Very cold day. Red leaded waterways on fore mess deck in forenoon. Part of ship in afternoon. Told off with 2 hands from each part, about 3.15 pm, to make net for picket boat to drag for floating mine which had broken loose from Harbour defence and was drifting down with the tide towards the ships. It was however picked up outside the bridge by the “Ostrich” before we had got the net down to the boat. Duty part. 

March 8th 1916

Arrived Rosyth about 3.0 AM. Hands called at 4.15. Very cold morning. Started coaling about 6.30. Took in 540 tons from Agnes Duncan. Finished at 8.0 AM. Cleaned ship in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down. Heard buzz that we had missed the German Fleet by 2 hours, also that Captain Fountaine was coming back to ship.

March 7th 1916

Got all boats out before breakfast. Rig of day “Duck Suits” for evaluations. Under short notice so washed out evaluations. got ready for sea after divisions. Put out to sea about 12.30. Big swell on again. Sick once more. Had 1st Watch. Seemed very long watch.

March 6th 1916

Sunday Routine. Cook of Mess. Strolling on upper deck with Calsis (?) nearly all the afternoon. 

March 5th 1916

Holy stoned decks before breakfast. Scrubbed out mess & gun quarters in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down. Duty party. 

March 4th 1916

Aired bedding in forenoon. Exercise action. told off for extra side party. Painted ship’s side. Carried on until 5.30. Slung clean hammocks. 

March 3rd 1916

Fitted life lines round sailing pinnace in forenoon. Touched up forward 4″ guns with flatterway in afternoon.

March 2nd 1916

Raining all day. Cleaned paintwork under fore shelter deck in forenoon. Paid during dinner hour. Told off to cut rope for munition factory in
afternoon. Finished by (? part of page missing) and so good numbers. Buzz about going out but nothing doing.

March 1st 1916

March 1st 1916 B

Saturday Routine. Scrubbed out mess in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down. Commander congratulated troops on coaling. Average
409.6 tons. Buzz about going out again in evening but nothing doing.

February 29th 1916

Had Middle Watch. About the worst watch I’ve had since joining up. Could not get away from wind and felt chilled through. Very glad when Buxton
came up to relieve me at 4.0 A.M. Cleaned into coaling rig 1st thing. Saw Gooch on Boom defence ship as we were coming in. Arrived Rosyth about
9.30. Started coaling about 10.45. Took in 970 tons from Agnes Duncan. Good coaling. Finished about 2.0 p.m. Cleaned ship by 4.0 p.m.

February 28th 1916