Out nets again in forenoon. Training class in afternoon. Provision ship came alongside about 3.20. Starboard watch started provisioning until 8 bells and then Port Watch carried on and finished about 5.30.
January 13th 1916
Out nets in forenoon. Training class in afternoon.
January 12th 1916
4″ gun drill in forenoon. Training class in afternoon.
January 11th 1916
Saturday’s Routine. Make & mend in afternoon.
January 10th 1916
All night in. Started coaling at 7.30. Took in 610 tons. Finished at 1.30. Good coaling but tiring work. Finished cleaning ship about 4.0.p.m. Glad to turn in. Went to Service in evening.
January 9th 1916
Had Morning Watch. Weather been heavy all the trip. Uncomfortable Roll. Had 1st dog. Got into Rosyth about 11.0 p.m.
January 8th 1916
4″ firing in forenoon. 8 rounds per gun. Firing very satisfactory especially Starboard after Battery (our battery). Heard King Eddy* had been torpedoed. Had last dog.
January 7th 1916
* H.M.S. Edward VII hit a mine, it wasn’t torpedoed. Here is a link to the Wiki on the ship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_King_Edward_VII
Had Middle Watch. Overslept and was 1/2 adrift. Action Stations all day. Very fed up as there seemed to be no object in it. Did not even close up but had to remain in Battery. Don’t like playing at Sailors.
January 6th 1916
Out nets in forenoon. Put out to see at 3.30. Had 1st dog.
January 5th 1916
Submarine Attack Stations. Training Class.
January 4th 1916