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[Jimbuna]

3rd June 1917

Western Front

Intense artillery duel in Wytschaete salient.

Germans recover ground south of Souchez river.

Five heavy German attacks repulsed on Chemin des Dames front.

Southern Front

Austrians repulsed on San Marco (east of Gorizia). They open a great counter-offensive on the Carso.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Aerodromes at Zeebrugge, Bruges, etc., again heavily bombed.

Austrian torpedo-boat sunk by submarine.

Political, etc.

Proclamation of Albanian independence under Italian protection.

Socialist Conference at Leeds.

Provisional Government formed in China. At least 11 Chinese provinces are in revolt, as the government becomes split over whether to declare war on Germany.

Brazil takes control over 46 German ships interned in its ports, as Brazil abandons its neutrality in the war.

Dutch government gives 12,000 tons of grain to German-occupied Belgium as aid.

Ship Losses:

Elisabeth (France) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°45′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT George V (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Giralda (United Kingdom) The fishing smack struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Georg Reimarus) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived.
Greenbank (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Cape Falcon, Algeria (36°05′N 1°04′W) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Hollington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of the Faroe Islands by SM U-95 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 30 of her crew.
Islandmore (United Kingdom) The collier was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cape Falcon (35°52′N 1°09′W) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Manin B. (United Kingdom) The barque was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 54 nautical miles (100 km) off Cabo Creux (42°19′N 4°28′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Merioneth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Norwegian Sea 105 nautical miles (194 km) west by north of Tromsø, Norway (71°20′N 16°20′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Petronella Madre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Portofino (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east by north of the Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Rosario' (Uruguay) The barque was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) off the mouth of the Gironde by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sten II (Russia) The coaster was scuttled in the Gulf of Bothnia by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Virgilia (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire (57°10′N 1°51′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Vulcanus (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Rizzutto, Italy (37°47′N 17°47′E) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 3, 1917

Air War:
0500 English RNAS pilot Thomas Frederick Le Mesurier, flying DH.4 N5967 with Sub-Lt R.G. St. John as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 23.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome gives this as Nieupor 17 B1618, but has no other details.)

0745-0905 English RNAS ace Robert Compston, in Sopwith Triplane N5471, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 7.

0905 French pilot Gabriel Guérin, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

0930 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 13.

0930 Three Austro-Hungarian crews in Hansa-Brandenburg C.Is share a victory over an Italian Nieuport:
Ace pilot Adolf Heyrowski and observer Ladislaus Hauser, in C.I. 29.64. Number 10 for Heyrowski, unknown for Hauser.
K. Reithofer, unknown, and Josef Pürer, number 5.
? Szeikovicz, unknown, and Alexander Tahy, number 4.

0930 Italian ace Luigi Olivari, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 7.

0955 French pilots Maurice Boyau and Jean Sardier, both in Nieuports, share a victory over a German observation balloon. Victory number 2 for both.

0930 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1030 Czech-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Ernst Strohschneider, in a Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, shoots down a Farman for victory number 1.

1050 English RFC ace Thomas Middleton and Scottish observer Alexander Merchant, flying Bristol F.2b A7112, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 6 for Middleton, number 3 for Merchant.

1525 Scottish RFC pilot William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1700, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4.

1640 Canadian RNAS pilot Arnold Chadwick, in Sopwith Pup N6176, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

1645 German pilots Rudolf Franke and Matthias Meinberg, both in Albatros D.IIIs, shoot down a pair of Sopwith 1½ Strutters. Victory number 1 for both. A981, Lt A.S. Bourinot taken prisoner, Cpl A. Giles killed. A1012, 2nd Lt R.M. Neill and Lt F. W. Harley both killed.

1750 German pilot Reinhold Jörke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 4. No details.

1815 Canadian RNAS pilot Ellis Reid, flying Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1815 Scottish Observer Thomas Harries, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A963 with 2nd Lt R.S. Watt as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.
(Per The Aerodrome. Under the Guns of the Kaisar's Aces has the serial number as A8244.)

1850 French pilot Honoré de Bonald, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4. A Sgt Chapelle and MdL Soulier are listed as sharing in this kill. De Bonald is credited with a fifth kill, but no date or time is available, nor is his later history.

1910 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8272 for victory number 14. 2nd Lts Edward Denison Haller and Frank Hawley Foster are both listed as Missing.

1915 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 11.

1920 Australian RFC ace pilot Fred Holliday and English ace observer Anthony Wall, flying Bristol F.2b A7108, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 12 for both.

German pilot Hans von Adam, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron G.IV for victory number 3.

Italian pilot Flavio Baracchini, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

French pilot Jacques Fontaine and Belgian observer Adolphe duBois d'Aische, in a Sopwith 1A2 (1½ Strutter). shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 1 for Fontaine, number 2 for duBois d’Aische.

German pilot Bertram Heinrich, in an Albatros D.III with Naval Squadron MFJ1, shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 4.

German pilot Paul Künstler, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Gastone Novelli, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Antonio Reali, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of ireland:
Kurt Heeseler begins his U-boat career in U-54 with the torpedoing of British tanker SS San Lorenzo, 9,607 tons, travelling in ballast from Greenock to an unnamed dwstination. The damaged ship makes safe port.



Far west of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, attacks Italian barquenting Luisa, 1,648 tons, bound from Pensacola to Cardiff, with his deck gun. The damaged ship is towed into Castletown.



Cornwall:
Italian freighter SS Portofino, 1,754 tons, en route from Penarth to Blaye, hits a mine laid off the Pendeen Watch Lighthouse by Paul Hundius in UC-47. His score is now 44 ships and 47,581 tons.



English Channel:
Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, attacks two sailing vessels south of The Lizard, at the west entrance to the Channel:
Frence barque Elisabeth, 2,061 tons, carrying a load of nitrates from Pisagua to Le Havre.
British Q-ships HMS Mavis, 1,295 tons, torpedoed. The damaged ship survives.
Rosenow's score is now 16 ships and 17,578 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Athalwin Prinz begins his U-boat career in U-95 with the torpedoing of British freighter SS Hollington, 4,221 tons, travelling in ballast from Liverpool to the White Sea; off the Faroe Islands.



