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[Jimbuna]

10th February 1917

Western Front

South of Serre Hill (north of Ancre) British capture strong system of hostile trenches on front of 1,250 yards, 215 prisoners taken.

Successful Allied raids at Givenchy, Neuville, Grandcourt, La Bassee, Neuve Chappelle, Auberive (Champagne), and Luneville.

German airmen bomb Dunkirk, Amiens and Nancy.

Eastern Front

More than 400 steamships and 2,700 tugs are employed by Germany to haul captured Romanian equipment and stores up the Danube.

Southern Front

At Valona two out of three Austrian hydroplanes captured by Italian airmen.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Near Kut Turks deliver four unsuccessful attacks on British right flank during the night.

At Kut British carry the liquorice factory, and establish a new line on a 6,000 yard front, pressing back the Turks from 800-1,200 yards.

Political, etc.

Peru cables protest to Berlin.

China sends energetic protest to Germany, and threatens to break off diplomatic relations.

Chile sends a reply to Germany refusing to recognise the blockade, and retaining a free hand in case of damage to Chilean ships.

Germany declares "period of grace" for neutral shipping expires.

Dutch government officially protests German resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and will consider all sinkings to be illegal.

Mr. Gerard leaves Berlin.

With the breakoff of diplomatic relations between Germany and U.S., Spain will represent U.S. interests in Berlin.

Ship Losses:

Athenian (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 105 nautical miles (194 km) east by south of Aberdeen (57°20′N 1°30′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Beechtree (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east of Start Point, Devon (50°08′N 3°23′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her fifteen crew survived.
Bellax (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Gracie (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Ireland (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 105 nautical miles (194 km) off Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire (57°10′N 1°10′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Japanese Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 24 nautical miles (44 km) south west of Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°36′N 6°46′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Netherlee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 92 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°44′N 11°45′W) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Ostrich (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 135 nautical miles (250 km) off the Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Paquerette (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Ouessant, Finistère by SM U-83 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rancagua (France) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay (46°20′N 5°30′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew took to the lifeboats but were not recovered.
Sallagh (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

February 10, 1917

Air War:
1115 German ace Werner Voss, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down DH.2 A2548 for victory number 6. English 4-kill pilot Leslie Aizlewood is wounded, but lands safely inside his own lines.

1220 German ace Erwin Böhme, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a DH.2 for victory number 12. Arthur Vincent Howard Gompertz makes a safe landing with his engine shot through.

French observer Chaerles Borzecki, riding in a Nieuport 12 with a Sgt Hebert as pilot, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

Hungarian observer Franz Gräser, riding in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 29.58 with an unnamed pilot, shoots down a Farman pusher for victory number 1.



Celtic Sea:
Raimund Weisbach, commanding U-81, sinks British freighter SS Netherlee, 4,227 tons, bound from Philadelphia for Dunkerque with a general cargo. His score is now 15 ships and 15,880 tons.

Bruno Hoppe, in U-83, is credited with sinking French schooner Paquerette, 164 tons, en route from Verdon to Swansea with a load of pit props. No claime was filed, but U-84 was the closest u-boat at the time. Hoppe's score is now 16 ships and 30,242 tons.

Paul Hundius, in UC-47, torpedoes Britsih freighter SS Japanese Prince, 4,876 tons, travelling from Newport News to Southampton with a general cargo southwest of Bishop Rock. His score is now 11 ships and 18,154 tons.



Irish Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck in UC-65, sinks British coaster SS Sallagh, 325 tons, en route from Lydney to Larne with a load of coal. His score is now 95 vessels and 88,572 tons.



English Channel:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, torpeoes British frieghter SS Beechtree, 1,277 tons, carrying aload of coal from Swansea to Rouen, His score is now 32 ships and 48.910 tons.



Firth of Forth:
British tanker SS San Fraterno, travelling from Port Arthur to the Firth of Forth, hits a mine laid by Ernst Rosenow in UC-29 off the Isle of Inchkeith. The damaged ship makes port safely.



North Sea:
Erich Sittenfeld, in U-45, stops British trawler Ostrich, 148 tons, and sinks her with his deck gun, off the Farne Islands. His score is now 16 ships and 23,524 tons.

