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Monday 21 March 2016

Austrian torpedo boat No. 11 handed over to Italy according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 26 November 1917

An item referred to a tiding of the Stefani press agency on 9 October reporting that the Austrian torpedo boat No. 11 fell in Italian hands. The Austrian representative and party members claimed that she left Sebenico while commanded by lieutenant Simmel and at Ancona was handed over to the Italians by her crew agitated by a Czech crewmember. Her officers were overpowered by the crew.