Norwegian Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, sinks British freighter SS Merioneth, 3,004 tons, en route from Cardiff to Archangelsk with a load of coal. His score is now 4 ships and 5,621 tons.



North Sea:
British fishing smack Giralda, 46 tons, hits a mine laid by Georg Reimarus in UC-4 off Cromer. His score is now 9 vessels and 7,711 tons.

Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-77, scuttles British trawler Virgilia, 209 tons, off Girdleness. His score is now 14 vessels and 9,686 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Stöter, in UB-35, takes Danish freighter SS Sara, 1,573 tons, as a prize. This is the fourth prize Stöter has taken in three days, and will be the fourth to be released by the Prize Court.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Vesper, in UC-58, scuttles Russian coaster SS Sten II, 227 tons. His score is now 16 ships and 16,483 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, scuttles Uruguayan barque Rosario, 1,565 tons, off the Gironde River. His score is now 66 ships and 27,305 tons.



Alboran Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks two British freighters off Cap Falcon, Algeria:
SS Greenbank, 3,881 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Alexandria.
SS Islandmore, 3,046 tons, travelling from Barry to Malta with a load of coal.
Seiß' score is now 30 ships and 141,863 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, scuttles Italian barque Manin B, 249 tons, off Cabo Creux. His score is now 12 vessels and 20,043 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
British tanker SS Dockleaf, 5,311 tons, underway from Port Arthur to La Spezia with a load of oil, hits a mine laid off Genoa by Ernst Voigt in UC-35. The damaged ship makes safe port.



Strait of Sicily:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks Italian sailing vessel Petronilla Madre, 43 tons, bringing his score to 151 ships and 311,357 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, torpedoes French freighter SS Vulcanus, 1,470 tons, en route from Messina to Argostoli; off Cape Rizzuto. His score is now 14 ships and 23,901 tons.

[Jimbuna]

4th June 1917


Western Front

Continued artillery activity in Wytschaete salient.

Eastern Front

General Brusilov appointed commander-in-chief of Russian armies in succession to General Alexeiev.

Southern Front

Very heavy fighting on the Carso; Italians forced back south of Jamiano, but hold line elsewhere.

Aviation

French air-raid by night on Treves.

Political, etc.

Russian Minister of War Kerensky backs a federation of states from the “Baltic to Black Sea” so minorities in Russia can have more rights.

Ship Losses:

Algol (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Norwegian Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of the North Cape, Norway (71°30′N 26°00′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
City of Baroda (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north west by west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°00′N 10°20′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clara (Sweden) The barque was scuttled in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Foula, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Juno (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the North Sea north east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom 60°30′N 0°45′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Manchester Trader (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Pantelleria, Italy (36°58′N 12°36′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.
Orion (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (62°14′N 1°02′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Phemius (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) north west of Eagle Island, County Mayo (54°56′N 12°07′W by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Southland (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) off Tory Island, County Donegal (56°10′N 12°14′W)by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 4 lives.
Songelv (Norway) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 to 90 nautical miles (150 to 170 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS Wildfang (Austro-Hungarian Navy) The Huszar-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Brijuni.

[Sailor Steve]

June 4, 1917

Air War:
0700-0845 English RFC ace Arthur Rhys Davids, flying SE.5 A8901, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

0710 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B2151 for victory number 32. Cpt Reginald George Hewett Pixley is killed.

0720 German pilot Otto Könnecke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 4.

0740 Malaysian RNAS ace Thomas Gerrard, in Sopwith Triplane N5440, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

0745 Scottish RFC pilot William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1700, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 5.

0800 English pilot Philip Fullard, flying Nieuport 23 B1553, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0815 Philip Fullard and Thomas Gerrard team up to score their second kills for the day, shooting down another Albatros. Number 4 for Fullard, number 8 for Gerrard. Records say that both Fullard's victims are Albatros D.Vs, but Gerrards both say D.IIIs.

0830 Canadian RNAS pilot Sidney Ellis, in Sopwith Pup N6475, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0850 Canadian RNAS pilot William Alexander, in Sopwith Triplane N5487, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0940 French ace Albert Deullin, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 16.

0945 Three RFC pilots, flying Sopwith Triplanes, share a German two-seater:
Sub-Lt E.A. Bennets, N5492, unknown.
Robert Compston, England, N5471, number 8.
Ronald Roscoe Thornely, England, N5465, number 1.

1410 German ace Karl Schäfer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down DH.4 A7420 for victory number 30. 2nd Lt D.J. Honer and Pvt G. Cluncy are both killed.

1415 South African RFC pilot Douglas Bell, in Martinsyde G.100 A6262, shares a win over an Albatros D.III with Lt D.V.D. Marshall, in A1573, for victory number 2.

1415 Douglas Bell is credited with a second Albatros at the same time, victory number 3.

1800 English RFC pilot Charles Chapman, in Nieuport 17 B1517, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1925 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoot down an RE.8 for victory number 24.

2000 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwoth Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 12,

2000 French ace Lucien Jailler, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.

2005 French ace Alfred Auger, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1015 Karl Allmenröder scores his second kill of the day, another RE.8, for number 25.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome says it was SE.5 B1655. UK Serials, however, says that number belongs to a Nieuport 23.)



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Otto Wünsche, commanding U-70, sinks British passenger ship SS Southland, 11,899 tons, bound from Liverpool for Philadelphia with a general cargo. His score is now 66 ships and 146,678 tons. Southland was previously attacked and seriously damaged by Heino von Heimburg in UB-14 in September 1915.

Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks British freighter SS City of Baroda, 5,032 tons, en route from Liverpool to Calcutta with a general cargo. His score is now 5 ships and 6,828 tons.



Far west of Ireland:
Hubert Aust, in UC-45, torpedoes British freighter SS Phemius, 6,699 tons, carrying a general cargo from Liverpool to Hong Kong; 80 miles west of Eagle Island. His score is now 11 ships and 16,745 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, sinks Norwedgian sailing ship Songvand, 2,206 tons, underway from Barry to Santos with a load of coal; 90 miles west of Bishop Rock. His score is now 17 ships and 19,784 tons.



