German submarine torpedoed French (?) transport Bistritza according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated Monday 16 October 1916

An item reported that in the night of last Friday the ammunition ship Bistritza destined for Romania and underway from Brest towards Archangelsk was torpedoed by a German submarine and lost. Her crew was saved. Ship and cargo were assured for a value of 25.000.000 crowns.