Diary December 11, 1916

12-1916, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Italian battleship 'Regina Margherita' — The Italian battleship ‘Regina Margherita’ was a Pre-Dreadnought with 13,500t and completed in 1901.

World War One Diary for Monday, December 11, 1916:

Sea War

Adriatic: Italian battleship Regina Margherita (many casualties including Captain) sunk by two mines from UC-14 off Valona, Albania, returning to Taranto for refit. Italy only announces the loss on January 20, 1917.
Baltic: Vice-Admiral Nepenin’s Fleet order against non-saluting becomes unpopular with officers and men.

Western Front

Somme: Violent Allied artillery bombardment.
Verdun: Preparatory French bombardment by 760 guns (350 heavy).

Politics

Britain: Grey resigns as British Foreign Secretary after exactly 11 years in office, Balfour succeeds.

Neutrals

Greece: Admiarl Fournet relieved of command for December 1 action.

Home Fronts

Britain: Lord Derby succeeds Lloyd George as War Minister. Labour Ministry formed.

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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.