German steamship Scottia nearly escaped from attack by British submarine in the Baltic according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 21 October 1915

An item referred to tidings from Stettin that the with ore loaded German steamship Scottia underway from Sweden towards her homeport Stettin was followed by a British submarine from Haele, Bornholm until the light ship Adlergrund. There appeared suddenly a Zeppelin and who was warned by the Scottia about the submarine. The submarine disappeared however at the moment that she sighted the zeppelin which preparing to attack her.