June 16, 1916
Air War:
Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian observer Georg Kenzian, riding over the Russian front in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.18 with an unnamed pilot, shoots down a Farman two-seater for victory number 1.
Black Sea:
Russian passenger/cargo ship SS Tsesarevitch Aleksei Nikolaevitch, 5,472 tpms. hit a mine near Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea. The captain tries to beach the ship but flooding takes her under before they reach the shore. Number of lives lost is unknown, but most of the passengers and crew made it safely ashore.
Ligurian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, sinks another five ships, bringing his score to 25 ships and 59,228 tons:
Italian sailboat Dolmetta M, 48 tons.
Italian iron-hulled barque Era, 1,078 tons, bound from Genoa for Baltimore.
Italian sailboat Eufrasia, 71 tons.
British freighter SS Gafsa, 3,922 tons, carrying a load of patent fuel and coal from Swansea to Genoa.
Italian sailboat Rondine, 112 tons.
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