Hands called at 4.45. Shifted into stream and got under way about 8.AM. Cleaned away for night defence after divisions.
Control Stations afterwards. Head down in afternoon. High Angle firing.
March 23rd 1917
March 23rd 1917
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Category Archives: H.M.S. Lion 1914-1918
March 22nd 1917
4.0 AM. Hands called at 3.0 AM. and started coaling 376 tons. Ammunitioning party excused coaling and so got head down on
Mess Stool. until about 7.0 AM. Stocking down Cordite all forenoon. Got head down in afternoon.
March 22nd 1917
March 21st 1917
Got up anchors first thing and then did direction test. On telephone down in fore. (?) Working party from Crescent came on
board in afternoon. Shifted out of dock alongside Wall. Started getting cordite in after tea. Lads came back in evening.
Carried ammunition until (Ed: Continued on March 22nd 1917)
March 21st 1917
March 20th 1917
Went to breakfast first thing and started on Cable at 7.30 AM. Finished about noon. Got new anchor down into dock and
returned one which was broker while getting it out. Flooded dock about 1.30pm. Painted ships side in afternoon. Red Watch
leave cancelled. Got down davits and rigged stump derrick for ammunitioning.
March 20th 1917
March 20th 1917 B
March 19th 1917
Getting in Cable all day. Got in sheets & part lower finishing at 7.30. Red Watch should have had leave but postponed
owing to work. Rotten day. Raining on & off the whole time.
March 19th 1917
March 11th, 1917
Carried on painting party in forenoon but packed up about 10.A.M. Head down in afternoon. Went to Evening Service. Stroll
around yard in Evening.
March 11th, 1917
March 10th, 1917
Painting Party in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Strolled around Dockyard with Colin in Evening.
March 10th, 1917
March 9th 1917
Mess deck painting party in forenoon. Colin rated P.O. & Bill L.S. Landed in afternoon as Reserve for Ship’s team v
“Australia”. Won 2-0. Not much of a game. Strolled round dockyard with Colin in evening.
March 9th 1917
March 8th 1917
Hands not called until 6.15 as no decks to scrub. Had Exam for P.O. & SS in forenoon. Examined in Anchor Work, H.T. doors.
Boat Work, Rules of Road, Helm & Compass, Sounding Machine, rigging etc. Went into basin in afteroon. Met Weatherstone in
dockyard in evening & had game of billiards with him in his shanty. Heard Result of Eraser (??). Brown, Bill Pacy,
Plowman, Read, Jarratt & Charlie Pacy.
March 8th 1917
March 7th 1917
Holy stoned decks before breakfast. Action Stations & Spotting Tale in forenoon. Weather still windy & very cold.
“Princess Royal” came out of dock. Thought we were going in but nothing doing. Made munitions all the afternoon. Duty Sub.
March 7th 1917