Hands called at 4.45. Started coaling about 6.0 AM. Took in 380 tons from Agnes Duncan. Finished soon after 7 o’clock.
Cleaned ship in forenoon. Made grom(m)ets in afternoon.
May 15th 1917
May 15th 1917
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May 14th 1917
Went out about 7.30 and dropped hook other side of bridge. .303 blobbing in forenoon. Control Stations
in afternoon. Sub Calibre firing. Very misty the whole time. Tied up again about 5.0 p.m. 2nd part Starboard on fos’cle.
May 14th 1917
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May 13th 1917
Very wet day. No divisions. Did not go to church in forenoon. Head down in afternoon. Went to Evening Service.
May 13th 1917
May 12th 1917
Holy stoned decks before breakfast. Down in Flats in forenoon. Ring rigged in forenoon for Boxing. Make & mend in
afternoon. B.C.F. Boxing Competitions on board in evening. Not up to previous standard. All ‘Lion’s’ men dipped.
May 12th 1917
May 11th 1917
Scrubbed decks with sand. Action Stations in forenoon. Finished painting out. Admirals Sea Cabin. Boxing on “New Zealand”
in evening.
May 11th 1917
May 10th 1917
Painted ship. Started first thing. Spotting table in forenoon. Rained in afternoon and mucked up paint. Went to
“Australia” in evening to Fleet Boxing. Cook of Mess.
May 10th 1917
May 9th 1917
Should have painted ship but it rained. Spotting Table in forenoon. Painted out Admirals Sea Cabin. Went to ‘Inflexible”
in evening to watch Fleet Boxing Competitions. Went up to pictures after. Cook of Mess.
May 9th 1917
May 8th 1917
Spotting table in forenoon. Cleaned down loft for painting in afternoon.
May 8th 1917
May 7th 1917
Got under way about 6.0 AM. Sub Calibre & 4″ firing in forenoon. Tied up again about 12.30 p.m. 2nd part Starboard on
fos’cle. Started coaling about 2.0 p.m. Took in 450 tons. Finished about 3.15.p.m. Cleaned ship in 1st dog.
May 7th 1917
May 6th 1917
Usual Sunday Routine. Church in forenoon. Head down in afternoon.
May 6th 1917