June 10:
North Atlantic, Outer Hebrides: Konrad Gansser, commanding U-33, sinks Russian freighter Dania, 2,648 tons, bound from Cardiff to Archangelsk with a cargo of coal. This brings his score to 5 ships and 7,476 tons.
Celtic Sea, off southern Ireland: Waldemar Kophamel, in U-35, sinks Russian sailing ship Thomasina, 1,869 tons, traveling from Liverpool to Pensacola in ballast. His score is now 12 ships and 15,860 tons.
North Sea: Werner Fürbinger, in UB-2, stops and scuttles British fishing smack Intrepid, 59 tons, bringing his total to 6 ships and 297 tons.
Adriatic Sea: Heino von Heimburg, in UB-15, torpedoes Italian submarine Medusa. This is von Heimburg's and UB-15's only sinking.
German East Africa: HMS Hyacinth spends the morning in target practice - target towed by the tug Revenger.
Some of the crew of HMS Mersey are still putting up armour plate, while others are setting up furniture and loading provisions aboard.
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