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
Date10 March 1917
Location
Atlantic Ocean
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  New Zealand
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[1]
  • 6 killed
  • 200 captured
  • 1 merchant steamer sunk
  • 1 merchant steamer scuttled

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.

  1. ^ Cranwell 1970, p. 243.