Coaled ship 250 tons before breakfast. Cleaned ship in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down. Night defence at 6.15. Attack by picket
boats representing destroyers. Very feeble evolution. Duty Searchlight.
November 8th 1916
Told off to land in forenoon. Went over dockyard and after breakfast and scrubbed out “Piscator”, a fishing drifter. Rotten job. Raining hard all
forenoon. Went & finished off in afternoon. Came off with landing party at 5.30. Duty Sub. Slept under fore-shelter deck.
November 7th 1916
November 7th 1916 B
2nd part of Starboard Watch on fos’cle first thing. Got cable ready for shipping first thing. Had 1/4 hour for breakfast and then in fos’cle
again. Got under way about 7.30 and went outside for Sub-Calibre firing. Repairing coaling straps from 10-11. Started firing at 10.30. Returned
to buoy about noon. 2nd part Starboard on fos’cle again. Only gun quarters in afternoon.
November 6th 1916
Raining hard first thing but cleaned up after breakfast in time for divisions. Usual Sunday Routine. Church in forenoon. Head down in afternoon.
Church in evening. Cook of Mess.
November 5th 1916
Usual Saturday Routine. Cleaning screens etc in forenoon. Saw Captain & Commander again re: commission. Yacht Patrol business a wash out as we had not sufficient experience. Captain very nice and said he would see what he could do for us in another branch. Plowman & two Pacy’s also applying.
Make & mend in afternoon.
November 4th 1916
November 4th 1916 B
Arrived Rosyth at 2.30.a.m. & so morning Watch was not required. Hands called at 5.0.a.m. Went
to breakfast at 6.30. Started coaling Frances Duncan about 9.15. Took in 1200 tons. Finished at
11.30. Cleaned ship after dinner. Finished by 2.30. Heard buzz that Yacht Patrol business was a
wash out.
November 3rd 1916
P.Z. again. Action Stations. Submarine crew from 11 to 12.30. Head down in afternoon. High
angle firing in afternoon. Had last dog.
November 2nd 1916
Had Middle Watch. P.Z. Exercises in forenoon. Hands at action stations. Make & men in
afternoon. Head down. Submarine crew from 4 till 5. Had first Watch. Hands paid in dog watches.
Pretty good sea on. Had first Watch.
November 1st 1916
Usual Routine. Down in after mess deck in forenoon. Put in request to land and see football match but under short notice and so washed out.
Prepared for sea after dinner. Make & mend from about 2.30. Put out to sea about 5.30 p.m. Had 1st dog.
October 31st 1916
Ordinary Routine. Clearing out gear from sailmakers store all day. Transferred same to “Saxon” in afternoon. Another rotten day. Spit kid party
this weekend.
October 30th 1916