Special painting party painting under fore shelter deck. Spotting table in forenoon. Packed up at 3.30. 2nd round of boxing competition. Pictures in evening.
April 25th 1917
April 25th 1917
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April 24th 1917
Hands called at 4.15.A.M. Started coaling from “Agnes Duncan” about 5.30. Took in 340 tons. Finished about 6.30. Cleaned
ship in forenoon. Provisioning party in afternoon. Boxing heats in evening. Some very good fights. Cook of Mess. Duty
part.
April 24th 1917
April 23rd 1917
Got under way about 9 o’clock for firing sub calibre in forenoon and 4″ day action firing. D.A.M.V’s fired in afternoon.
Dropped anchor during dinner hour. Returned to harbour about 6.0 p.m. Cook of Mess.
April 23rd 1917
April 22nd 1917
Ordinary Sunday Routine. Church in forenoon. Head down in afternoon. Evening service.
April 22nd 1917
April 21st 1917
Ordinary Saturday Routine. Up all bags on fos’cle and aired night clothing. Down in flat in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Landed as Reserve for Ship’s Team until half time and then went to YMCA with Bill Pacy.
April 21st 1917
April 20th 1917
Aired bedding. Action Stations in forenoon. Down in flats in afternoon. Duty part.
April 20th 1917
April 19th 1917
Action Stations in forenoon & then made munitions. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down.
April 19th 1917
April 18th 1917
Saturday Routine. Cleaned up shop. Landed at Port Edgar in afternoon to shift cable. Could not find out what to do so returned to ship. Went to pictures in evening.
April 18th 1917
April 17th 1917
Went to breakfast at 7 o’clock & went over to other side of yard to stow iron stantions etc. Near ruins of castle. Returned to ship about 11.0 AM. Went into stream as soon as we had got on board. Coaled ship in afternoon from “Slav”. Took in 400 tons. Started about 1.0 p.m. and finished about 3.0 p.m.
April 17th 1917
April 16th 1917
Told off for extra side party in forenoon but too wet to work and so joined up part of ship. Hospital Party in aftern
April 16th 1917
oon to take Barrington to hospital.