Got under way about 8.0 a.m. 13.5 firing. 4 rounds per gun. Kept Yaw Record in Lower Conning Tower. Finished firing about 10.30. Watched “Renown”
fire. Our firing very good. Proceed to Scapa Flow when all ships had finished. Passed mine sweepers en route. Submarine crew from 2-3. Arrived
Scapa about 3.0. p.m. Coaled ship 470 tons from “Horton”. Finished about 5.30. Cleaned ship and finished about 7.30.
December 18th 1916
Got under way about 9.30. 4″ guns crews supplied ammunition for guns. Church in forenoon. Pipe down afterwards. Arrived Cromarty about 3.30 p.m.
“Renown” came alongside with us.
December 17th 1916
Stokers started gettting up coal bays some time during Middle and barrows going under (d)errick (?) all night & so got tons of sleep. Coaling
@8.30 A.M. Took in 500 tons from “Melton”. Finished by dinner time. Cleaned ship in afternoon. Slung clean hammocks
December 16th 1916
Ordinary Routine. Scrubbed out Mess. Stripped down blocks of stump derrick in forenoon. Got under wasy at 1 o’clock. Went out into flow and ran Torpedoes. Rigged derricks for coaling in afternoon. Dropped anchor in Flow about 4.0 p.m. Destroyer attack in 1st dog Watch. Night defence crews closed up. Red forward, Blue aft, White in turrets. Got up hook about 6.15.p.m. and returned to anchorage. Duty Sub.
December 15th 1916
Hands went to breakfast at 7.15.A.M. Got under way at 8 o’clock. 4″ day Action Crews closed up. Fired 5 rounds per gun. Our battery did very good firing. Dropped hook again about 10.45.A.M. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down.
December 14th 1916
Hands went to breakfast at 7 o’clock. Got under way about 8.0 AM. Rig of day No 5’s & so very cold. In aft Tower keeping Spotting Record for Sub Calibre in forenoon. Not much doing.
December 13th 1916
December 13th 1916 B
White crews fired 1″ first thing. Burnt Searchlights. Told off to see Captain in forenoon. Showed us letter from Admiralty saying we were not fitted for commissions except as A.P. and so all wash out. Captain told us the we might be able to get transferred to Army and we all decided to do so. Not much doing in afternoon. Went back to anchorage at 1.30.p.m.
December 12th 1916
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