Bernhard Putzier, in UB-22, sinks three Allied vessles southeast of Aberdeen:
British trawler Athenian, 171 tons; scuttled.
British Trawler Ireland, 152 tons; scuttled.
Norwegian freighter SS Bellax, 1,107 tons, carrying a load of timeber from Fredrikstad to Le Havre.
Putzier's score is now 14 ships and 6,443 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks French sailing ship Rancagua, 2,729 tons, travelling from Mejillones to Bordeaux with a load of nitrate. His score is now 43 ships and 43,633 tons.

[Jimbuna]

11th February 1917

Western Front

North of the Ancre British take about 600 yards of enemy trenches near the Beaucourt-Puisieux road.

South of Serre Hill enemy attack British new positions, but are decimated.

Eastern Front

South of Halicz small hostile forces force the Dniester on the ice, but is driven back by a counter-attack.

Southern Front

East of Gorizia the Italian recover the trenches taken by the Austrians, and make 100 prisoners.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

At Kut, British resume attack on river bank of Tigris, hemming the Turks in on the Dahra bend, taking all but the last line of trenches.

Political, etc.

German Government state that the restraint placed on Mr. Gerard was an error of minor officials.

James W. Gerard, U.S. ambassador to Germany, safely crosses the German border into neutral Switzerland.

Swiss Minister sends a message from Germany to U.S.A. suggesting a discussion on ways and means of preventing war.

Ship Losses:

Ada (United Kingdom) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Anvil Point, Dorset by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ashwold (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) north east by north of North Shields, Northumberland by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Assunta (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Cape Carbonara, Sardinia (38°30′N 9°30′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Dalmata (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°56′N 5°32′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Dernes (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°40′N 5°25′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lycia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east by north of the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire (52°12′N 5°27′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Norwood (United Kingdom) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eighteen of her crew.
Olivia (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 21 nautical miles (39 km) south west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vasilissa Olga (Greece) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°38′N 0°27′E) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her twenty crew survived.
Voltaire (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north east of the Bishops and Clerks Rocks by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Woodfield (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

February 11, 1917

Air War:
German ace Erwin Böhme is badly wounded in the left arm in a fight with Sopwith 1½ Strutters. He will be out of service until July.

1200 Italian ace Francesco Baracca and pilot Fulco di Clabria, both in Nieuport 17s, share a victory over a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I. Number 7 for Baracca, number 3 for di Clabria.

1520 German pilot Erich König, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.2c 2498 for victory number 5. Cpt J. Thorburn and 2nd Lt J.K. Howard are both killed.



Celtic Sea:
Wilhelm Amberger, commanding UB-38, sinks two ships right at the west end of the Channel.
Norwegian freighter SS Dalmata, 1,773 tons, bound from New York for Le Havre with a general cargo.
British fishing smack Precedent, 36 tons.
Amberger's score is now 8 ships and 12,030 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Dernes, 738 tons, travelling from Bilbao to Newport, Wales with a load of iron ore, northwest of Ushant. His score is now 33 ships and 48,648 tons.



Irish Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, stops and scuttles three British ships just north of St. George's Channel:
Freighter SS Lycia, 2,715 tons, en route from Genoa and Bougie to Swanseal and Liverpool with a general cargo.
Coaster SS Olivia, 242 tons, carrying a load of coal from Garston to Portreath.
Coaster SS Voltaire, 409 tons, travelling from Llanelly to Liverpool with a general cargo.
Steinbrinck's score is now 98 ships and 91,938 tons.



English Channel:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, stops and sinks two ships:
British brigantine Ada, 187 tons, bound from Londo for Landerneau with a load of manure; deck gun.
Greek freighter SS Vasilissa Olga, 1,400 tons, en route from Port Talbot to Dunkirk with a load of coal; scuttled.
Pustkuchen also torpedoes British freighter SS Woodfield, 4,300 tons, travelling in ballast from North Shields to Newport, but the damages ship is beached and later returned to service.
Pustkuchen's score is now 53 ships and 65,603 tons.



North Sea:
Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, sinks British freighter SS Norwood, 798 tons, carrying a general cargo from Middlesbrough to Aberdeen. His score is now 6 ships and 6,838 tons.
Rosenow also attacks British freighter SS Roanoke, 3,466 tons, but the damaged ship makes it safely to Aberdeen.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, begins his career with the scuttling of British trawler Ashwold, 129 tons, off South Shields.



Mediterranean Sea:
1100 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks Italian sailing vessel Assunta, 132 tons, south of Sardinia. His score is now 140 ships and 280,605 tons.



