Hands called at 4.15 a.m. Took in 315 tons. Finished at 7.30. Cleaned ship in forenoon. Cleaning quarters in afternoon. Concert on after deck in evening.
May 14th 1915
May 14th 1915
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May 13th 1915
Scrubbed decks & cleaning quarters before breakfast. Scraped pinnace in forenoon and afternoon. Coaling ship tomorrow.
May 13th 1915
May 12th 1915
Scrubbed decks & cleaning quarters before breakfast. Mess deck painting party in forenoon. White Search Light crews to drill at 10.30. Landed and played football for Reserves v. 4th Division of Stokers. Won 3-1.
May 12th 1915
May 11th 1915
Scrubbed decks & cleaning quarters before breakfast. Scraped pinnace in forenoon & afternoon. Duty Sub. Slept under foreshelter deck.
May 11th 1915
May 10th 1915
Scrubbed decks & cleaning quarters before breakfast. Cook of Mess. Mess deck painting party. 2nd part of Starboard Watch landed in afternoon for Route March. Burnt Searchlights in Evening.
May 10th 1915
May 9th 1915
Scrubbed mess deck & flats before breakfast. Divisions & church in forenoon. Washed clothes in afternoon. Service in evening. Maud’s 21st birthday.
May 9th 1915
Ed: Frank mentions Maud, his sister, turning 21. Clara Maud Read (later Chapman) was my maternal grandmother. Frank joined Maud and their brother, Charles, in Canada and lived out his life in Chambly, Quebec.
May 8th 1915
Holystoned decks before breakfast. Aired night clothing. Scrubbed and washed down upper deck in forenoon then cleaning quarters. Landed with Reserve team and played Signalmen. Draw 1-1. Hands had make & mend.
May 8th 1915
May 7th 1915
Scrubbed decks and mess deck before breakfast. Action Stations in forenoon. Mess deck painting party. Went into X Turret to clean up in afternoon. Duty sub and searchlights. Slept under foreshelter deck. Lusitania sunk.
May 7th 1915
May 6th 1915
Scrubbed decks and mess decks before breakfast. 4″ after gun’s crews to drill in forenoon. Mess deck painting party.
May 6th 1915
May 5th 1915
Scrubbed decks & mess decks before breakfast. Submarine battle stations in forenoon. Landed with Reserves team in afternoon. Had trial game to pick team. Had dance in Evening white Crews burnt searchlights in evening.
May 5th 1915A
May 5th 1915B