[Sailor Steve]

June 13, 1916

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, begins his third war patrol in the area around Ustica, a small island north of Sicily.
Italian sailing vessel Maria C, 77 tons.
Italian coaster Motia, 500 tons.
Italian sailing vessel San Francesco Di Paola, 43 tons.
Von Arnauld's score is now 11 ships and 51,056 tons.



German East Africa (modern Tanzania):
British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Vengeance leads an attack on the railway station at Tanga Bay.
0140 HMS Challenger joins Vengeance at sea.
0505 Balloon and seaplane tender HMS Manica joins group.
0615 Commander-in-Chief gives instructions to squadron via signal flags.
0735 Squadron anchors in Tanga Bay.
0800 Seaplane sent from Zanzibar lands beside HMS Manica.
0805 Vengeance opens fire with her 12" guns.
0840 Vengeance ceases fire.
0920 Manica hoists out own seaplane.
0958 Both seaplanes reconnoiter Tanga.
1000 Commander-in-Chief moves to HMS Pioneer to direct gunfire.
1026 Manica's seaplane returns and is hoisted aboard.
1100 Zanzibar seaplane departs for home.
1330 HMS Challenger, Pioneer and supporting armed whalers Echo and Childers pull up close to the town.
1405 Pioneer opens fire on Tanga.
1410 Challenger opens fire on enemy positions at Ras Kasone and Tanga.
1440 Vengeance opens fire again, destroying the railway station.
1445 Challenger and Pioneer cease fire.
1452 Vengeance ceases fire.
1455 Challenger shells enemy positions at Ras Chongoliani with shrapnel.
1500 Challenger ceases fire.
1505 Childers reports fouled propeller. Echo tows Childers out of Tanga Bay.
1630 C-in-C returns to HMS Vengeance.
1720 Vengeance departs for home.
1732 Challenger sends diving party to Childers to clear fouled propeller.
1920 Diving party returns to Challenger.



After 12 days at sea - three days longer than the trip to Durban - Fleet Messenger Trent arrives at Tirene Bay, Mafia Island, with HMS Mersey in tow.