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

Had Morning Watch. Had very good sleep during night and feeling quite myself again. Packed up about 5.30. Cleaned decks before breakfast and mess
deck after. Piped down about 10 o’clock. Grand Fleet joined up for manouvres. Continually sounding off central Submarine gun crew from 2 to 3 and
so could not get head down in afternoon. Got it down in dog Watch instead. Sea pretty rough and ship rolling and pitching a good deal. Turned in
soon after 8.

February 27th 1916

Saturday Routine until about 10.30 when we prepared for sea and got under way about 12.30. Head down all the afternoon. Felt very dicky when got
up as ship was pitching heavily. Sick for 1st time since joining but not very bad. Had last dog. Did not feel up to much afterwards and so turned
in at 9 o’clock. Cook of Mess but left dinner until tomorrow.

February 26th 1916

Exercise Action in forenoon. 4″ guns crews retired practically all the time. Rotten day. Very cold & sleet falling practically the whole time.
Cleaned down port-strut in afternoon. Night defence at 5.30. Duty Searchlight. Slept forward.

February 25th 1916

Saw Captain in forenoon to be rated Acting S.G. Played Signalmen in afternoon. Drew 1-1. Sergeant Ross lectured to Seamen on the after Mess Deck
in the evening on his visit for the trenches. Very interesting lecture.

February 24th 1916

February 24th 1916 B

Aired bedding after divisions. Started raining soon afterwards and so took it down again, but not until it was damp. Down in flat all forenoon.
Square number all the afternoon lighting munition factory boggies. Duty Sub. Slept under fore shelter deck. Rather cold.

February 23rd 1916