Diary March 10, 1917

03-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

HMS 'G 13' — HMS ‘G 13’ is part of the 10th Submarine Fleet and is mainly used for sub hunting in the North Sea.

World War One Diary for Saturday, March 10, 1917:

Sea War

North Sea: Royal Navy submarine G13 sinks UC-43 off Shetlands.
Eastern Atlantic: Epic action between NZ Shipping Co SS Otaki (4.7-inch gun) (A Bisset Smith, posthumous Victory Cross) and German raider Moewe (15 casualties), 350 miles east of Azores. Otaki sinks after c.30 hits but hits Moewe 7 times.

Western Mediterranean: In tragic error troopship-escorting sloop HMS Cyclamen rams and sinks Italian submarine Guglielmotti (14 die) off Capraia Island.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: British bridge river Diyala and turn Turk west flank 3 miles from Baghdad. Khalil Pasha grudgingly lets subordinates evacuate city and leaves by train. 9,500 Turks with 48 guns retreat before 45,343 British with 174 guns, German radio station blown up.

Home Fronts

Russia: Martial law declared in Petrograd as general strike begins (until March 19). Petrograd Soviet elected.
Turkey: Talaat Pasha obtains Chamber 3.5 million Turkish Pounds food board credit, promises radical solutions (March 24).

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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.

Sea War

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Home Fronts

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