 "U-47"s first success in Austro-Hungarian service came nearly six months later when, on 12 January 1918, Molitor torpedoed the French steamer "Mica" from Saigon just short of her destination of Milos.In early April, "Linienschiffsleutnant" Freiherr Hugo von Seyffertitz replaced Molitor as commander of "U-47", and a month later, von Seyffertitz achieved his first success as "U-47"s commander.The British steamer "Itinda", a ship built in 1900, was sunk north of Susa, Libya, with one man killed.