South Africa:
British sailing ship Emu, 182 tons, en route from Simonstown to Knysna, hits a rock in Knysna Lagoon. This will later be named Emu Rock.

[Jimbuna]

12th February 1917

Western Front

South of Serre several more unsuccessful German attacks.

East of Souchez British raid takes 48 prisoners.

Other successful raids at Neuville, Loos and Ypres.

Eastern Front

Near Jakobeny (southern Bukovina) the Germans attack and take the new Russian positions and over 1,200 prisoners.

Southern Front

East of Monastir, Hill 1050 attacked by the Germans, who gain a footing at several points in the Italian front lines.

Naval

More neutral ships are sunk by German submarines, with at least 2 Swedish, 2 Norwegian, 1 Greek, and 1 U.S. ships being sunk today.

Political, etc.

Mr. Gerard and staff arrive in Switzerland.

The Netherlands Government representative assumes charge of British interests in Germany.

The American Commission for Relief in Belgium notifies the German occupation that they will cease relief work due to the diplomatic break.

Bonar Law states that Britain is spending £5,790,000 every day and warns of a difficult road ahead due to the country’s finances.

Kaiser Wilhelm travels to Vienna to meet with Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles.

Ship Losses:

Adolf (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea off Dennis Head Old Beacon, North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (58°53′N 1°32′W) by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Afric (United Kingdom) The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south south west of the Eddystone Lighthouse (49°59′N 4°18′W) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five lives.
Aghios Spyridon (Greece) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°10′N 5°48′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Brissons (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°31′N 5°15′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cilicia (United Kingdom) The collier struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Dassen Island, South Africa.
Dale (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 42 nautical miles (78 km) south by east of North Ronaldsay by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
HMT Euston (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 30 (Heinrich Stenzler) and sank in Tees Bay (54°40′N 1°19′W) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Foreland (United Kingdom) The collier struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) and sank in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south by west of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°56′N 1°40′E). Her crew survived.
Hugo Hamilton (Sweden) The auxiliary sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland[137] (55°39′N 12°13′W) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Rio de la Plata ( Norway).
Lucent (United Kingdom) The collier was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of the Lizard, Cornwall (50°20′N 4°43′W) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lyman M. Law (United States) The four-masted schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nordcap (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France (46°18′N 1°52′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pinna (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Irish Sea 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km) south south east of the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached at Milford Haven and was later refloated.
West (Norway) The auxiliary schooner was sunk in the North Sea by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

February 12, 1917

Air War:
German pilot Emil Meinecke, still flying a Fokker Eindecker for Flieger-Abteilung 6 on the Turkish front, shoots down Farman F.27 N3021 for victory number 2.



Ireland:
Raimund Weisbach, commanding U-81, sinks Swedish auxilary motor schooner Hugo Hamilton, 2,577 tons, bound from Caleta Buena for Göteborg with a load of saltpetre. His score is now 16 ships and 48,457 tons.



Wales:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, torpedoes British tanker SS Pinna off South Bishops. The crippled ship is beached at Milford Haven, later repaired and returned to service.



Cornwall:
Paul Hundius, in UC-47, sinks two ships off the Pendeen Lighthouse:
Greek freighter SS Aghios Spyridon, 1,618 tons, travelling from Swansea to Naples with a load of coal.
British fishing smack Brissons, 60 tons.
Hundius' score is now 13 ships and 19,832 tons.



English Channel:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, sinks two British ships near the Eddystone Lighthouse:
Passenger liner SS Afric, 11,999 tons, carrying a general cargo from Liverpool to Sydney.
Freighter SS Lucent, 1,409 tons, en route from Cardiff to an unnamed destination with a load of government supplies.
Pustkuchen's score is now 55 ships and 79,077 tons.



North Sea:
British freighter SS Foreland, 1,960 tons, travelling from Blyth to Devonport with a load of coal, hits a mine laid of the Shipwash Lightship by Benno von Ditfurth in UC-11. His score is now 8 ships and 12,279 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Euston, 209 tons, hits a mine laid of Tees Bay by Heinrich Stenzler in UC-30. His score is now 2 ships and 837 tons.

