Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Wednesday, January 27,1915. Ottoman Suez raid, First US nautical loss of World War One.

The Ottomans took the main coastal road between Qantara at the Suez Canal and El Arish that bordered Ottoman Palestine.


The US barque William P. Frye was detaomed by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich off of the coast of Brazil.  She was carrying  189,950 US bushels (1,768,300 US gal) of wheat, bound for Queenstown, Falmouth, or Plymouth in the United Kingdom.

The Germans scuttled her the following day after the captain refused to thrown the cargo overboard. The crew and passengers, including women and children, were released when the German ship put in at Newport News on March 11 due to engine trouble, at which time the US learned of the event, sparking outrage.

She was the first US ship sunk during World War One.

Last edition:

Tuesday, January 26, 1915. Suez and the Rockies.

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