Diary April 25, 1917

04-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

HMS E22 had been converted into a transport submarine for sea planes.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 25, 1917:

Sea War

North Sea: UB-18 (Steinbrinck) sinks Royal Navy sub E22 after latter tries to ram.
Channel: German destroyers shell Dunkirk, (night April 24-25), French destroyer Etendard sunk with all hands, but Anglo-French patrols repel them. Others shell Ramsgate (5 civilian casualties) (night April 26-27).

Air War

Macedonia: 6 British fighters with 8 bombers encounter KG 1 bomber formation; latter is dispersed (each side loses 1 plane). British bombers proceed to attack designated objective (dumps at Bogdanci).

Politics

Chile: Government breaks relations with Germany.
USA: Government loans Britain $200 millions.
China: Provincial military governors meet in Peking and agree war should be declared against Germany.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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