Gustav Buch, in UC-36, sinks Norwegian motor schooner West, 378 tons, en route from Hull to Tréport with a load of coal. His score is now 2 ships and 1,388 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, stops and scuttles two ships off Dennis Head:
Swedish freighter SS Adolf, 835 tons, travelling from Swansea to Warkworth and Gothenburg with a general cargo.
British trawler Dale, 198 tons.
Tebbenjohanns' score is now 3 ships and 1,162 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Norwegian coaster SS Nordcap, 332 tons, carrying a load of horseshoes from Bilbao to Nantes. His score is now 34 ships and 48,980 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, In U-35, stops and scuttles American schooner Lyman M. Law, 1,300 tons, south of Sardinia. His score is now 141 ships and 281,905 tons.

[Jimbuna]

13th February 1917

Western Front

South-east of Grandcourt British capture a strong point.

North-east of Arras British raid takes 40 prisoners.

Eastern Front

Near Jakobeny Russian counter-attacks repulsed.

Aviation

Frances T. Evans, Sr., one of the first U.S. Marine Corps aviators, becomes the first person to loop a seaplane.


Naval and Overseas Operations

The White Star liner "Afric", of 12,000 tons, reported sunk.


Lord Lytton, for the Admiralty, says counter measures against submarine menace have already achieved considerable success.

Political, etc.

President Wilson declines to entertain negotiations with Germany unless the Proclamation of ruthless submarine warfare is withdrawn.

At Petrograd, Lord Milner, at close of Allied Conference, says much good done in bringing about closer co-operation between Entente countries.

Lord Curzon, member of the British War Council, states he is “not dissatisfied” at the progress in limiting losses incurred by U-boats.

Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary hosts a dinner for Kaiser Wilhelm: “I drink to the health of your majesty, my true friend and ally.”

U.S. Cabinet becomes divided on the issue of whether or not to arm American merchant ships, as it could lead to armed conflict with Germany.

Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying. (Mata Hari on the day of her arrest).


Ship Losses:


Afric (United Kingdom) The passenger steamer was sunk 12 miles SSW of the Eddystone LH by UC 66 (Herbert Pustkuchen) with the loss of five lives.
Barnsley (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) north of Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal by SM U-78 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
F. D. Lambert (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 47 (Paul Hundius) and sank in the English Channel 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.
Friendship (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was sunk in the Irish Sea off the Smalls Lighthouse by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
King Alfred (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) south of Fair Isle by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Percy Roy (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 32 nautical miles (59 km) off Mallorca, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[148] Her six crew were rescued by Ciudad ( Spain).
Progreso (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Lacanau, Gironde, France by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Sisters Melville (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk (52°07′N 1°44′E) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Zircon (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) south west of the Smalls Lighthouse by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

February 13, 1917

Air War:
1045 English pilot Frank Hudson, flying a Sopwith Pup, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

1700 Austrian pilot Raoul Stojsavljevic, in Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 65.68, shoots down a Farman two-seater for victory number 5.



Ireland:
Otto Dröscher, commanding U-78, stops and scuttles British trawler Barnsley just north of the Isle of Inishtrahull. His score is now 7 ships and 11,797 tons.



St. George's Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, stops and scuttles two British fishing smacks near The Smalls Lighthouse, west of Pembrokeshire, Wales:
Friendship, 37 tons. The crew of four are lost.
Zircon, 48 tons. The crew are rescued.
Steinbrinck's score is now 100 vessels and 92,023 tons.



English Channel:
Paul Hundius, in UC-47, attacks British tanker SS Sequoya, 5,263 tons, with his deck gun, but is unable to sink her due to heavy seas. The damaged ship manages to make port safely.
Hundius then attacks British fishing smack Fleurette, 60 tons. When the deck gun again fails to sink the small vessel with the gun, so scuttling charges are laid. These also fail to do the job, Hundius departs the area, and the unmanned vessel washes ashore near the Godlevy Lighthouse and is wrecked. The crew are not seen again, and the sinking is credited to UC-47.
Meanwhile British freighter F.D. Lambert, 2,196 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newcastle to Savona, hits a mine laid by Hundius near the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse and is sunk without loss of life.
Hundius' score is now 15 ships and 22,087 tons.



North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Sisters Melville, 260 tons, hits a mine laid by Georg Reimarus in UC-4 off Aldeburgh. His score is now 4 ships and 1,377 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, stops and scuttles British trawler King Alfred, 159 tons, off Fair Isle, between the Shetland and Orkney Islands. His score is now 4 ships and 1,321 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Progreso, 1,620 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Boucau; off Lacanau, France. His score is now 35 ships and 50,600 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
1630 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, stops and scuttles British schooner Percy Roy, 110 tons, travelling in ballast from Naples to Santa Poloa. His score is now 142 ships and 282,015 tons.