Norwegian Sea:
Walter Gude, in U-71, sinks Danish freighter SS Orion, 1,870 tons, travelling in ballast from Kallundborg to Halifax. This is his first sinking.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, scuttles Norwegian barque Clara, 923 tons, bound from Montevideo for Copenhagen with a load of grain; 70 mules north of Foula Island (Shetlands). His score is now 16 ships and 21,978 tons.



North Sea:
Waldemar Bender, in U-43, uses his deck gun to sink Norwegian barque Juno, 1,169 tons, carrying a load of oilcake from Savannah to Odense; northeast of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 4 ships and 2,318 tons.



Barents Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, sinks Russian freighter SS Algol, 2,088 tons, en route from Barry to Port Romanoff with a load of coal; northwest of Cape Teriberski. His score is now 5 ships and 7,709 tons.a



Strait of Sicily:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks British freighter SS Manchester Trader, 3,938 tons, travelling in ballast from Suda Bay to Algiers; off Pantelleria Island. His score is now 29 ships and 134,936 tons.

[Jimbuna]

5th June 1917

Western Front

Daylight aeroplane raid on Thames estuary and Medway, 13 killed, 34 injured; at least six enemy machines destroyed while returning.

Artillery still active near Wytschaete.

British make small advance south of Souchez river, and begin an attack north of river Scarpe.

German attack near Hurtebise (Chemin des Dames) fails.

Southern Front

Italians withdraw further south of Jamiano.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Naval action between light craft in North Sea; German destroyer sunk.

British naval squadron bombards German bases at Zeebrugge and Ostend, Belgium in a night/early-morning raid.

Aviation

German aeroplanes bomb towns and villages in Essex & Kent, resulting in 13 deaths & 34 injuries. 6 German planes are shot down.

Political, etc.

Germany offers to pardon any deserter who returns to their units by July 15.

Petrograd Soviet issues a statement urging all nations to unite in favor of peace without annexations or indemnities.

Ship Losses:

Alaska (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of Vardø, Finnmark (71°25′N 35°49′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Amor (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°44′N 13°42′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
C. Thorén (Sweden) The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea[41] (61°13′N 2°43′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Duen (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea north of Vardø by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Götha (Sweden) The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea (61°13′N 2°43′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Laura Ann (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of Beachy Head, East Sussex by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Kallundborg (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) south south west of Toulon, Var, France (42°58′N 5°38′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Manchester Miller (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°49′N 14°07′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight crew.
SMS S20 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S13-class torpedo boat was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium by HMS Canterbury and HMS Conquest ( Royal Navy).
Sydkap (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea north north east of Vardø (71°52′N 35°49′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 5, 1917

Air War:
German bomber pilot Friedrich Christiansen, flying FF.33L floatplane 938 with Vzflgmstr Maukisch as observer, spots some German sailors in the water. They are survivors from destroyer S20, sunk by British light cruiser HMS Conquest earlier that day. Christiansen lands, and he and Maukisch throw their guns, ammunition and 100 litres of fuel overboard, which enables them to take three survivors on board the plane. Twenty more men swim to the plane, begging to be taken with them. Christiansen later wrote "Only with great violence were these poor people shaken off, to be sentenced to death. It was a difficult decision, but it had to be!"

Christiansen starts his engine and takes off, listening to the cries of the men still in the water. After dropping off the three rescued men at Zeebrugge he returns to the scene with twelve more planes and four torpedo boats. They manage to rescue 25 sailors, but also recover 38 bodies from the water.
Naval Aces of World War 1, volume 2, by Jon Guttman

0440 Canadian RNAS ace Langley Smith, flying Sopwith Pup N6168, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 6.

0700 English RFC pilot Oliver Sutton, in Sopwith Pup A6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

0715 Canadian RFC ace pilot Carlton Claement and Welsh observer Llewelyn Davies, in FE.2b A5461, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 7 for Clement, number 3 for Davies.

0730 Carleton Clement and Llewelyn Davies shoot down a second Albatros D.III. Number 8 for Clement, number 4 for Davies. German 15-victory ace Kurt Schneider is wounded. He will die from these wounds on July 14.

0810 English RFC pilot Donald Cunnell, in FE.2d A6414 with Sgt A.H. Sayers as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

0810 English RFC ace pilot Frederick Thayre and ace observer Francis Cubbon, flying FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III for victory number 19 for Thayre and number 20 for Cubbon.

0840 German pilot Friedrich Kempf, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B1729 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt B.G. Chambers is taken prisoner.

0840 Five Sopwith Triplanes share in the downing of an Albatros two-seater:
Sub-Lt K.G. Boyd, nationality, plane number and kill number unknown.
Raymond Collishaw, Canada, N5490, victory number 13.
Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon, England, N5466, number 1.
Gerald Nash, Canada, N6302, number 3.
Ellis Reid, Canada, N5483, number 4.

0900 Raymond Collishaw and Desmond Fitsgibbon share a second victor, an Albatros D.III. Number 14 for Collishaw, number 2 for Fitzgibbon.

0930 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A857 for victory number 33. Cpt Francis Percival Don and Lt Herbert Harris are both wounded and taken prisoner.

1015 Scottish RFC pilot Matthew Brown Frew, flying a Sopwith 1½ Strutter with 2nd Lt M.J. Dalton as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1020 Matthew Frew and M.J. Dalton score a second victory for the day, another Albatros. Number 2 for Frew.

1115 Englsih RFC pilot Augustus Orlebar, in SPAD VII A6663, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1120 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 26.*

1120 German ace Otto Brauneck, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 9.*

1130 German pilot Alfred Niederhoff flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 3.*

1130 German pilot Richard Runge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 2.*

* No 45 Squadron only reports three Strutters lost this day: A8280, 2nd Lt B. Smith and AM2 S. Thompson, both wounded and taken prisoner; A1925, 2nd Lt R.S. Binnie and Lt T.A. Metheral, both killed; and A8268, Sgt E.A. Cook and AM2 H.V. Shaw both listed as Missing.

1245 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII A6747 for victory number 8. 2nd Lt C.D. Grierson is taken prisoner.

1435 English RFC pilot Harold Satchell and observer Thomas Lewis, in FE.2d A6469, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for both. German 30-victory ace Karl Schäfer is killed.

1700 Canadian RNAS pilot Harold Mott, in Sopwith Pup N6193, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

1715 French ace Georges Guynemer, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down abd Albatros two-seater for victory number 44.

