Action of 10 March 1917

Action of 10 March 1917

Part of the Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I

The sinking of Otaki by SMS Möwe

Date	10 March 1917
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Result	German victory

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Nikolaus Schlodien

Archibald Smith †

Strength

1 auxiliary cruiser

2 merchant steamers

Casualties and losses

5 killed
10 wounded
1 auxiliary cruiser damaged

6 killed
200 captured
1 merchant steamer sunk
1 merchant steamer scuttled

Atlantic naval operations of World War I

Attacks
Blockade U-boat operations Convoys Northern Patrol
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Cap Trafalgar Gulflight Lusitania Baralong Carolina
Actions
Falkland Islands 16 January 1916 10 March 1917 15 October 1917 17 November 1917 Attack on Orleans 14 October 1918

The action of 10 March 1917 was a single-ship action in the First World War between the Imperial German Navy merchant raider SMS Möwe and the defensively-armed New Zealand Shipping Company cargo ship Otaki. Otaki was sunk, but Möwe was badly damaged.