Action of 10 March 1917

Action of 10 March 1917
Part of the Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I
The sinking of Otaki by SMS Möwe
Date 10 March 1917 Location Atlantic Ocean Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany	New Zealand
Commanders and leaders
Nikolaus Schlodien	Archibald Smith †
Strength
1 auxiliary cruiser	2 merchant steamers
Casualties and losses
5 killed 10 wounded 1 auxiliary cruiser damaged[1]	6 killed 200 captured 1 merchant steamer sunk 1 merchant steamer scuttled

The action of 10 March 1917 was a single-ship action in the First World War between the Imperial German Navy merchant raider SMS Möwe and the defensively-armed New Zealand Shipping Company cargo ship Otaki. Otaki was sunk, but Möwe was badly damaged.