1730 Georges Guynemer scores his second kill of the day, shooting downa DFW C.V for number 45.

1900 Canadian RNAS pilot Alexander Shook, in Sopwith Camel N6347, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.
(Some sources say the first Camel vicrtory came on July 4, but the June 5 date seems fairly certain.)

1910 Alexander Shook scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a two-seater for victory number 5.

1915 English RNAS pilot Albert Enstone, in Sopwith Pup N6187, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

1930 American RNAS pilot Oliver LeBoutiller, flying Sopwith Triplane N5459, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1930 English RNAS pilot John William Pinder, in Sopwith Triplane N5462, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2030 English RFC pilot Walter Wood, in Nieuport 23 B1609, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

2050 English RFC pilot William Bond, in Nieuport 17 B1545, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

2050 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1864, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

French pilot Maurice Boyau, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

French pilot Marcel Hugues and ace Armand Pinsard, both in Nieuports, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Number 3 for Hugues, number 16 for Pinsard.

German pilot Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.III with MFJ1, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane for victory number 3.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Thorwald von Bothmer, commanding U-66, sinks two ships roughly 200 miles west of Fastnet:
Italian freighter SS Amor, 3,472 tons, bound from Galveston for Liverpool with an unspecifid cargo.
British freighter SS Manchester Miller, 4,234 tons, headed from Philadelphia for Manchester with a general cargo.
Bon Bothmer's socre is now 26 ships and 76,236 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Niemer, in UB-23, sinks British schooner Laura Ann, 116 tons, off Beachy Head. His score is now 7 vessels and 8,755 tons.



North Sea:
Walter Gude, in U-71, scuttles two Swedish barquentines between Norway and the Shetland Islands:
C. Thorén, 269 tons, carrying a load of timber from Ronneby to Reykjavik.
Götha, 343 tons, also en route from Ronneby to Reykjavik with a load of timber.
Gude's score is now 3 vessels amd 2,371 tons.



Barents Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, scuttles three Norwegian fishing vessels off Vardö:
Ketch Alaska, 90 tons.
Seal-catcher Duen, 30 tons.
Sydkap, 40 tons.
Schmidt's score is now 8 vessels and 7,869 tons.



Black Sea:
Ernst Ulrich, in UB-14, sinks Russian sailing vessel Karasunda, 155 tons, north of Poti, Georgia. This is Ulrich's only sinking. He will survive the war in other naval positions, live through the Second World War and die on April 6, 1945.



Golfe du Lion:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, sinks British freighter SS Kallundborg, 1,590 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Bougie; south-southwest of Toulon. His score is now 16 ships and 50,410 tons.

[Jimbuna]

6th June 1917

Western Front

In attack north of Scarpe river British carry positions on Greenland Hill.

Unsuccessful German attacks on Chemin des Dames front.

Southern Front

Further heavy fighting on Carso; no material change of front.

Austrians claim 10,000 prisoners in last three days.

Aviation

The world's first landplane designed for use as a torpedo bomber, a Sopwith Cuckoo, is completed for the Royal Naval Air Service.


Political, etc.

Arrival in Greece of M. Jonnart, High Commissioner of the Protecting Powers.

Revolt by the Kronstadt Soviet ends as delegates agree to recognize the authority of the Russian Provisional government.

In Stockholm, workers and police clash, as the Swedish Parliament refuses to consider Socialist demands for more rights.

Japan creates a High Commission to decide whether or not to send Japanese troops to help the Allies in Europe.

Ship Losses:

Anton (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (56°45′N 1°05′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[53] Two casualties.
Cornelia (Netherlands) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel west of Jersey, Channel Islands (49°10′N 2°40′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Diane (France) The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran, Algeria (37°19′N 11°42′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Edvard (Sweden) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off Rauma, Finland[57] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elianna (Sweden) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off Rauma[59] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eemdijk (Netherlands) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (61°40′N 1°40′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harald Klitgaard (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) north of the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Oriana (Argentina) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of Cap Camarat, Var, France (42°42′N 6°45′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by the tug Indefatiguable ( France).
Parthenia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 49°28′N 9°15′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Saint Eloi (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
S.N.A. 2 (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 6, 1917

Air War:
0900 English RFC pilot Geoffrey Bowman, flying SE.5 A8900, is credited with two Albatros D.Vs for victories number 3 and 4.

0915 Italian ace Luigi Olivari, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 8.

1050 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 15.

1100 Canadian RNAS pilot Gerald Nash, in Sopwith Triplane N5492, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 4.

1100 Canadian RNAS pilot Ellis Reid, in Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 5.

1105 Raymond Collishaw scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for victory number 16.

1110 Raymond Collishaw gets his third victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for number 17.

1110 Canadian RNAS pilot John Sharman, in Sopwith Triplane N6307, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1115 Gerald Nash scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 5.

1115 Canadian RNAS pilot John Page, in Sopwith Triplane N5359, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1130 French pilot Eugene Jules Emile Camplan and a Cpl Lebouscher, both flying Nieuport 17s, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 1 for both. This is likely 6-victory German ace Paul Bona.

1150 Canadian RNAS pilot William Alexander, in Sopwith Triplane N5487, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1200 English RNAS pilot Christopher Draper, in Nieuport 17 N3101, is credited with two Albatros D.Vs for victories 5 and 6. One of these may have been Werner Voss, who was wounded at 1310 German time.

1200 English RFC pilot Robert Mordaunt Foster, in Sopwith Pup A6167, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1200 New Zealand RFC pilot Malcolm Charles McGregor, in Sopwith Pup A6192, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1200 English RFC ace Oliver Sutton, flying Sopwith Pup A6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1205 English RFC ace James Green, in FE.2b A6365 with Pvt H. Else as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6. This is shared with Cpt C. Dunlop and 2nd Lt F. Cornish in A6401; and Lt D. MacLaurin and 2nd Lt. E. C. Middleton in A6500.

1310 German Otto Rosenfeld, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 4.

1310 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 N3204 for victory number 34. Lt Fabian Percival Reeves is killed when his plane comes apart in the air.

1320 German pilot Hermann Becker, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B1730 for victory number 1. Maj C.E. Sutcliffe is killed.

