A British destroyer, the Exmouth, struck a torpedo or a mine (probably far out in the North Sea) and sank with her entire complement, about 188 men. Thus in the war's 21st week Great Britain lost the fifth of the 185 destroyers she had when the blockade of Germany began last September. During the week German mines and torpedoes sank below-average tonnage: 8,111 Allied, 35,178 neutral. Meanwhile, the sea war did not change in character, but an announcement from Germany suggested how it may change:
The German High Command announced that the pocket battleship Deutschland, sinker of the British armed merchantman...
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