British transport Olive Branch sunk by German submarine U-28 according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 25 September 1917

An item reported that the British steamship Olive Branch of Liverpool was sunk by the German submarine U 2 (1) when she was underway from Liverpool to Kola and Romanof with circa 8,000 tons of ammunition. When she was 150 miles North West of the Northcape was she amidships torpedoed causing an enormous explosion and she immediately sunk. Her crew numbering 44 men left at first sight of the submarine her going in the life-boats. The German submarine however was hit by the widely spread dodging wreckage and also sunk. The six survivors of the German submarine were left behind because there was no space left on board of the life-boats. The commanding officer of the submarine told that he sunk 45 ships off the Irish coast.

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1. The website http://uboat.net/wwi/fates/losses.htmlclaims it was the UC 28 sunk on 2 September on the position 7234  North 2756 East (Murmane coast) with no survivors of her crew numbering 39 men. Her commanding officer on that moment was captain lieutenant Georg Schmidt (4 November 1992-2 September 1917) who sunk during his career 16 ships. The U 27 was built at the Imperal yard at Danzig, ordered 19 February 1912, launched on 30 August a year later and commissioned on 26 June 1914.