1355 German pilot Fritz Krebs, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 A2693 for victory number 3. Lts G.W. Devenish and H.C.K. Cotterill are both killed.

1520 Canadian RNAS ace Langley Smith, in Sopwith Pup N6168, shoots down two Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 7 and 8.

1600 English RNAS pilot Geoffrey Hemming, in Sopwith Pup N6199, is credited with 2 Siemens-Schuckert D.Is for victories number 2 and 3.

Italian pilot Flavio Baracchini, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.



Celtic Sea:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, sinks British freighter SS Parthenia, 5,160 tons, bound from New York for London with a load of oats and steel plus general cargo. His score is now 25 ships and 75,797 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles Dutch schooner Cornelia, 170 tons, travelling from Le Havre to Rouen. His total is now 48 vessels and 51,992 tons.



Norwegian Sea:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks Dutch freighter SS Eemdijk, 3,048 tons, underway from Boston to Rotterdam with a load of maize, oats and rye. His score is now 40 ships and 44,062 tons. Eemdijk was torpedoed the previous year by Otto Steinbrinck in UB-18, but survived.



North Sea:
Franz Walther, in UB-21, sinks French freighter SS S.N.A. 2, 2,294 tons, hauling coal from Tyne to Dunkerque. His score is now 10 ships and 10,778 tons.

Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-72, sinks two ships off Dundee, Scotland:
Swedish freighter SS Anton, 1,568 tons, hauling a load of coal from Grimsby to Göteborg.
Damosj freogjter SS Harald Klitgaard, 1,799 tons, travelling in ballast from Copenhagen to Seaham.
Von Rabenau's score is now 16 ships and 13,053 tons.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Vesper, in UC-58, scuttles two Swedish sailing vessels off Rauma, Finland:
Edvard, 98 tons, en route from Stockholm to Rauma with a load of salted herring.
Ellianna, 75 tons, travelling from Dalarö to Rauma with a load of feldspar.
Vesper's score is now 18 vessels and 16,656 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, torpedoes French freighter SS Saint Eloi, 1,993 tons, off the Ile de Yeu. His score is now 67 ships and 29,298 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, scuttles Argentinian barque Oriana, 1,015 tons, carrying a load of scrap iron from Santa Fe to Genoa. The crew are rescued by tug Infatiguable. Moraht's score is now 17 ships and 51,425 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks French freighter SS Diane, 590 tons, off Oran, Algeria. His score is now 152 ships and 311,947 tons.

British tanker SS Mitra, 5,592 tons, hauling a load of fuel oil from Hurghada to Genoa, hits a mine laid off Capo Passaro, the very southern tip of Sicily, by Johannes Feldkirchner in UC-25. The damaged ship makes port safely.

[Jimbuna]

7th June 1917

Western Front

Battle of Messines begin. At Messines, Belgium, 445 tons of British mines are detonated below German lines (in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions).
Around 10,000 German troops are killed in the mine blasts. 2 mines out of the 21 fail to detonate (1 mine remains lost to this day).

Southern Front

Austrian attack on Vodice ridge repulsed.

Naval

German submarine SM UC-29 is sunk by the Q-ship HMS Pargust, resulting in 23 of 25 crew deaths.

Political, etc.

American ships and transports carrying grain arrive in France to prepare for the American Expeditionary Force's arrival.

Ship Losses:

Cranmore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°46′N 14°24′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.
Errington Court (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Ernst Krafft) in the Mediterranean Sea pff Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, France and was beached. She was later refloated.
Golden Hope (United Kingdom) The drifter was scuttled in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hafnia (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France (45°24′N 1°15′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Il Dionisio (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ikalis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°19′N 13°57′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
John Bakke (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jonathan Holt (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Liliana (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt (32°43′N 31°40′E) by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mahopac (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel (50°44′N 0°12′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.
Mama Filomena (Italy) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Gulf of Lion (42°04′N 3°55′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rosa M. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°50′N 15°53′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Antonio (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sir Francis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire (54°19′N 0°22′W) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
SM UC-29 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was shelled and sunk by Q-ship HMS Pargust ( Royal Navy), which it had attacked. Twenty-three of her 25 crew were killed.
Wilhelm (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°46′N 4°46′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Yuba (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 7, 1917

HMS Zubian is commissioned into service.

On October 27, 1916 Tribal-group destroyer HMS Nubian was torpedoed and had her bow almost completely destroyed, but fast action on the part of her crew kept the rest of the ship afloat. While being towed in bad weather the bow came off completely and Nubian ended up beached under a cliff.



On November 8, 1916 another Tribal, HMS Zulu, hit a mine that blew off her stern. Zulu was towed to Dover by French destroyer Capitaine Mehl.

Both wrecks were towed to the dockyard at Chatham, where the attempt was made to join the two hulls into one complete ship. This was not an easy task as the two were far from identical. Each had been built by a different yard to their own designs, which is why they are properly called the Tribal group, rather than class. In fact, Nubian was 3-1/2 inches wider than Zulu. Despite these challenges, the operation was successful, and HMS Zubian joined the fleet 100 years ago today.





Air War:
0500-0645 English RFC pilot Arthur Rhys Davids, flying SE.5 A8901, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

0600 Malaysian RNAS ace Thomas Gerard, in Sopwith Triplane N6291, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9.

0710 Canadian RFC ace Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an Abatros D.III for victory number 6.

0715 English RFC pilot Mick Mannock, in Nieuport 17 B1652, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0720 German pilot Hermann Brettel, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B3460 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt Count L.B.T. de Balme is taken prisoner.

0800 German pilot Josef Heiligers, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A1957 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt G.H. Pollard is wounded and taken prisoner. Lt F.S. Ferriman is killed.

0815 German pilot Paul Aue, in an Albatros D.II, whoots down SPAD VII B1524 for victory mumber 5. 2nd Lt F.W. Illingsworth is taken prisoner.

0845 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 18.

0850-0940 English RFC ace Edric Broadberry, in SE.5 A8918, is credited with two German two-seaters for victories number 6 and 7.

