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Sailor Steve · 06-10-16, 10:48 AM

June 10, 1916

Air War:
Australian RFC pilot Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley "Jerry" Pentland and observer W.H. Waller, in BE.2c 4077, are attacked by a Fokker eindecker and shoot it down, bringing about victory number 1. The German pilot's name and fate are not known.

North Sea:
Norwegian freighter SS Orkedal, 2,599 tons, bound from Rosario, Argentina for Ålborg, Denmark with a load of corn, hits a mine laid by an unknown ship.
This is per Wrecksite.eu. Some sources have this happening on the 9th.

Baltic Sea:
Swedish freighter SS Para, 1,818 tons, his a mine and sinks southeast of Stockholm.

Black Sea:
Max Valentiner, commanding U-38, sinks Russian freighter SS Orion, 429 tons, bringing his score to 83 ships and 175,487 tons.

Indian Ocean, off Mozambique:
Fleet Messenger Trent, towing HMS Mersey, receives orders to take the monitor to Tirene Bay, Mafia Island. By this time Trent's condensers are so bad they are described as "fouled". The two ships continue on their slow passage northward.

06-10-16, 10:48 AM	#1584
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	June 10, 1916 Air War: Australian RFC pilot Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley "Jerry" Pentland and observer W.H. Waller, in BE.2c 4077, are attacked by a Fokker eindecker and shoot it down, bringing about victory number 1. The German pilot's name and fate are not known. North Sea: Norwegian freighter SS Orkedal, 2,599 tons, bound from Rosario, Argentina for Ålborg, Denmark with a load of corn, hits a mine laid by an unknown ship. This is per Wrecksite.eu. Some sources have this happening on the 9th. Baltic Sea: Swedish freighter SS Para, 1,818 tons, his a mine and sinks southeast of Stockholm. Black Sea: Max Valentiner, commanding U-38, sinks Russian freighter SS Orion, 429 tons, bringing his score to 83 ships and 175,487 tons. Indian Ocean, off Mozambique: Fleet Messenger Trent, towing HMS Mersey, receives orders to take the monitor to Tirene Bay, Mafia Island. By this time Trent's condensers are so bad they are described as "fouled". The two ships continue on their slow passage northward. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 06-13-16 at 03:57 PM.