Diary October 2, 1917

10-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

The 14.100 tons cruiser ‘HMS Drake’ was from 1901.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 2, 1917:

Sea War

Atlantik: Cruiser HMS Drake (19 killed) sunk by U-79 (Rohrbeck) in shallow water north of Ireland.
East Atlantic: Q-Ship Q 10 (ex-sloop Begonia) sinks in collision with U-151 off Casablanca.
Baltic: Russian Fleet refuses to obey Governments orders (Bolsheviks dominate Cebtrobalt by October 30, 1917).

Western Front

Flanders: Fierce artillery duels (an on October 13).
Champagne: Germans gain foothold near Beaumont.

Africa

East Africa: German Naumann Force (189 troops and 350 porters) surrenders to Edforce.

Air War

France: 22 Gothas and 2 other bombers drop c.10t of bombs on RNAS St Pol depot, destroy 23 aircraft being erected, damage 30. RNAS builds new depot near Calais.
Western Front: 3 Sopwith Pups bomb Cruyshautem and Waereghem airfields (night October 2-3).

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Kretaner

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.

2 thoughts on “Diary October 2, 1917”

Alain
October 12, 2021 at 9:25 am

I was wondering because i can not find anything, my grandfather who was in the Belgian marine fought with the British during WW2, he was on a ship named HMS Drake, i have a picture of him wearing a marine cap with the name of the ship, stil there is no trace of existence i can find on Wikipedia or the internet about this ship, maybe you know more or could provide any information some info? Thank you & Best regards Alain

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1. Kretaner
  October 12, 2021 at 11:58 am
  
  https://wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/ships/ship.php?pid=2422
  
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