19 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine was shelled and sunk in the English Channel (49°56′N 2°45′W) by HMS Penshurst ( Royal Navy) with the loss of eight of her 24 crew.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 185 ships of 329,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).