Aired bedding 1st thing but started raining and so had to take it down again. Painting under fore shelter deck again.
Semi-finals boxing at 9.0 AM. Control Stations & Spotting Table in forenoon. Packed up at 3.30. Finals of boxing in
evening. Very good evening. No make & mend.
April 26th 1917
Special painting party painting under fore shelter deck. Spotting table in forenoon. Packed up at 3.30. 2nd round of boxing competition. Pictures in evening.
April 25th 1917
Hands called at 4.15.A.M. Started coaling from “Agnes Duncan” about 5.30. Took in 340 tons. Finished about 6.30. Cleaned
ship in forenoon. Provisioning party in afternoon. Boxing heats in evening. Some very good fights. Cook of Mess. Duty
part.
April 24th 1917
Got under way about 9 o’clock for firing sub calibre in forenoon and 4″ day action firing. D.A.M.V’s fired in afternoon.
Dropped anchor during dinner hour. Returned to harbour about 6.0 p.m. Cook of Mess.
April 23rd 1917
Ordinary Sunday Routine. Church in forenoon. Head down in afternoon. Evening service.
April 22nd 1917
Aired bedding. Action Stations in forenoon. Down in flats in afternoon. Duty part.
April 20th 1917
Usual Sunday Routine. Seamen’s 1st church. Head down until 3.15 when hands went to tea. Shifted into look lock about 4 o’clock. “Tiger” shifted into our old billet. Evening Service.
April 15th 1917
Mess deck painting party. Make & mend in afternoon. Played chess.
April 14th 1917
Seamen landed. Went for march towards Dumfermline. Landed with part of watch in afternoon. Went to Y.M.C.A. with Bill
Pacy. Had yarn with Miss Wrathall.
April 13th 1917
Seamen should have landed but postponed. Mess deck painting party all day. Spotting table in forenoon. No make & mend.
Duty part. Saw doctor again re knee.
April 12th 1917