Got under way at 6.0 AM. Went past outside harbour and dropped anchor again. Saturday Routine. Scrubbed deck with sand and cleaned
paintwork before breakfast. 1 in aiming in forenoon. Our gun had several misfires. Sub Calibre in afternoon. Kept fan Record in lower
conning tower. Fine day.
April 17th 1916
While Watch called for morning watch but fell out about 4.30. Hands called at 4.30 & cleaned into coaling rig straight away. Arrived Scapa Flow about 5.0 AM. Started coaling at 6.0 AM. Took in 770 tons. Finished at 10.30. Cleaned ship most of forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down to bear. Wet afternoon and evening.
April 16th 1916
April 16th B 1916
Holystoned decks before breakfast. Usual Saturday Routine until 10.30 when we prepared for sea. Put out to sea about 10 o’clock. Duty Sub
and had to get spuds in afternoon which rather spoiled beauty sleep.
April 15th 1916
Did not scrub decks but got all boats out for evaluations. Fleet Evaluations (i) “Out wire hawsers” Lion 1st and 1st. (ii) Out Nets”. Lion 2nd & 7th. (3) Pull round Fleet, all boats. “Lion” 1st and 1st. Landed with 2nd part of Watch in afternoon and went to concert given by gun-room of “New Zealand” in Y.M.C.A. Not at all bad. Slung clean hammocks & night defence in evening.
April 14th 1916
Landing Party in forenoon. Battalion Drill in L (?) Field. Nice day. Make & mend in afternoon. French members of Parliament came on board.
April 13th 1916
Told off for Munition Party. Holy stoned decks before breakfast. Munition party went to breakfast at 7 o’clock and landed at 8 o’clock. Spent forenoon counting & packing 18 pds base plates over in dockyeard. Stowing Oil in afternoon.
April 12th 1916
April 12th B 1916
Evaluations again. “Out nets’ and “Away lower anchor” in forenoon. In pinnace for last item taking 6 1/2 wire hawser. All got soaked through with spray. Part of ship in afternoon. Cook of Mess & Duty Sub. Spent dinner hour dropping buoy to mark box which had been dropped over the side.
April 11th 1916
Rig of Day No 5’s. “Out (?)” for evaluation in forenoon. Got there in & out 3 times. Part ashore in afternoon.
April 10th 1916
Ordinary Sunday Routine. Head down in afternoon. Nice day.
April 9th 1916
Holy stoned decks before breakfast. Rig of Day No 5’s. Aired night cloting and up all bags. Got in meat & spuds in forenoon & cleaned to watch “Lion” play “Indomitable”. Lion lost 2-0 after good game.
April 8th 1916