0900 English RFC ace John Andrews, in Sopwith Pup B1703, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 11.

0900 Canadian RNAS ace Gerald Nash, flying Sopwith Triplane N5492, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

0915 English RFC pilot James Child, in SPAD VII B3502, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 3.

0915 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B1527 for victory number 15. 2nd Lt George Christopher Stead is taken prisoner.

0915 Canadian RNAS ace Ellis Reid, in Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 6.

0915 Canadian RNAS pilot John Sharman, in Sopwith Triplane N6307, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0917 John Sharman shoots down another Albatros, his second for the day. Number 4 overall.

0940 Englsih RFC pilots Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1547, and Frank Sharpe, in B3481, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for both.

1015 English RNAS pilot Ronald Thornely, in Sopwith Triplane N5465, shoots down an Albatros D.V for nictory number 2.

1100 English RFC pilot Harold Redler, in Nieuport 17 B1558, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1145 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6157 for victory number 16. Lt Andrew Park Mitchell is wounded and taken prisoner.

1200-1239 English RFC ace Cecil Lewis, flying SE.5 A4853, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1320 Irish RFC pilot William Cairnes shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1325 Frank Sharpe scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1710 (1610 British time) German ace Ernst Weissner, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 4210 for victory number 5.

1700 English ace team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 20 for Thayre, nuber 21 for Cubbon. German 5-victory ace Ernst Weissner is killed.

German pilot Paul Künstler, flying an Albatros D.III with MFJ1, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 2.

Etalian pilot Orazio Pierozzi, aircraft type not listed, shoots down Lohner K flying boat 154 for victory number 1.

German pilot Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.III with MFJ1, shoots down FE.2d A6403 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt H.S. Marshall and Pvt C. Lloyd are both killed.

Gotthard Sachsenberg shoots down his second opponent of the day, a No 3 Squadron RNAS Pup. Victory number 5.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Kurt Heeseler, commanding U-54, sinks British freighter SS Jonathan Holt, 1,523 tons, bound from Sierra Leone for Liverpools with a load of palm oil and kernels. This is his first successful sinking.

Thorwald von Bothmer, in U-66, sinks British freighter SS Ikalis, 4,328 tons, en route from New York to Liverpool with a load of wheat. His score is now 27 ships and 80,565 tons.
Von Bother also torpedoes British freighter SS Cranmore, 3,157 tons, headed from Baltimore to Manchester with a general cargo. The damaged ship is beached, refloated and repaired.

Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, attacks a British freighter with his deck gun. This turns out to be Q-ship HMS Pargust. Pargust is damaged but UC-29 is sunk with the loss of 23 hands, including Rosenow. There are 2 survivors.



Faroe Bank:
Gerhard Berger, in U-50, uses his deck gun to sink Norwegian barque Yuba, 1,458 tons, carrying a load of oilcake from Savannah to Aarhus. His score is now 23 ships and 84,828 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, torpedoes two British freighters:
SS Mahopac, 3,216 tons, out of London for Philadelphia with a general cargo.
SS Oldfield Grange, 4,653 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Philadelphia.
Both ships are only damaged, and are repaired and returned to service.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, uses his deck gun to sink British schooner Wilhelm, 187 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Lannion. His score is now 18 vessels and 7,606 tons.



North Sea:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks Norwegian freighter SS John Bakke, 1,611 tons, headed from New York to Rotterdam with a load of wheat; east of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 41 ships and 45,673 tons.

Frans Walther, in UB-21, sinks British freighter SS Sir Francis, travelling in ballast from London to Tyne; off Scarborough. His score is now 11 ships and 12,769 tons.

Hubert Aust, in UC-45, scuttles British drifter Golden Hope, 67 tons, off Kinnaird Head, Scotland. His score is now 12 vessels and 16,812 tons.

His Majesty's Paddle Minesweepr Mercury hits a mine laid by Werner Löwe in UC-6. The ship is only damaged. Mercury was previously damaged on April 26 by a mine from Benno von ditfurth in UC-11.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Danish freighter SS Hafnia, 1,619 tons, heading from Birkenhead to Gibraltar with a load of coal. His score is now 81 ships and 122,712 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, uses his deck gun to sink Italian brigantine Mama Filomena, 148 tons, bringing his total to 18 vessels and 51,573 tons.

British freighter SS Errington Court, 4,461 tons, en route from Blyth to Genoa, hits a mine laid off Port la Nouvelle, France by Ernst Krafft in U-72. The damaged ship is beached and refloated.



Strait of Sicily:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks two Italian sailing vessels:
Il Dionisio, 97 tons.
San Antonio, 13 tons.
Seiß' score is now 32 vessels and 141,973 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks Italian sailing vessel Rosa M, 64 tons, just off the "toe" of Italy. His tally is now 30 vessels and 135,000 tons.

Robert Sprenger, in UC-34, scuttles Italian sailing vessel Liliana, 70 tons, off Alexandria. His score is now 9 vessels and 16,025 tons.

[Jimbuna]

8th June 1917

Western Front

General Pershing and staff arrive in England.

Repulse of German counter-attacks east of Messines ridge.

Big British raids near Lens.

Southern Front

Italians occupy Jannina (Greek Epirus).

Political, etc.

Major General Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force, arrives in London.

Ship Losses:

Cariad (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east by south of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cheltonian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 54 nautical miles (100 km) west by south of the Planier Lighthouse, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (42°46′N 4°40′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Enidwen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (53°09′N 13°53′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Felicina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Lion (42°57′N 4°38′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Huntstrick (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west north west of Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°52′N 6°47′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen lives.
Isle of Jura (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of Cape Spartel (35°44′N 6°25′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
HMML 540 and HMML 541 (Royal Navy) The motor launches were lost when Huntstrick ( United Kingdom) was sunk by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ocean's Pride (United Kingdom) The fishin vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) east by south of Start Point by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Onward (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Start Point by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Orator (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 85 nautical miles (157 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°02′N 11°45′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Phantom (United Kingdom) The brig was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north west of Cap La Heve, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Saragossa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 178 nautical miles (330 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sequanna (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of the Pointe des Corbeaux, Île d'Yeu, Vendée (46°36′N 2°18′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 207 of the 665 people on board.
Sverre II (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea north east of Vardø, Finnmark (71°00′N 36°00′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Torbay Lass (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Start Point by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Valdieri (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west north west of Cape Spartel (35°46′N 6°52′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vinaes (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) east north east of Barfleur, Manche, France by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 8, 1917

Air War:
0630 English RFC pilot Philip Fullard, flying Nieuport 23 B1553, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

0730 German ace Hermann Göring, in Albatros D.III 2049/16, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1656 for victory number 8. 2ne Lt Frank Dolloway Slee is taken prisoner.