Simonstown, South Africa:
Captain Sykes of HMS Challenger opens a board of inquiry aboard HMFM Trent, examining fifteen officers and men about the earlier troubles aboard that ship.

[Jimbuna]

14th February 1917

Western Front

12 miles north-west of Compiegne the French carry out successful large-scale raid.

Eastern Front

Between Zloczow and Tarnopol (northern Galicia), Germans report successful great raid, taking six Russian officers and 275 men prisoners.

Southern Front

East of Monastir, Italians counter-attack and re-establish their line.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Bruges harbour again bombed by British naval airmen.

Political, etc.

The German Ambassador to the U.S.A., with staff, sails from Hoboken in the S.S. "Frederik VIII".

Germany remains defiant towards the U.S., stating its submarine warfare “will under no circumstance be restricted.”

Due to heavy snows and coal shortages, Vienna’s theaters, restaurants, and streetcars are ordered to close earlier in the day.

Cargoes of captured Romanian grain arrive in Austria-Hungary, but will not go to civilians; instead, they will go to its army & Germany.

Switzerland institutes meatless days and rations rice and sugar, as food supplies become more restricted due to the war.

Ship Losses:

Belvoir Castle (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea south east of Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire (57°17′N 1°30′W) by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Eudora (United Kingdom) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
F-4 (Italian Royal Navy) The F-class submarine sank in the Ligurian Sea off La Spezia, Italy, during trials. She was refloated and repaired and she returned to service in September 1917.
Ferga (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire (50°02′N 5°04′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS Geier (Kaiserliche Marine) The auxiliary cruiser was scuttled in the South Atlantic Ocean near Ilha da Trindade.
Greenland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Bardsey Island (52°30′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hopemoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of the Skellig Islands (51°53′N 11°00′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Inishowen Head (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 65 (Otto Steinbrinck) and sank in the Irish Sea 1.25 nautical miles (2.32 km) south of Skokholm, Pembrokeshire (51°40′N 5°15′W) with the loss of a crew member.
Longscar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay (45°25′N 1°55′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Mar Adriatico (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay (45°43′N 1°24′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Margarita (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west by west of Bardsey Island by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie Leonhardt (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) and sank in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°53′N 1°40′E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Marthe Yvonne (France) The pilot boat was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of La Coubre Point, Charente-Maritime by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mary Bell (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by north of Aberdeen by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Mery (Russia) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Alicante, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Michele (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily, Italy by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Oceania (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) south of Alicante by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Torino (Italy) The passenger ship was sunk in the Ionian Sea (36°23′N 19°10′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

February 14, 1917

Air War:
1100 German pilot Hans Gutermuth, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Morane-Saulier 'P' for victory number 2. 2nd Lts F.C. Young and A.G.S. de Ross are both killed.

1200 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in a Halberstadt D.II, shoots down BE.2d 6231 fo victory number 20. Lt Cyril Douglas Bennet is taken prisoner; 2nd Lt Herbert Arthur Croft is killed.

1245 German pilot Georg Schlenker, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A642. 2nd Lt J. Fairbairn is wounded and taken prisoner.

1350 English pilot Douglas Carbery, in BE.2e 6755 with 2nd Lt M.A.S. Vaile as observer, shoots down an attacking Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1645 Manfred von Richthofen shoots down BE.2c 2543 for victory number 21. Cpt George Cyril Bailey is wounded, 2nd Lt George William Betts Hampton unharmed. As they land on their own side of the lines the "kill" status is questionable.

1700 Canadian RFC pilot Harold Hartney, flying FE.2d A1960 with Lt W.T. Jourdan as gunner, shoots down a pair of Albatros D.IIs for victories number 5 and 6.

1700 German pilot Paul Strähle, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A1960 for victory number 1. Harold Hartney and his observer are both wounded. Hartney manages to land his plane on his own side of the lines.

1710 German ace Friedrich Mannschott, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Farman two-seater for victory number 6. Adj Prisset is killed and Adj Damien wounded.

German pilot Julius Buckler, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Caudron two-seater for victory number 2.

French pilot Marcel Anatole Hugues, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down a German 2-seater for victory number 1. Lt. Max Rolshoven and Lt. Wilhelm Sievert are both killed.



