Saturdays Routine in forenoon. Scrubbed out Mess. Up hook at 1.25 and went out to Long Hope Bay & dropped hook again. 4″ day action’s crews did .303 blobbing. Night defence in dog watches. Red & Blue Watches closed up and did 1″ aiming Rifle. Duty Sub.
December 11th 1916
Had Middle Watch. Still very cold & windy. Hands called at 6.15. Had breakfast & shifter into coaling rig straight away.
Arrived Scapa Flow about 8.0 p.m. Started coaling at 10.0 p.m. Took in 650 tons from “Cedar Tree”. Finished at 12.30 p.m. Cleaned ship in afternoon.
December 10th 1916
December 10th 1916 B
Usual Saturday Routine. Hands cleaned into No 4’s during dinner hour. Prepared for sea in afternoon. Got under way at 4.0
p.m. Had Submarine Watch 4-5 and first dog. Very windy & wet and also very cold. Turned in about 8.0 p.m.
December 9th 1916
Carried on with barge first thing. Action Stations in forenoon. Working on barge all day.
December 4th 1916
Told off to paint barge. Scraped her all forenoon but packed up in afternoon. Got head down. Captain Davies took over
command in evening. Duty Sub.
December 3rd 1916
Coaled ship 560 tons. Rotten coaling. Cleaned ship in forenoon. Landed in afternoon & watched ship’s tam play “Princess
Royal”. Draw 1-1 after good game. “Iron Duke” left harbour for Scapa. Hands had make & mend. Duty Searchlight.
December 2nd 1916
Hands called at usual time and so evidently German Fleet had returned. Secured from night defence first thing and so got
adrift with routine and scrubbed mess deck after breakfast. Cleaned bath room truck in forenoon. Hands paid during dinner
hour. Played League Match v Marines in afternoon and won 3-0 after a very good game.
December 1st 1916
December 1st 1916 B
Photograph of ship taken in forenoon & so not much doing as everyone had to keep out of sight. Make & mend in afternoon. Prepared for night
defence about 10.0 p.m. Did not know whether we were going out or not; appears that German Fleet had put to sea and if they did not return by 2.0
AM. we were going out after them.
November 30th 1916
White Searchlight crews to drill in after Y.S. in forenoon. Admiral Beatty left ship about noon for “Iron Duke” to take up appointment as
Commander-in-Chief. Made speech to troops before leaving. Captain Chatfield also left with Admiral and made speech. Hands cheered ship. Landed in
afternoon & played 3rd Div Stokers (friendly). Won 5-0. White S.L. crews burnt lights in evening. Hoisted Flad of Rear Admiral Packenham at 2.0.
p.m.
November 29th 1916
Admiral Beatty made full Admiral. Hoisted his flag at 9.0 AM. General charge in command, David leaving “Lion”. Hand cheered ship about noon as
Jellicoe left Fleet to take over his duties at the Admiralty. Beatty made Commander-in-Chief in his stead. Captain Chatfield also leaving ship so
David’s Flag Captain. Not much doing in afternoon. Down in Flat.
November 28th 1916
November 28th 1916 B