0745 Canadian RFC pilot William Durrand, Jr and English observer Edward Sayers, in FE.2d A1965, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 1 for Durrand, number 5 for Sayers.

0830-0945 Canadian RFC ace Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5 A8914, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 9.

1125 German pilot Hans Bottler, flying an Albatros D.III for MFJ1, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5491 for victory number 1. Six-victory New Zealand RNAS ace Thomas Culling is killed.

1145 English RNAS pilot Harold Stackard, flying Sopwith Triplane N5451, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1245 English RFC pilot Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1547, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1420 German pilot Konrad Mettlich, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6207 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt A.G. Robertson is killed.

1422 Konrad Mettlich scores a second victory, Sopwith Pup B1745. 2nd Lt A.V. Shirley is killed.

1910 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5293 for victory number 17. Sub-Lt Thomas Reid Swinburne is listed as Missing.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, sinks two British freighters:
SS Enidwen, 3,594 tons, bound from Cuba for Queenstown with a load of sugar.
SS Saragossa, 3,541 tons, en route from Halifax to Queenstown with a load of sugar.
Wilhelms' score is now 27 ships and 82,932 tons.

Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, sinks British freighter SS Orator, 3,563 tons, heading from Pernambuco to Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 14 ships and 25,474 tons.



Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, tprpedoes British tanker SS Russian Prince, 4,158 tons, carrying a load of oil to Queenstown. The damaged ship makes port safely.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles four British fishing vessels off Start Point:
Cariad, 38 tons.
Ocean's Pride, 42 tons.
Onward, 39 tons.
Torbay Lass, 38 tons.
Lafrenz's score is now 52 vessels and 52,149 tons.



Max Viebeg, in UB-32, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Vinaes, 1,107 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Rouen. His score is now 21 ships and 29,625 tons.



Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, uses his deck gun to sink British brig Phantom, 251 tons, en route from Cardiff to Fécamp with a load of coal; off Cape de la Heve, France. His score is now 34 vessels and 42,015 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Ruprecht begins his U-boat career in UB-33, sinking Norwegian sailing vessel Kragerö, 550 tons, headed from Norway to Britain with a load of pit props.



Barents Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, uses his deck gun to attack British freighter SS Manchester Engineer, 4,465 tons, en route from Manchester to Archangelsk with a load of munitions. The damaged ship reaches port safely.
Schmidt stops and scuttles Norwegian fishing vessel Sverre II, 44 tons, raising his score to 9 vessels and 7,913 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, torpedoes French troopship Sequana, 5,557 tons, carrying troops and a general cargo from Buenos Aires via Dakar to Bordeaux. Most of the troops are from Senegal and do not speak French, so do not understand the abandon ship orders and in the confusion 207 people are lost, including 189 African soldiers. Voight's score is now 68 ships and 34,855 tons.



West of Gibraltar:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks three ships and two motor launches off Cape Spartel:
British freighter SS Huntstrick, 8,151 tons, carrying stores and troops from London to Salonika.
British freighter SS Isle of Jura, 3,809 tons, en route from Middlesbrough to Savona with munitions and coal.
British motor launch ML-540, 37 tons.
British motor launch ML 541, 37 tons.
Italian freighter SS Valdieri, 4,637 tons, bound from New Orleans for Genoa with a load of munitions.
Forstmann's score is now 157 ships and 328,618 tons.



Golfe du Lions:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks two ships off southern France:
British freighter SS Cheltonian, 4,426 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Oran.
Italian sailing vessel Felicina, 165 tons.
Krafft's score is now 14 ships and 24,634 tons.

[Jimbuna]

9th June 1917

Political, etc.

US General Pershing meets with King George, who states his dream of a closer union between English-speaking countries is being realized.

Allied prisoners held by the Central Powers now number 2,874,271 men, with 2,080,699 of them being Russian prisoners.

U.S. Treasury makes a new loan worth $75 million to Britain and $3 million to Serbia. Total U.S. loans to Allies is now $923 million.

Spanish Cabinet resigns.

Russian Soviet rejects German wireless proposal for unlimited armistice.

Russian Navy sailors back Lenin’s call to imprison Tsar Nicholas II and bring him to trial.

Ship Losses:

Achilles (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) south west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°10′N 10°15′W) by SM U-55 and SM U-95 (both Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Ada (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Aberdeen, United Kingdom by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Amphitrite (Portugal) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Prior, Spain by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Appledore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 165 nautical miles (306 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (48°42′N 8°46′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Baron Cawdor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) south west by south of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Bravore (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Toulon, Var, France (42°05′N 5°10′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dana (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 42 nautical miles (78 km) south of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Deveron (Norway) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north east of North Rona, United Kingdom by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Egyptiana (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west south west of the Isles of Scilly by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eugene Mathilde (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fert (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km) off Cape Tortosa, Spain (40°36′N 0°55′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
François Georgette (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
General Laurie (United Kingdom) The schooner was set afire and scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) west by south of Marseille, Var (42°09′N 5°00′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gratangen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Torotsa (40°44′N 1°02′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harbury (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°47′N 9°16′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve crew.
Lilly (Denmark) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Montedor Lighthouse, Portugal (41°40′N 9°45′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ludwig (Sweden) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Baltic Sea[118] 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Oerker by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marjorie (United Kingdom) The auxiliary ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°36′N 4°41′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Montebello (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Lion (42°03′N 5°10′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[
Roland (France) The barque was sunk in the Ionian Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west south west of Cythera, Greece (35°50′N 22°01′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Tordenvore (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cape Finisterre, Spain (42°30′N 9°08′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 9, 1917

Air War:
0600 English RFC pilot Richard Trevethan, flying FE.2d A6341 with 2nd Lt N. Dudbridge as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0720 Englsih RFC pilot John Lancashire Barlow, in Nieuport 23 A6789, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0730 John Barlow scores his second victory, shooting down and Aviatik two-seater.