Ireland:
Karlgeorg Schuster, commanding U-60, torpedoes British freighter SS Hopemoor, 3,740 tons, bound from Baltimore for Hull with a load of wheat; northwest of the Skelligs. His score is now 5 ships and 17.831 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Martin Schelle, in UC-33, stops and scuttles British barque Eudora, 1,991 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to Queenstown with a load of maize. His score is now 2 ships and 2,144 tons.

Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, sinks four British ships:
Freighter SS Ferga, 791 tons, hauling a general cargo from Swansea to Livrerpool.
Freighter SS Greenland, 1,753 tons, en route from Fleetwood to Cherbourg; torpedoed.
Freighter SS Inishowen Head, 3,050 tons, travelling in ballast from Dublin to St Johns, hit a mine north of Cornwall.
Coaster SS Margarita, 375 tons, bound from Liverpool for Swansea with a load of wheat.
Steinbrinck's score is now 104 ships and 97,992 tons.



North Sea:
British freighter SS Marie Leonhardt, 1,466 tons, travelling from Hartlepool to London with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Benno von Ditfurth in UC-11. His score is now 9 ships and 13,745 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, sinks two British trawlers off Buchanness:
Belvoir Castle, 221 tons.
Mary Bell, 144 tons.
Tebbenjohanns' score is now 6 ships and 1,686 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks two Allied ships near the mouth of the Gironde River:
British freighter SS Longscar, 2,777 tons, travelling in ballast from Nantes to Bilbao.
Spanish freighter SS Mar Adriatico, 2,410 tons, carrying a general cargo from Lisbon to Bordeaux.
Saltzwedel's score is now 37 ships and 55,787 tons.

Werner Fürbringer, in UC-70, sinks French pilot boat Marthe Yvonne, 30 tons, off Pointe de la Boubre. His score is now 56 ships and 51,997 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks two ships near Alicante, Spain:
1200 Italian freighter SS Oceania, 4,217 tons, travelling from New York to Oneglia with a load of wheat.
1600 Russian schooner Mery, 178 tons, en route from Livrpool to Cette with a load of pitch; sunk with deck gun.
Von Arnauld's score is now 144 ships and 286,410 tons.

Max Valentiner, in U-38, stops and scuttles Italian sailing vessel Michele, 41 tons, off Sicily. His score is now 126 ships and 175,310 tons.
Valentiner also attacks British freighter SS Trowbridge, 3,712 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Alexandria, but the damaged ship manages to make safe port.



Ionian Sea:
Leading U-boat ace Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks Italian freighter SS Torino, 4,159 tons, bound from Alexandria for Genoa with a load of cotton and maize. His score is now 142 ships and 293,442 tons.



Simonstown, South Africa:
Old British cruiser HMS Challenger begins preparing for refit, with gunners removing the shells to shore and bosun's mates preparing to take down the topmast.
At 1330 the work of repainting the ship's bottom is begun.
At 22:20 a shore party returns with a prisoner from HMFM Trent.

Other ships' logs don't mention it, but HFMF Trent reports strong winds and rough seas, growing to gale strength in the afternoon.



Durban, South Africa:
British monitor HMS Severn, in drydock, reports 70 convicts brought onboard to aid in the work.

[Jimbuna]

15th February 1917

Western Front

Attempted German raids near Loos, west of Messines, and north-east of Ypres, break down under our fire.

West of Maisons de Champagne, German attack penetrates French salient, gaining several lines of trenches and taking prisoner 21 officers and 837 men.

Interview with Sir Douglas Haig published.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Decisive day of Battle of Kut.

Turks driven from right bank of Tigris.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Italian transport bound for Salonika, sunk by submarine west of Matapan.

Political, etc.

British Government take over all coal mines in the U.K. for the period of the war.

In Brussels, the U.S. Minister is ordered by the Germans to lower the U.S. flag over the Legation.

Germany reverses its order, allowing U.S. relief corps to continue operating in occupied Belgian areas.

French government institutes maximum prices for milk, butter, and cheese to control rising food costs.

The Netherlands accepts 250 refugee children from occupied France. Several hundred more are expected to arrive soon.

Scandinavian Government's protest v. German submarine warfare.

