Painting party before breakfast. Action stations in forenoon. Cleaned to see Captain afterwards but did not see him. Try again to-morrow. Landed with part of Watch in afternoon. Went to Canteen. Night defence at 7.45 p.m.
September 29th 1916
Painting party in forenoon and before breakfast. Make & mend in afternoon. Read majority of time. Duty part.
September 28th 1916
Painting under 4″ deck all forenoon. Told off for trainer of gun. Gun drill in forenoon. Mr. Harrison saw Colin and myself re commission, telling us what to suit (?) up.
September 27th 1916
Holy stoned decks. Painting under foreshelter deck all day. Burghhersh asked me if I had any previous experience in small craft and so commission business going along alright.
September 26th 1916
Saturday Routine. Scrubbed upper deck with sand. Paintwork etc. in forenoon and gun quarters. Make & mend in afternoon. Got head down.
September 25th 1916
Hands called at 3.0.A.M. Started ammunitioning at 3.45. In (?) getting in shell. Finished about 2.30. Cleaned into coaling rig directly after. Cinema (?) man on board taking photos. Started coaling about 4.0 p.m. Took in 8.50 tons. Finished about 4 o’clock. Swept down decks afterward.
September 24th 1916
Holystoned decks before breakfast but did not wash down. On after deck practically all the forenoon putting slip rope on. Got under way about 12 o’clock. Had not long left the Tyne when minesweepers sighted mine field. They also fired … Continue reading
Got shake at 5.30 A.M. Got on board in good time. Told off to fetch armoured cordite cases from Armstrong’s yard. Took us all day. No leave.
September 22nd 1916
Started painting ship first thing in forenoon. Over the side until just after dinner and then carried on with screws. Leave for Starboard watch
from 4.0 p.m. to 7.0 A.M. Went ashore with Sid. Went to Y.M.C.A. and booked beds. First house (?). Took two flappers in. Had grub at “Rendez-
vous”. Turned in at 10.45.
September 21st 1916
Cleaned paintwork for paintship. Port Watch had leave from 4.0 pm to 7.0 A.M.
September 20th 1916