0825 Scottish RFC ace William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1700, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

0830 William Campbell scores his second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III, number 7 overall.

0940 German pilot Rudolf Franke, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1550 for victory number 3. 2nd Lt W.J. Mussared is taken prisoner.

1400 William Campbell shoots down a third Albatros, for victory number 8.

1400 English RFC ace Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1547, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1510 Louis Jenkin scores his second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III. Number 7 overall.

1525 German pilot Kurt-Bertram von Döring, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B3481 for victory number 3. Lt F. Sharp is taken prisoner.

0900 Scottish observer James Tennant, riding in FE.2d A6427 with wnd Lt B. Strange as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2020 English RFC pilot William Bond, in Nieuport 17 B1545, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

English RFC aces Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon are killed when their FE.2d is hit by anti-aircraft fire.



Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, commanding U-55, sinks British freighter SS Achilles, 641 tons, bound from Cadiz for Liverpool and Glasgow with a general cargo. His score is now 34 ships and 57,084 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-94, torpedoes Norwegiean barque Deveron, 1,261 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to Copenhagen with a load of wheat. His score is now 10 ships and 16,763 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks three British freighters far west of Brittany:
SS Appledore, 3,843 tons, travelling from Sagunto to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore.
SS Egyptiana, 3,818 tons, out of London for Halifax with an unspecified cargo. Egyptiana had previously been attacked in November 1916 by Hans Walther in U-52, but had survived the encounter.
SS Harbury, 4,572 tons, heading from Buenos Aires to Brest with a load of oats and maize; torpedoed 170 miles west of Ushant.
Wünsche's score is now 69 ships and 158,911 tons.

Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, sinks British freighter SS Baron Cawdor, 4,316 tons, carrying a load of rice from Rangoon to London. His score is now 15 ships and 29,790 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles British motor ketch Marjorie, 119 tons, at the western end of the Channel. His score is now 53 vessels and 52,268 tons.

Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks two French fishing vessels between Cap Barfleur and Le Havre:
Eugene Mathilde, 15 tons.
François Georgette, 7 tons.
Howaldt's score is now 26 vessels and 42,037 tons.



North Sea:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks two ships off Aberdeen:
Swedish freighter SS Ada, 2,370 tons, underway from Göteborg to Hull with a general cargo; torpedoed.
Danish freighter SS Dana, 1,590 tons, travelling in ballast from Copenhagen and Lerwick to Blyth; torpedoed.
Dieckmann's score is now 25 ships and 43,308 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Ruprecht, in UB-33, takes Swedish coaster Götha, 720 tons, carrying passengers and general cargo from Gothenborg to Rotterdam, as a prize. It is later released by the Prize Court.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Friedrich Wißmann, in UC-57, sinks Swedish sailing vessel Ludwig, 88 tons, 25 miles north of Oerker. This is his first sinking. (I couldn't find a town of Oerker anywhere. This may meen Eckerö, on Aaland.)



Bay of Biscay:
Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, scuttles Portuguese sailing vessel Amphitrite, 179 tons, en route from Madeira to Bordeaux with a load of wine; off Cabo de Prior, Spain. His score is now 32 vessels and 52,251 tons.



Portugal:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks two ships off the Montedor lighthouse:
Danish freighter SS Lilly, 1,150 tons, travelling from the Gambia River to Aarhus with a load of groundnuts.
Norwegian freighter SS Tordenvore, 1,565 tons, underway from Swansea to Naples with a load of coal.
Albrecht's score is now 7 ships and 9,543 tons.



Balearic Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, sinks two ships off Cape Tortosa, Spain:
Italian freighter SS Fert, 5,567 tons. hauling a load of steel and benzine from New Orleans to Genoa.
Norwegian freighter SS Grantangen, 2,484 tons, en route from Newcastle to La Spezia with a load of coal.
Moraht's score is now 20 ships and 59,624 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks three ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Bravore, 1,650 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Porto Empedocles.
British schooner General Laurie, 238 tons, sailing from Bahia to Marseilles with a load of cocoa beans.
Italian freighter SS Montebello, 2,603 tons, en route from Blyth to Civitavecchia with an unspecified cargo.
Krafft's score is now 17 ships and 29,235 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Robert von Fernland, in Austrian U-27, scuttles French barque Roland 30 miles west-southwest of Cythera. His score is now 3 ships and 7,435 tons.

[Jimbuna]

10th June 1917

Western Front

British gain ground in Messines region.

Southern Front

Italians carry pass of Agnello and advance on Mt. Ortigara (Trentino).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Opening of operations which drive Germans from estuary of Lukuledi river (German East Africa).

Ship Losses:

Annam (France) The cargo liner was sunk in the Ionian Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Sapientza, Greece (36°49′N 21°23′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
August (Sweden) The ketch was sunk in the Baltic Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off the Unterstens Lighthouse[125] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bay State (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (53°00′N 16°09′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Betty (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) north west of North Rona, United Kingdom (59°30′N 6°15′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Clan Alpine (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north by east of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight crew.
Dulwich (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by the submarine SM UB-12 ( Kaiserliche Marine) and sank in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north by east of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) (52°08′N 1°45′E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Galicia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) south west by south of the Fastnet Rock (48°55′N 10°00′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
HMS Grafton (Royal Navy) The Edgar-class cruiser was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Malta by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Haulwen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°48′N 16°00′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Henri Jeanne (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Jupiter I (French Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Calais, Pas-de-Calais (50°59′N 1°47′E) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Kleopatra (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Doro Channel by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Madeleine (France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marie Elsie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) north west of Cape Teriberski, Russia (71°21′N 34°16′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Perla (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) west by north of Cape Teriberski (71°23′N 35°26′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Petrolite (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 185 nautical miles (343 km) west of Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°03′N 9°13′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ribera (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Cape Wrath, Sutherland by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Santa Maria (Portugal) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of the Berlingas (39°11′N 9°35′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Scottish Heather (Canada) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 440 nautical miles (810 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock (46°59′N 18°12′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Solhaug (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Cantabrian Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east by south of Cape Peñas, Spain by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stylianos (Egypt) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HM Torpedo Boat 117 (Royal Navy) The torpedo boat collided with Kamourska ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel.