May 15, 1916
The Armstrong-Whitworth FK.7 makes its first flight around this time. The best source I could find only says "mid-May". This prototype will go on to become the more famous FK.8.
Alboran Sea:
French freighter SS Harmonie, 624 tons, carrying a load of wine from Oran to Cette, sinks off Cabo de la Gata, Spain, following a collision.
Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, commanding U-34, Sinks French freighter SS Mira, 3,050 tons, bound from Cardiff for Corfu with a load of coal. Rücker's score is now 29 ships and 101,778 tons.
Durban, South Africa:
While post-dry dock work continues on HMS Mersey, Fleet Auxiliary Trent arrives in preparation to tow the monitor back to Mafia Island.
Japan:
Japanese freighter Yamaguchi Maru, 3,321 tons, is wrecked on the coast of Chima, Japan.
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