Cleaning down screens all forenoon. Not quite so cold. Landed with 2nd part of starboard in afternoon. Marched as far as football field and then turned loose to graze for about an hour. Running nearly the whole time and so on the whole a very exciting afternoon. Finished up at canteen.
March 13th 1916
Hands called at 4.30.a.m. 2nd part of starboard worked main derrick. Very cold day. Blowing & snowing. Started coaling about 6.0. A.M. Took in 340 tons from Agnes Duncan. Finished about 8.0 AM. Hands bathed in breakfast hour. Cleaned ship in forenoon and piped down in afternoon. Got head to bear. Duty part.
March 12th 1916
Saturday Routine. Holy stoned decks. Prepared for Sea in forenoon. Got under way about 12 o’clock (noon). Head down in afternoon. On way back, coaling on arrival. No night defence. Arrived Rosyth about 8.16. Quite a blizzard on when we arrived. Hands cleaned into Coaling Rig before arrival. Picking up rope carried away when ship was being hauled up to it. Very difficult job seeing another. Went out with four hands in picket boat to reeve 4 4 1/2″ hauser through buoy. Duty had football gear on and got soaked & chilled through. Took us about 1/2 hour to get it on. Could not bring ship up where had it reevedand about 12 o’clock hands turned in leaving coaling until tomorrow. Finally got ship secured about 1.0.A.M. 2nd picket boat had collision with tug and Ivan Lovell broke his leg.
March 11th 1916
Exercise Action in forenoon. Sand Party in afternoon. Night defence in evening. Red Watch forward.
March 10th 1916
Frequent snow showers again. Grafting Man rope in forenoon. Down in Flats in afternoon.
March 9th 1916
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