Diary March 24, 1916

03-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Channel ferry 'Sussex' after torpedoed — Channel ferry ‘Sussex’ after torpedoed. The entire bow forward of the bridge is blown off.

Diary for Friday, March 24, 1916:

Sea War

Channel: British Folkestone-Dieppe ferry Sussex torpedoed by coastal submarine UB29 (Flanders Flotilla) as suspected troopship, 50 dead, including 3 Americans and Spanish composer Granados.
North Sea: Harwich Force sorties with carrier Vindex (5 planes) to raid supposed Zeppelin base at Hoyer, Schleswig, but 2 planes (lost) find sheds at Tondern instead (March 25). Destroyers sink 2 German armed trawlers but Medusa lost after collision with Laverack.

Politics

Germany: Three Americans die aboard French SS Sussex; US Ambassador in Berlin demands reason (March 27).

Home Fronts

Turkey: Language law makes company use of Turkish compulsory after July 10; also in schools and signs.

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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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