May 28:
German Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow sends an official response to President Wilson's May 13th letter about the sinking of RMS Lusitania.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/...anresponse.htm
English Channel: Clause Hansen, commanding
U-41, sinks three merchant ships: SS
Ethiope, 3,794 tons, bound from Hull to Calabar with a general cargo, SS
Spennymoor, 2,733 tons, traveling from Sunderland with an unnamed cargo, and SS
Tullochmoor, 3,250 tons, carrying an unnamed cargo from Genoa to Tyne. His score is now 15 ships sunk for a total of 22,776 tons.
North Sea: Leo Hillebrand, in
U-16, sinks the Russian sailing ship
Mars, 251 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Halmstad to Ayr. Hillebrand now has 3 ships and 2,669 tons.
Italian Somaliland: The monitors' convoy crosses the equator, and logs a record daily run of 149 miles.
German East Africa: At 0854 hours HMS
Laconia launches Short 122 on a reconnaissance flight. The plane returns at 1025.