An item reported that the German cabinet paid a compensation for the caused damage when a German submarine (1) attacked the Dutch steamship Rijndijk (2) on 7 April 1916.(1)
Notes
1. The UB 8. Her building athe Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany with yard number 246 was ordered on 15 November 1914, laid down on 4 December1914, commissioned on 23 April 1915, handed over to Bulgaria on 25 May 1916, surrendered on 25 February 1919, handed over to France and finally broken up at Bizerte in August 1921.
2. Built at the N.V. Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij with yard number 45 for account of N.V. Solleveld, van der Meer&T.H. van Hattum’s Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1915. Her captain Stephan succeeded in grounding her in the St. Mary Bay. Scilly Isles. She arrived on 8 June back at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
