Scrubbed decks & mess deck before breakfast. Had Divisions and told off to clean Sailing Pinnace out. 4″ guns crews to drill from 10.30 to 11.15. Make & mend in afternoon. Quarters at 4 o’clock. Funeral of chap who was killed in Collier.
April 29th 1915
Scrubbed decks and cleaned guns before breakfast. Got in awnings in afternoon. White Searchlight crews to drill at 10.30. Took awning etc. over to hulk in afternoon. Provisioning ship. Stowed 6 cases of cordite in first dog. Had dance on deck in evening.
April 28th 1915
Still painting ship. Painted ships side in forenoon & afternoon. Cleaning quarters at 3.15. Duty Sub. Got in first picket boat at 8 o’clock. Had dance on upper deck with Colin in evening. Slept under foreshelter deck.
April 27th 1915
Hands shifted into painting rig first thing. Holystoned decks before breakfast. Started painting directly after breakfast. Painted stump derrick in forenoon and hatches in afternoon. Plowman got German Measles. Plowman went to hospital with German Measles.
April 26th 1915 a
April 26th 1915 b
Scrubbed decks and cleaned flats before breakfast. Cleaning into No 3’s during breakfast hour and mustered by open list afterwards. Church in forenoon. Spent afternoon on upper deck with Colin. Very fine day. Quarters at 4.p.m. Chap who got hurt in collier yesterday died.
April 25th 1915
Ed: The sailor who died that day was Harry Glanfield, 20, of Kingsteignton, Devon. The link is to the Devon Heritage site.
Hands called at 3.45.a.m. Shifted into coaling gear straight away and started coaling at 4.30. Took in 4.50 tons from Agnes Duncan. One chap in forecastle hold got flaked out by block carrying from the top of derrick. Taken in board in dangerous condition. Breakfast at 7.o’clock. Finished coaling about 8.45. cleaned ship all forenoon. Told off for getting in meat & spuds in afternoon.
April 24th 1915 a
April 24th 1915 b
Had middle Watch 1.30 till 3.0 AM. Fine night and quite warm. Turned in at 3.20. Scrubbed decks before breakfast. Cook of Mess. Cleaned mess deck. Went to Divisions and Exercise Action in forenoon. Pipe down in afternoon. Got Coaling Gear ready in evening. Coaling tomorrow. White Searchlight crews placed fenders when we moored at Rosyth at 11.0.pm. Turned in at 12.a.m.
April 23rd 1915
Hands called at 6 o’clock. Scrubbed decks before breakfast. Cook of Mess with Foot. Scrubbed out mess after breakfast. Went to 4″ drill at 10 o’clock. Pipe down in afternoon. Got head down. Evening quarters at 4 o’clock.
April 22nd 1915
Scrubbed decks and cleaned flats before breakfast. Told off for Mess Deck painting party. Searchlight drill from 11 to 11:30. Painted overhead in after mess deck in forenoon and afternoon. Got in accomodation (sic) ladder and boats at 8.15. Put out to sea at 10.30. White Watch had all night in.
April 21st 1915
Had Middle Watch. 10.30 to 12.30. Hands called at 4 o’clock. Cleaned into coaling rig and started coaling at 6 o’clock. Breakfast 7.30. Took in 8.50 tons from Agnes Duncan. Finished at 9.30. Cleaned ship and piped down in afternoon.
April 20th 1915