May 7, 1916
Greenland Sea:
Norwegian ketch Rivalen, 71 tons, catches fire while fishing near Spitsbergen.
South Africa:
South African coaster SS Natal, 158 tons, bound from Cape Town to Pringle Bay with a load of coal, is wrecked at Cape Hangklip.
South Atlantic Ocean:
Argentinian sailing ship Argos, 537 tons, departs Buenos Aires for South Georgia Island with a load of coal and empty barrels, and is not heard from again. Evidence is later found that at least some of her crew survived for awhile at King Haakon Bay, South Georgia.
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