[Sailor Steve]

June 11, 1917

Air War:
1100 English RFC observer Arthur Noss, riding in Bristol F.2b A7137 with 2nd Lt H. Smithers as pilot, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

2020 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 15.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Waldemar Bender, commanding U-43, sinks British freighter SS Teviotdale, 3,847 tons, bound from Havana for Queenstown with a load of sugar. His score is now 5 ships and 9,837 tons.

Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sigrun, 2,538 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Fleetwood with a load of wheat. His score is now 24 ships and 87,366 tons.

Welhelm Werner, in U-55, torpedoes British passenger ship SS Ausonia, 8,153 tons, hauling a general cargo from Montreal to Avonmouth. The damaged ship makes it safely to port.



Northwest of Ireland:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-94, uses his deck gun to attack British freighter SS Thessaly, headed from Liverpool to Rosario with a general cargo. The damaged ship makes it safely to port.



Ireland:
Hans Adam, in U-82, torpedoes British Q-ship HMS Zylpha, 2,917 tons, off the southwest coast of Ireland. His score is now 14 ships and 28,987 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks British freighter SS City of Perth, 3,427 tons, underway from Alexandria to London with a general cargo; 195 miles west of Ushant. His score is now 71 ships and 163,738 tons.

Herman Glimpf, in UB-20, torpedoes British freighter SS Knight Companion, 7241 tons, bound from Dunkerque for Barry Roads; ten miles from the Lizard, just outside the western entrance to the Channel. the damaged ship makes port safely.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks Italia freighter Mar Cor, 3.257 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Dakar, off Bishop Rock. His score is now 22 ships and 32,882 tons.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, sinks British freighter SS Anglian, 5,532 tons, carrying a general cargo from boston to London; west-southwest of Bishop Rock. His score is now 19 ships and 13,138 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, attacks three British freighters near the Owers lightship. Only one of them is sunk:
SS Eustace, 3,995 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Barry; damaged.
SS Huntsholm, 2,073 tons, travelling in ballast from Dieppe to Southampton; sunk.
SS Margarita, 2,788 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Madras; damaged.
Howald's score is now 29 ships and 44,126 tons.



North Sea:
Kurt Bernis, in UC-41, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Breid, 1,062 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Fredrikshald to West Hartlepool; off Noss Head, Scotland. His score is now 15 ships and 7,952 tons.



Sea of Åland:
Karl Vesper, in UC-58, sinks Swedish ketch August, 120 tons, en route from Ornö to Finland with a load of feldspar; off the Unterstens lighthouse. His score is now 19 vessels and 16,776 tons.



Portugal:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, scuttles Russian sailing vessel Sibens, 323 tons, bound from Cadiz to Chatham, New Brunswick with a load of salt; off the Santa Maria lighthouse, Cascais. His score is now 9 vessels and 10,070 tons.



West of Gibraltar:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, scuttles Russian sailing vessel Wera, 476 tons, en route from Fowey to Saville; 100 miles off Cadiz. His score is now 158 vessels and 332,804 tons.



Aegean Sea:
Robert von Fernland, in Austrian U-27, topedoes Japanese destroyer Sakaki between Cerigotto and Meles. The damaged ship makes safe port. This is von Fernland's last attack. He will survive the war and almost all of the next, dying on April 19, 1945.



Mediterranean Sea:
Wilhelm Marschall, in UC-74, sinks British freighter SS Benha, 1,878 tons, travelling from Limassol to Leith with a load of carob; northeast of Marsa Susa. His score is now 10 ships and 30,780 tons.