Ship Losses:

Afton (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was scuttled in the Irish Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) north by east of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire (52°24′N 5°09′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Aline (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 25 nautical miles (46 km) west south west of the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Alma Jeanne (France) The lugger was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay off Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée (46°09′N 1°53′W) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Argos (France) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Les Sables-d'Olonne (46°19′N 1°59′W) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her five crew survived.
Brecknockshire (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 490 nautical miles (910 km) east by north of Cape Frio, Brazil by SMS Möwe( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Desire Louise (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay (46°09′N 1°43′W) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
French Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 490 nautical miles (910 km) east north east of Cape Frio by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Kyanite (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 27 nautical miles (50 km) south south west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire (52°18′N 4°55′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leven (United Kingdom) The dredger struck a mine laid by UC 16 (Egon von Werner) and sank in the English Channel 0.75 nautical miles (1,390 m) off Newhaven, East Sussex. Her crew survived.
Marion Dawson (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south west of the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime (46°03′N 1°33′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Minas (Italy) The troopship was sunk in the Ionian Sea off Cape Matapan, Greece (36°25′N 18°24′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 870 lives.
Stralsund (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of St. Kilda, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom by SM U-78 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

February 14, 1917 1200 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in a Halberstadt D.II, shoots down BE.2d 6231 fo victory number 20. Lt Cyril Douglas Bennet is taken prisoner; 2nd Lt Herbert Arthur Croft is killed.



1645 Manfred von Richthofen shoots down BE.2c 2543 for victory number 21. Cpt George Cyril Bailey is wounded, 2nd Lt George William Betts Hampton unharmed. As they land on their own side of the lines the "kill" status is questionable.

IN his Halberstadt Scout no less! Russian speaking POW LT Douglas will survive to fight Bolsheviks in Russia 1918; be a Rolex Watch representative and hold several civil posts in Africa and the middle east in WWII. Poor Manfred really should not have gotten credit for the second attack-even by the primitive tally methods of WWI: He clearly attacked a BE two-seater. His own report:

" I attacked one flying nearest to me. After the first 100 shots the observer stopped shooting the plane began to smoke and twisted in uncontrolled curves to the right. As this result was not satisfactory to me I shot at the falling plane till part of the wings came off..... As it was foggy already rather dark, I have no witnesses either from the air or the ground."

Von R. as with the day of his death, had an rare easterly wind against him and was 'far over to the enemy's side' and understandably anxious to get back. Bailey had turned west initially when attacked by the first Halberstadt, his gun jamming after 32 rounds, and hit in the knee. He put the BE into a spiral descent still under fire and the rear gun was hit and fell overboard, striking Bailey in the rear cockpit-possibly looking like 'part of a wing coming off'. In pain and spiraling, the 3 Halberstadts having broken off and headed back east, Bailey 'succeeded in righting the machine; got his bearings; and headed for home where he landed 'badly shot about' at his own airdrôme! NOT a KILL! Promoted Squadron Commander after his recovery from wounds, WWII Air Commodore Bailey: Companion/Most Honorable Order of the Bath; DSO will die in 1972. Poor LT Hampton will die a month later 3/11/17; shot down in flames by Karl Schafer of Jasta 11. Under the Guns of the Red Baron

[Sailor Steve]

Not an unusual occurrence. See claim number 15 on December 27th:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=2012

[Sailor Steve]

February 15, 1917

Air War:
1015 Irish RFC pilot Victor Henry Huston, flying FE.2b A5445 with 2nd Lt P.S. Taylor as gunner, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

1045 ViceFeldwebel H. Bussing is credited with shooting down DH.2 2932 for victory number 1 (and possibly his only kill). Lt C.H. March is wounded and taken prisoner.

1045 German ace Renatus Theiller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down DH.2 A2535 for victory number 8. Cpt H.W.G. Jones is wounded but manages to land on his own side of the lines.

1200 Canadian RNAS pilot Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Pup N6160, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 3.

1230 (1330 German time) German pilot Peter Glasmacher, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6622 for victory number 2. Cpt J.M.E. Shepherd is killed.

1230 English RFC pilot James Anderson Slater, flying Nieuport 17 A6613, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 1.

1530 French pilot Brigadier Laraud, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

1630 English ace Lancelot Richardson, in FE.2b 7686 with William Maggit as gunner, shoots down a German two-seater. Victory number 6 for Richardson, number 4 for Meggit.

1640 German ace Hans von Keudell, in Albatros D.III 2017/16, attacks Nieuport 20 A229. English pilot Stuart Harvey Pratt and observer Geoffrey Byers are shot down, but manage to crash on their own side of the lines unharmed. Due to Byers' return fire Keudell is killed.
Keudell victory number 12.
Pratt and Byers victory number 1.
Note: Keudell's Albatros is listed in most sources as 2017/17. Only The Jasta War Chronology has it as 2017/16, but I followed their lead as it seems unlikely that the Germans had built more than 2,000 aircraft in less than two months.

