 "UB-47"s next success came a week later, on 11 October, when the 5,002-ton British steamer "Crosshill" was sunk west of Malta with the loss of four men.A German military announcement of 20 October proclaiming Steinbauer's sinking of the ship reported that "Crosshill"s cargo included horses and Serbian grooms.The following day, "Sebek", a British ship headed to Alexandria, was torpedoed southeast of Gozo.