June 14, 1916
North Sea:
German coaster SS Cupido, 591 tons, carrying a load of cement from Hamburg to Bergen, runs aground on Barsoe Reef, Sweden.
Tyrrhenian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, sinks four small Italian vessels, bringing his score to 15 ships and 51,937 tons.
Schooner Antonia V, 132 tons.
Sailboat Giosue, 20 tons.
Sailboat San Francesco, 28 tons.
Freighter Tavolara, 701 tons.
German East Africa:
While the crew of monitor HMS Mersey are busy preparing their ship for sea, putting things back together, setting up guns and fittings etc, the crew of her sister ship Severn are again given orders to start rigging armour plate again.
United States:
American steam packet SS Bear, 4,057 tons, runs aground near Cape Mendocino, California. Five passengers are lost when a lifeboat capsizes in the surf.
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