1645 German ace Hartmuth Baldamus, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport 17 for victory number 12. Sgt J. Raty is killed.

German pilot Julius Buckler, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Caudron two-seater for victory number 3.

French pilot Gustave Douchy, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

French ace Georges Madon, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 7. His likely victims are Uffz Hans Gross and Vfw Emil Stiller, both killed.

French pilot Armand Pinsard, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

German pilot Georg Schlenker, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down RE.8 A87 for victory number 3. Lt H.C. Mulock and Pvt T. Booth are both killed.

French ace Marcel Hauss (5 victories) is killed in action while attacking a German two-seater. Ltn Filbig and Uffz Müller of FA46 are given the credit.



West of Scotland:
Otto Dröscher, commanding U-78, stops and scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Stralsund, 510 tons, bound from Iceland for Genoa with a load of fish, off St. Kilda Island. His score is now 8 ships and 12,307 tons.



Irish Sea:
British passenger liner SS Celtic, 20,904 tons, en route from Liverpool to New York, hits a mine laid off the Isle of Man by Alfred von Glasenapp in U-80. The ships is damaged but makes safe port.



Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, sinks two British ships off Strumble Head:
Passenger ship SS Afton, 1,156 tons. en route from Bristol to Belfast with a general cargo.
Freighter SS Kyanite, 564 tons, carrying a load of alkali from Fleetwood to Bristol.
Steinbrinck's score is now 106 ships and 99,712 tons.



English Channel:
British dredger Leven, 775 tons, hits a mine laid by Egon von Werner in UC-16 the previous October near the Newhaven pier.His score is now 46 ships and 51,788 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks two vessels near La Rochelle:
French sailing boat Aline, 30 tons, on a fishing trip.
British freighter SS Marion Dawson, 2,300 tons, carrying a load of pyrites from Huelva to La Pallice.
Saltzwedel's score is now 39 ships and 58,117 tons.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, sinks three French fishing boats with his deck gun near Sables d’Olonne:
Alma Jeanne, 33 tons.
Argos, 26 tons.
Desire Louise, 31 tons.
Pustkuchen's score is now 58 vessels and 79,167 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, attacks British freighter SS Buranda, 3,651 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseilles to Cuba, with his deck gun. The damaged ship manages to put into Alicante.

Leading U-Boat ace Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks Italian troop ship SS Minas, 2,854 tons, carrying troops from Naples to Salonika.870 casualties. Forstmann's score is now 143 ships and 296,296 tons.

[Jimbuna]

16th February 1917

Western Front

At Boulogne German airship drops bombs on town and harbour, doing only slight damage.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

West of Kut, British capture remaining Turkish positions in the Dahra bend, and take nearly 2,000 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

U.S. Navy begins installing undersea steel nets around Hampton Roads in order to defend against German submarines.

Bruges and Ghistelles bombed by British naval airmen.

Political, etc.

U.S. government provides $10 million more to help insure ships to cover the increased risk caused by German submarines.

Due to cold and lack of coal in Hamburg, Germany, all schools, theaters, and concert halls are closed.

The new Ottoman Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha declares they will fight to the last man and will retain Constantinople.

Ship Losses:

Breim (Norway) The cargo ship collided with a Greek merchant vessel in the Bay of Biscay off Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Eddie (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 550 nautical miles (1,020 km) east north east of Cape Frio, Brazil by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Hermine (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Barfleur, Manche (48°50′N 2°58′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Inver (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Irish Sea. Her crew survived.
Lady Ann (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Laertis (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Marettimo, Italy by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mayola (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east by east of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal (36°53′N 8°26′W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Niobe (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime (46°14′N 1°49′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Oriana (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Alicante, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pollcrea (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Bay of Biscay 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached at Saint-Gilles-sur-Vie. Later refloated and returned to service.
Prudenza (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Alicante by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Queenswood (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of Hartland Point, Devon (50°56′N 4°38′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
HMT Recepto (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 30 (Heinrich Stenzler) and sank in Tees Bay (54°40′N 1°08′W) with the loss of eight of her crew.
Rose Dorothea (United Kingdom) The fishing schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cabo de Santa María, Portugal (36°50′N 8°25′W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ville de Bayonne (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Hartland Point (51°03′N 4°37′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).