24th May 1917
Western Front
French line round Craonne improved.
Southern Front
Further Italian gains in southern Carso. Austrian counter-attacks fail.
Naval and Overseas Operations
German submarine SM UC-24 is sunk by the French submarine Circé, one of the few (possibly only) kills by a French submarine in the war.
Japanese flotilla announced in Mediterranean.
Political, etc.
U.S. government criticizes businesses that fire immigrant employees based on their citizenship, as it violates “national good sense.”
Sinn Fein demands the right for Ireland to secede from Britain and better treatment for prisoners captured during the Easter Rising.
Ship Losses:
Barbara (United States) The sailing vessel was set afire and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Gibraltar (36°11′N 7°58′W) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Belgian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°59′N 10°42′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Biarritz (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east of Malta (35°12′N 14°16′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Brestir (Denmark) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Domenico Barone (Italy) The barquentine was shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero, Sicily (36°53′N 15°12′E by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was declared a total loss.
Gudrun (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Isabel Innes (Denmark) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jersey City (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Flannan Island, Outer Hebrides (58°30′N 8°36′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Mcclure (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Cape Carbonara, Sicily, Italy (38°59′N 10°15′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Rosevine (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Sant Antonio di Padova (Italy) The brigantine was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Sicily (36°24′N 12°27′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Thyra (Denmark) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 45 nautical miles (83 km) south south east of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-38 (Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Traveller (Denmark) The fishing smack was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UC-24 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Kotor by Circé ( French Navy) with the loss of all 26 crew.
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