Saturday Routine. Scrubbed out Mess in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. “Invincible” went into dock with large hole in starboard side. She brought in with her a large piece of the vessels bows. Duty Sub.

April 27th 1916

Had Middle Watch. “Invincible” rammed by Patrol Yacht during First Watch. Yacht sunk and “Invincible” damaged. Came off Watch at 3.30. Got
head down on Mess Stool until 4.15. AM when hands were called and shifted into coaling rig. Ran into thick fog somewhere near May Island,
and so did not go under bridge but dropped anchor the other side. Got head down again till breakfast time (7 o’clock). Fog lifted & tied up
to buoy about 9.0 AM. Coaled ship from Agnes Duncan, 850 tons. Finished by dinnertime. Cleaned ship in afternoon.

April 26th 1916

Had morning Watch but fell out practically as soon as we closed up. Got head down on Mess Decks for about an hour. Scrubbed decks and Mess
Decks before breakfast. Cleaning quarters after breakfast. Action Station sounded off about 10.0 AM. Supposed to be dead cert (?) that we
would go into action at 12.30. Heard enemy’s Battle Cruisers had bombarded Lowestoft & Yarmouth. Dinner at 11 o’cloock. Closed up at Action
Stations again directly afterwards. “Secure” sounded about 1.0 o’clock & so nothing doing after all. Everyone very fed up. Steaming pretty
hard all day. Got head down after secure.

April 25th 1916

April 25th B 1916

Swept down decks after coaling, bathed and turned in at 3 o’clock. Hands called at 6.0 a.m. Saturday routinge. Scrubbed decks & cleaned
paintwork in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down. 2nd part of port watch provisioned ship in afternoon. Prepared for sea
after supper and got under way about 10.0 p.m. Strong buzz about German Battle Cruisers being out.

April 24th 1916

Easter Monday. Church in forenoon. Head down in afternoon. Going into to-night. 2nd part Starboard on fos’cle at 7.30. Arrived Rosyth about
6.0 p.m. Secured to buoy by 9.0 pm, and started coaling. Nice night. Took 1050 tons and finished by midnight.

April 23rd 1916

Had Middle Watch. Packed up about 3.30, so turned in again for a couple of hours. Action Stations sounded off about 10.30. At Action
Stations till about 7.30 p.m. with intervals for meals. Lovely day but came over foggy about 3.0 p.m. “New Zealand” ran into
“Australia” in fog and both returned to harbour. Had first watch. Very foggy and had to burn after search-light to show position.

April 22 1916

April 22nd B 1916

Good Friday. Church at 9.30. Got hook up about 10.30 & fired torpedoes in the bay. Anchored at noon. Pipe down after church. Got head down in afternoon. Got ladders etc. in in dog Watches. Put out to sea about 8.30.

April 21st 1916

Hands called at 4.15. Started coaling about 5.30 from John Duncan. Collier chock-a-block and so there was hardly room to move when we first
started, but got better later on. Took in 770 tons. Finished before breakfast. Cleaned ship in forenoon. Duty Sub got in meat and spuds
from “Romeo” about 11 o’clock. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down. Night firing in evening. 4″ & Sub Calibre. Duty Searchlight.

April 20th 1916

Part of ship in forenoon. Got under way at 10 o’clock. 2nd part Starboard on fos’cle. 13″.5 firing, 4 rounds per gun & 4″, 8 rounds per
gun. Recording party in lower conning tower. Starboard Watch rigged coaling derrick after tea. Cook of Mess. Duty Sub on fos’cle at 8.30.
Up hook. Started firing about 9.0 o’clock. Searchlights went wrong & so did not finish the firing. Dropped hook again about 10 o’clock. Got
wrong billet first of all and had to get it up again. Finished about 11.0 o’clock.

April 19th 1916

April 19th B 1916

Got under way at 6.0 AM. Rouge finding exercises before breakfast. Sub Calibre & 1″ aiming in forenoon. Acting S.G.’s fired 10 rounds each.
Night firing at 9.0 p.m. Sub Calibre and 1 in aiming. White Watch Stand off. Anchored about 10.0 AM.

April 18th 1916