April 25, 1916
Air War:
French ace Charles Nungesser, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 6.
Celtic Sea:
Raimund Weisbach, commanding U-19, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Carmanian, 1,841 tons, bound from Buenos Aires for Falmouth with a load of wheat. His score is now 6 ships and 19,280 tons.
North Sea:
Otto Steinbrink, in UB-18, torpedoes British submarine E-22, 725 tons, off Yarmouth, raising his score to 37 ships and 34,953 tons.
German destroyer G-41 sinks British trawler King Stephen and captures her crew. This was the trawler that had left the crew of Zeppelin L-19 to drown on February 2nd, though a completely different crew.
Swedish barque SV Niola, 714 tons, en route from Pensacola to Dundee, is captured and scuttled by a German destroyer, possibly V-44.
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, sinks Dutch freighter SS Berkelstroom, 736 tons, carrying a general cargo from Amsterdam to London. His score is now 31 ships and 44,606 tons. Pustkuchen also torpedoes HMS Penelope, but the damaged light cruiser escapes.
Black Sea:
Russian destroyer Zhivuchi, 350 tons, and sailing vessel Georgiy Pobedonosets, 112 tons, hit mines laid off Sevastopol by Albrecht von Dewitz in UC-15. His opening score is 2 ships and 462 tons.
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