Usual Saturday Routine. Make & mend. 

December 4th 1915

Prepared for paint ship, washing paintwork etc. Duty Sub. Tons of graft. 

December 3rd 1915

General clean up of ship after leave. Rest of Fleet came in and we hoisted Admiral’s Flag at 9.0 A.M. Admiral came on board about 11.30.AM.

December 2nd 1915

Arrived on board about 2.0 A.M. Found hammock and turned in at 3.30. Turned out again at 6.0. A.M. Scrubbed decks etc. Got under way at 9.0 A.M. Arrived Rosyth at 3.45. Started coaling at once. Took in 450 tons from Agnes Duncan. All Fleet out when we arrived. Rotten job coaling & everyone glad when it was finished.

December 1st 1915

Left King’s Cross by 5.15 train. Arrived Newcastle 11.15.p.m.

November 30th 1915

Leave

November 25th – 30th 1915

Arrived Kings Cross about 6.0 AM. Sidcup 7.45 AM.

November 25th 1915

Left Rosyth for Newcastle about 9.30. Arrived Jarrow Slacks* about 4.0 p.m. Went into floating dock & started off on leave about 8.0.p.m. Caught 8.15 train to Newcastle. Had grub at Newcastle with Colin & caught 11.19.

November 24th 1915

November 24th 1915 B

*should be ‘Slake’. Here it is from the air in the ’70s. 

Chiefly over at dockyard on those days preparing nets for coming in board.

November 19th – 23rd 1915

Cleaned outside of pinnace in forenoon. Training class in afternoon. Started 4″ stripping. 

November 18th 1915