Usual Sunday Routine. Raining all day. Cook of Mess. Head down in afternoon. Duty Sub. Slept forward.

May 7th 1916

Holy stoned decks. Told off to clean gun in forenoon. Raining hard all day. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down. 

May 6th 1916

Had Middle Watch. Packed up about 3.45. Hands called at 6.15. 2nd part of starboard on fos’cle at 6.30 to get ready for tying up to buoy. Arrived Rosyth about 7.0 AM. Started coaling at 8.30. Finished at 12 0’clock. Took in 1250 tons. Got crowned with hook but only slightly. Raining all day. Cleaned ship in afternoon.

May 5th A 1916

May 5th 1916 B

Had all night in as Search Light crews were not required for morning watch. Working on Coaling Gear in forenoon. “Obdurate” sunk Dutch
trawler which released carrier pigeons as soon as we had passed. “Princess Royal” fired on (?). “Phaeton” “Galatea” brought down zeppelin.
Supporting Air Raid Battle Fleet joined up in afternoon. Thick fog came on about 4.0 p.m. Destroyer nearly ran into our stern and cut out
log line in two. Fog cleared later on.

May 4th 1916

Discovered when turned out that we had put to see about midnight. Had all night in. Working on coaling gear in forenoon. Head down in
afternoon.

May 3rd 1916

4 in guns to drill in forenoon. 2nd part of starboard landed in afternoon. Buzz that spies disguised as dockyard workmen had tried to blow
up Powder House and “Invincible” in dockyard, but were collared. Told off for sentry on cells tomorrow. Got morning and forenoon. Zepps
reported approaching in evening but did not see anything of them.

May 2nd 1916

May 2nd B 1916

Started painting ship first thing. Over side before breakfast. Painted cable and corner behind stump derrick in forenoon. Paid in dinner
hour. Painted stump derrick in afternoon.

May 1st 1916

Sunday Routine. Had new preacher at church. Read on after deck in afternoon.

April 30th 1916

Holy stoned decks before breakfast. Night defence sounded off at 9.0 A.M. but secured a few minutes later. Rather misty and so submarine
attack cancelled. Australian Premier and some other chaps visited ships in afternoon. Cleaned up ship in afternoon.

April 29th 1916

Cleaned paintwork for “paint ship” in forenoon. Painting in Bathroom in afternoon. Buzz that “Russell” had struck mine and sunk. Both
Watches at 7.0 o’clock to take off sea lashings and gaskets from nets as out submarines are making a dummy attack tomorrow at 9.0 A.M.

April 28th 1916