May 15, 2020
May 14 1918 British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Phoenix sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Vlorë, Albania with a loss of two of her 72 crew. At 9:18 on 14 May 1918, while patrolling the Otranto Barrage, the Phoenix was torpedoed by Imperial Austro-Hungarian Navy U-boat SM U-27. She didn’t sink right away and was almost towed to safety by HMAS Warrego but she sank within sight of the Albanian port at 13:10, 40°23.5′N 19°14′E.
Only British warship ever to be sunk by the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Navy.