Action of 10 March 1917
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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
The sinking of Otaki by SMS Möwe
Möwe in 1916 on her first cruise
QF 4.7-inch Mk V naval gun
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The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mark V originated as a 4.7 in 45-calibre naval gun designed by the Elswick Ordnance Company for export customers and known as the Pattern Y.
Action of 10 March 1917
…Möwe sighted Otaki, a 7,420-gross-ton refrigerated cargo ship of the New Zealand Shipping Company sailing from London to New York. Her defence was one 4.7 inch gun mounted aft with a Royal Navy gun crew. Otaki carried a wireless and could have alerted the Allies to Möwe's position. In heavy seas and intermittent…
On troopship Orca, March 1919