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

Scraped paint in bath room in forenoon. Training class in afternoon. Last day at 4″ drill. Canvas screen rigged on after 4″ deck for munition factory.

November 17th 1915

All Seamen landed in forenoon & spread out new nets in dockyard all ready to be spiralled together. Cook of Mess so stood fast in afternoon, while remainder of both watches landed and carried on with nets. Cooks only had to get spuds in in afternoon and then packed up.

November 16th 1915

Usual Routine. Training class in forenoon. 4″ drill.

November 15th 1915

Usual Sunday Routine. Scrubbed decks after breakfast. Church in forenoon. Got head down in afternoon.

November 14th 1915

Scrubbed decks with sand & cleaned Mess deck in forenoon. Landed in afternoon & watched ships team draw with “Invincible” 1-1. Excellent game.

November 13th 1915